AHAH Monthly Program Update - Florida (February 2021)

FLORIDA HURRICANE RELIEF UPDATE FEBRUARY 2021

TOTAL IMPACT TO DATE

844 596

LIVES IMPACTED VOLUNTEERS

7,384

VOLUNTEER DAYS

335

JOBS COMPLETED

Current Activities Our all-staff team in Jackson County are making great progress and have now completed a total of 10 high-quality, interior home repairs! With 11 more homes in their work queue, the team will be continuing their efforts apace in the coming months.

In order to stay focused and aligned, each morning the team holds a socially-distanced “Stand Up Meeting” to discuss their objectives, needs, and barriers for the day ahead.

Partner Spotlight Since day one, we’ve worked closely with partner organizations to ensure we have a consistent work queue and are reaching homeowners with the highest level of need. United Methodist Committee of Relief (UMCOR) is one of those organizations and we’re delighted to have recently partnered with them on a ground-up construction (new build) home for Ms. Teresa. This permanent home replaces Ms. Teresa’s previous mobile home, which was destroyed by the hurricane.

With a solid reputation for our high-quality interior works, our team contributed to this project by installing and painting all of the interior trim and the nine interior doors.

Photos: (top) AHAH team having their morning “Stand Up Meeting”, (left) interior of the new build for homeowner Teresa, completed in partnership with UMCOR.

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Disaster Profile On October 10, 2018 Hurricane Michael slammed into Mexico Beach, Florida as a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained wind speeds of 160 mph. With record-breaking wind speeds, Michael was both the strongest storm to make landfall in the continental US (since Hurricane Andrew in 1992) and to ever hit the Florida Panhandle.

Tracking across the Southeastern United States, winds plunged 1.4 million residents into complete darkness in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas. Communities across the region were devastated, with full towns in the Panhandle demolished beyond recognition.

Our Work Thanks to the support of our partners, donors, local community and volunteers from all over the world, we have been cultivating a powerful impact in Florida since October 2018. Our first program was in Bay County, where we began with response efforts (chainsawing, debris removal and residential flood cleanup) before officially transitioning to a recovery program from June 2019 to January 2020 when we carried out muck and guts, mold sanitation and rebuild work on affected homes. In October 2020, we moved this work into Jackson County, where we are continuing to serve the long-term repair needs through mid-April.

About All Hands and Hearts We effectively and efficiently address the immediate and long-term needs of communities impacted by natural disasters. We communicate directly with local leaders and community members and then deploy our unique model of engaging volunteers to enable direct impact, helping to build safer, more resilient schools, homes and infrastructure.

We have earned a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator for the seventh year in a row. This year only seven percent of rated non-profits received this distinction for financial and operational efficiency.

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