Where It Is Needed Most
Our team members and the communities that sustain us are most important to us at Ball. When natural disaster happens, communities face a multitude of needs, including access to food and medicine, debris removal, emergency housing, and in some cases, rebuilding. Our partners at GlobalGiving are dedicated to ensuring relief and recovery funding stays within the community it is intended to support. By supporting local charities around the world, The Ball Foundation is able to meet the immediate and sometimes overseen needs of the impacted communities our team members call home. Visit GlobalGiving to learn more about their curated approach to disaster response.
Supporting Local Communities
GlobalGiving hosts a database of over 6,000 local charities dedicated to disaster response. When disaster strikes, a multitude of issues arise. From access to basic necessities, to impacted education, housing, and even local businesses - a livelihood - can all be impacted.
GlobalGiving works diligently to keep relief and recovery funds in the local community by sourcing resources locally, distributing funds locally, and leaning into the impacted community to lead the way in recovery. Since beginning our partnership, Ball has supported dozens of organizations dedicated to the urgent and unique needs of communities. Examples of response organizations include:
GlobalGiving works diligently to keep relief and recovery funds in the local community by sourcing resources locally, distributing funds locally, and leaning into the impacted community to lead the way in recovery. Since beginning our partnership, Ball has supported dozens of organizations dedicated to the urgent and unique needs of communities. Examples of response organizations include:
Bridge to Turkiye Fund
Bridge to Turkiye Fund responding to the 2023 earthquakes in Turkey. In response to the devastating earthquakes which took tens of thousands of lives, Bridge to Turkiye Fund responded in multiple phases. Starting with food, water, and warmth in the immediate response, Bridge to Turkiye Fund continues to work with child amputees as a result of the earthquake to receive age-appropriate orthopedic aids such as orthoses and prostheses, physical therapy and psychological support in tandem with their long-term education.
Fundo Casa Socioambiental
Fundo Casa Socioambiental responding to flooding across Brazil in 2024. This organization works with a network of hyper-local groups to provide direct support for local affected communities to regain their bearings and rebuild their lives in manners that also strengthen their resilience and adaptive capacity to deal with natural disaster impacts in their territories through the following ways: community initiatives initiated by affected communities, infrastructure repair, mental health services, and restorative food support.