OUR VISION
We believe every disaster recovery effort can be a catalyst for a better future.
About Us
Hummingly Foundation is leading a shift from focusing primarily on the physical rebuild to prioritizing the human one. We ensure that disaster recovery isn't only about rebuilding homes, but also about rebuilding lives.
Disaster recovery is long, hard, and painful. No disaster-affected community should be left to navigate the human toll of recovery alone or be forced to figure it all out from scratch.
We connect communities—and those who support them—with hard-earned learning from past disasters, offering practical, people-focused support in the form of resources, education sessions, and trusted guidance.
These proven resources are based on knowledge gained in real disaster and crisis situations. Our founder, Jolie Wills, is a cognitive scientist and specialist in supporting community recovery. Most importantly, she has lived disaster recovery firsthand with her family and community and understands the emotional toll, the complexity, and the weight of responsibility that recovery leaders carry.
Hummingly's knowledge resources and educational workshops combine wisdom from disaster recovery leaders, feedback from thousands of disaster survivors, and scientific insights from Jolie's background in cognitive psychology to make disaster recovery easier.
Step into the shift—where people come first in recovery.
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Meet our Founder
Jolie Wills
B.SC., M.SC(PSYCHOLOGY)
Jolie is a cognitive scientist and a leading expert in disaster recovery, with a focus on human resilience, emotional wellbeing, and community support. She has spent more than a decade translating the science of how the mind works under pressure and the complexities of post-disaster life, into practical tools for those navigating the challenges of disaster recovery.
Her insight is both professional and personal. Jolie and her family lived through the Christchurch earthquakes, and she understands firsthand the weight and complexity of a recovery leadership role within your own community. She led the psychosocial recovery program for New Zealand Red Cross in the wake of the earthquakes and has since worked with disaster-impacted communities and recovery leaders here in the USA and around the world.
Jolie is a Winston Churchill Fellowship recipient, Leadership New Zealand alumna, Edmund Hillary Fellow, and an advising member of the global Counter Terrorism Prevention Network. She is the lead author of New Zealand’s Psychological First Aid Guide and co-author of Leading in Disaster Recovery: A Companion through the Chaos.
Meet our Founder
Jolie Wills
B.SC., M.SC(PSYCHOLOGY)
Jolie is a cognitive scientist and a leading expert in disaster recovery, with a focus on human resilience, emotional wellbeing, and community support. She has spent more than a decade translating the science of how the mind works under pressure and the complexities of post-disaster life, into practical tools for those navigating the challenges of disaster recovery.
Her insight is both professional and personal. Jolie and her family lived through the Christchurch earthquakes, and she understands firsthand the weight and complexity of a recovery leadership role within your own community. She led the psychosocial recovery program for New Zealand Red Cross in the wake of the earthquakes and has since worked with disaster-impacted communities and recovery leaders here in the USA and around the world.
Jolie is a Winston Churchill Fellowship recipient, Leadership New Zealand alumna, Edmund Hillary Fellow, and an advising member of the global Counter Terrorism Prevention Network. She is the lead author of New Zealand’s Psychological First Aid Guide and co-author of Leading in Disaster Recovery: A Companion through the Chaos.
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