Monthly Program Update - Louisiana (December 2020)

LOUISIANA HURRICANE RELIEF UPDATE DECEMBER 2020

TOTAL PROGRAM IMPACT

213 30

Current Situation LIVES IMPACTED

VOLUNTEERS

844

VOLUNTEER DAYS

115

JOBS COMPLETED

Our team of All Hands and Hearts’ staff and AmeriCorps NCCC volunteers is making good progress with their work queue in Louisiana and have completed more than 60 chainsaw sites!

While we’re continuing to support homeowners with these vital response activities, including debris removal and mucking and gutting, we’ve also successfully started transitioning to recovery activities with the commencement of our Resilient Roof Repair Program. Our initial focus is assessing homes with roof damage and creating a prioritized work queue based on the level of need.

Community Voices Tiwona is a fierce fighter with a heart of gold. There is an extension to her home that she was initially planning to turn into a daycare, but following the recent storms (Hurricanes Laura and Delta), Tiwona felt compelled to give back to her community. She’s now decided to turn it into a women’s shelter; a cause close to her heart. Our team is thrilled to support Tiwona with this mission by repairing the damages caused by the hurricanes.

Left photo: our volunteers working on Tiwona’s home.

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Disaster Profile Louisiana has been hit by four storms this year, the two largest of which caused significant damage. On August 27, Hurricane Laura pounded the Louisiana and Texas coasts, making landfall near Cameron, Louisiana as a Category 4 storm with 150-mph winds. Six weeks later, on October 9, Hurricane Delta made landfall as a Category 2 storm in Creole, Louisiana. It followed a similar path to Hurricane Laura and compounded the damages already left by previous storms as well as causing a lot more rainfall accumulation, with several places reporting up to 18” within a few hours.

Our Work Our Disaster Assessment and Response Team (DART) conducted on-the-ground assessments and established a base of operations in DeQuincy, Louisiana, just northwest of Lake Charles. Our team is assisting families impacted by both Hurricane Laura and Delta, and with the support of AmeriCorps NCCC members, has been focusing on response activities to date. In December 2020, we started a Resilient Roof Repair Program to help address some of the long-term recovery needs. We have committed to stay in Louisiana into 2021, and will be continuing with both response and recovery activities. If you’d like to join us in supporting communities impacted by the Louisiana Hurricanes, please consider making a donation.

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 six years in a row and a Perfect 100. Less than one percent of rated nonprofits have received this distinction for financial and operational efficiency.

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