All Hands and Hearts Monthly Update - North Carolina (April)

NORTH CAROLINA RELIEF HURRICANE RECOVERY UPDATE (April 2019)

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (RECOVERY PHASE) ●

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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 7 months after Hurricane Florence hit, response work (mucking, gutting, and sanitizing homes) continues.

Scope of work expanded in January to include critical repairs. Our critical repair queue prioritizes the most vulnerable populations (elderly, disabled, veterans, 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.

We completed work at the Dixon Home this month. This home was our second official completed critical repair site! The Dixon family is thrilled to be one step closer to a fully finished home.

Pictured at Left: Site supervisor Josh oversaw this build from muck and gut to rebuild. He poses with most of the Dixon family after the site hand over.

Volunteer Voices “AHAH is truly a close knit family of wonderful people that are tough to leave, even after only spending a week with them. On a personal level, helping those that have lost basically everything they own to a natural disaster, is such a rewarding feeling. I constantly found myself working as hard as I always do, even though I'm volunteering and not getting paid by the hour. I think that simply the mentality of helping those who need it most, outweighs the incentive of getting paid hourly.”

OUR IMPACT

458

PEOPLE IMPACTED

218

JOBS COMPLETED

449

VOLUNTEERS

4,370

VOLUNTEER DAYS

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).

OUR MISSION To effectively and efficiently address the immediate and long-term needs of communities impacted by natural disasters. By listening to local people, and deploying a unique model of engaging volunteers to enable direct impact, we rebuild safe, resilient schools, homes and other community infrastructure.

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5 YEARS IN A ROW! Only 10% of charities have received at least 5 consecutive 4-star ratings. This means All Hands and Hearts outperforms most of the other 1.5 million charities in America in operational and financial efficiency.

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