Cornerstone Launches DisasterReady Mobile App

Since its founding, DisasterReady has reached more than 1.5 million learners in 195 countries, offering courses in Arabic, English, French and Spanish on topics ranging from personal safety and security to program management and humanitarian essentials.

Additionally, Cornerstone’s chief marketing officer, Mini Peiris, has joined the Board of Directors of the Cornerstone Foundation, which supports both DisasterReady and NonprofitReady. In her new role, Peiris will support the Foundation’s mission to build the capacity of nonprofit organizations and the people who carry out their work, joining a board dedicated to strengthening the humanitarian, development and nonprofit sectors through free access to online training and professional development.

"Humanitarian workers show up in the hardest moments the world faces, often at real personal risk, so that others can survive and rebuild," said Peiris. "I am deeply grateful for their courage and their compassion, and I don’t take lightly what it means to stand in support of people in this work."

"On behalf of the Cornerstone Foundation board, I’m delighted to welcome Mini," said Miriam Wardak, chair of the Cornerstone Foundation Board of Directors. "So much of our work comes down to making sure humanitarian and development professionals actually know these free resources exist and can find their way to them to increase their positive impact."