Monthly Program Update - North Carolina (September 2019)

NORTH CAROLINA HURRICANE RECOVERY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2019

TOTAL PROGRAM IMPACT

591 664

Current Activities LIVES IMPACTED VOLUNTEERS

6,671

VOLUNTEER DAYS

308

JOBS COMPLETED

We continue to provide recovery assistance to homeowners in Pamlico and Craven Counties; filling the immediate and unmet needs of homeowners still struggling to recover. Working closely with the Pamlico Long Term Recovery Group and case management, the team continues to find homeowners who have received little to no support.

Nearly 1 year after Hurricane Florence hit, response work (mucking, gutting, and sanitizing homes) continues. Scope of work expanded in January to include critical repairs and minor roof repairs. Our critical repair queue prioritizes the most vulnerable populations (elderly, disabled, children, low income, etc.) currently living in their homes.

While not completing a total rebuild, our team works to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable place to live. Ultimately, bringing homeowners that much closer to a greater sense of normalcy and recovery.

NC Roofing Pilot An estimated 85% of roofs in Pamlico County were damaged by the hurricane. Due to limited resources in the county, roof repair remained a major unmet need for months after Florence hit. As the Recovery Program developed last January, the team identified early on that this level of damage would soon slow the progress of our mold sanitation and critical repair work. Due to the high levels of moisture and likelihood of future water leaks, homes without repaired roofs were not able to receive further assistance from our team. In May, we took this problem head on and launched our NC Roofing Project. After over 3 months of the roofing project, the team completed 17 roof repairs in the various scopes. This work allowed 15 of those homes to go into our queue for further work in response, minor, or critical interior repairs.

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Disaster Profile Hurricane Florence made landfall just outside of Wilmington, North Carolina on September 14th, 2018. Despite weakening in intensity to a Category 1 storm, 90 mph winds uprooted trees and left 800,000 people without power. Dumping 18 trillion gallons of water, Florence is the wettest tropical system to ever hit North and South Carolina. Record breaking rainfall, coupled with storm surge, caused a flooding crisis and emergency evacuations across the Carolinas. A total of 48 people have died as a result of the hurricane, 37 of which were in North Carolina. The coastal communities of the state were some of the hardest hit, so our initial response efforts focused in New Bern and its surrounding areas.

Our Work Thanks to the crucial support of our partners, donors, local community, and volunteers from all over the world, All Hands and Hearts – Smart Response has run an impactful program in North Carolina since September 2018. Our work in Pamlico, Craven and Jones counties focused on debris clearing and residential flood cleanup up until late December. In early January, we shifted our focus primarily to critical home repair, while still providing much needed response work (mucking-and-gutting, mold sanitation). During the month of May, the team again expanded scope to include minor roof repairs.

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 been awarded a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator five years in a row, placing us in the top 10% of all non-profits evaluated for financial and operational efficiency

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