AHAH Monthly Program Update- Hurricane Ida (August 2022)

HURRICANE IDA RELIEF UPDATE AUGUST 2022

2022 IMPACT

HURRICANE IDA 34 RELIEF TOTAL IMPACT

LAUR A/DEL LIVES IMPACTED 2,467 7,376 VOLUNTEER HOURS TA2,467 VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERS

2,467 715 VOLUNTEER DAYS DAYS 715 2 HOMES IN PROGRESS 5 HOMES COMPLETED VOLUNTEER

JOBS COMPLETED JOBS COMPLETED

7 HOMES IN QUEUE*13,64

13,674

Photos: (Top) SCHOOL Volunteers IN mucking PROGRESS and gutting a home; (Left) Tree removal

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Current Activities After a pause over the winter and spring, All Hands and Hearts returned to St. John the Baptist Parish in May to repair hurricane damaged homes. We are thrilled to be working closely again with the community’s grassroots Long Term Recovery Group (LTRG), which still has a list of roughly 500 households needing hurricane repairs. Our team has been doubling down in the humid summer heat to get these folks back “home.” Repair activities vary because every home was damaged differently; our goal is to perform basic interior repairs that ensure survivors can once again live their lives from a secure and functional home base. Many homes still need mold sanitizing treatment. From there, we install new insulation before moving on to drywall and finishing the walls up with a coat of primer. Also on the menu: door installation, trim and subfloor repairs and installation of water damage-resilient vinyl flooring.

Program Spotlight In August, we had a father-son team join us. (See photo, left) “My wife Neha and I have supported All Hands and Hearts the past 5+ years. My son and I just completed a meaningful week in the field in support of Hurricane Ida efforts. It’s great to see that donor dollars are effectively and efficiently used by AHAH! We will continue to contribute to this professional organization…through our time, effort and donations!” -Dharmesh + son Milan Dharmesh is already planning another volunteer stint with his daughter and son on our Kentucky Flood Relief program!

Photo, top: AHAH Team Louisiana! *Queue building is always in progress on a rolling basis.

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Disaster Profile - Hurricane Ida On August 29, 2021, almost exactly a year after twin hurricanes Laura and Delta hit Louisiana, category 4 Hurricane Ida made landfall over the Port Fourchon community in Louisiana. First observed as a tropical depression on August 26, after passing over Cuba as a category 1 hurricane, Ida underwent a rapid intensification, progressing to a category 4 hurricane by the time it made landfall. Wind speeds exceeding 150 mph were sustained for a total of 6 hours, twice the duration of the 125 mph sustained winds of Hurricane Katrina.

A volunteer replacing mold-damaged ceiling tiles

Our Work - Response Phase, 2021

Our Disaster Assessment and Response Team (DART) arrived two days after Hurricane Ida made landfall to assess the damage. With a team already in Louisiana responding to Hurricanes Laura and Delta that struck the state in 2020, All Hands and Hearts was uniquely positioned to assist the communities affected by Hurricane Ida. Eight days after Ida slammed through, we had volunteers in the field working to help with the clean up. By January, our teams had helped 145 people in 75 households get one step closer to recovery through a variety of response scopes of work such as roof tarping, chainsaw removal of trees from cars and roofs, mucking and gutting, and mold sanitizing. From June 2022 through December 2022, our focus will be on interior home repairs. Program extension will be subject to donor support.

About All Hands and Hearts We 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.

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We have earned a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator for the seventh year in a row.

This year only seven percent of rated nonprofits received this distinction for financial and operational efficiency.

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