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

NORTH CAROLINA RELIEF HURRICANE RECOVERY UPDATE (February 2019)

CURRENT ACTIVITIES (RECOVERY PHASE) ●

As of January 7th, the program has transitioned into the recovery phase. The scope has expanded to include critical repairs on qualifying homes in Pamlico County. As a critical repair program, we will serve the most vulnerable populations (elderly, disabled, veterans, children, low income, etc.) currently living in their homes. While not giving our beneficiaries finished homes, the goal of this program is to provide a comfortable and safe living environment to a greater number of individuals. Our homeowners will be given a working kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living space, and drywall/insulation.

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Continued response work (mucking, gutting, and sanitizing homes) in Pamlico, Craven, and Jones counties.

All photos from our first critical repair site. Site supervisor Heather (pictured on far left), leads the charge at Mr. Gibbs’ house.

Over 5 months after Florence hit, our teams still continue to find response work.

Pictured above: volunteers muck, gut, and sanitize the historic Rue Chapel A.M.E Church in New Bern. To the left: volunteer Dan, removes moldy subfloor.

OUR IMPACT

414

PEOPLE IMPACTED

189

JOBS COMPLETED

318

VOLUNTEERS

3643

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 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 critical 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 has focused up until now, on debris clearing and residential flood cleanup. Having completed nearly five months of response work (chainsaw work, mucking and gutting, mold sanitation), we are excited to broaden our focus to begin working on critical home repairs.

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.

OUR NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERS

4 YEARS IN A ROW! Only 13% of charities have received at least 4 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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For additional information: Hana Wilder, Partnership Manager hana.w@allhandsandhearts.org or (774) 762-3180 www.allhandsandhearts.org