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Katrina was one of the most devastating U.S. hurricanes ever recorded, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless, jobless, displaced, and despairing. The extent of the devastation and the sheer size of the recovery task are daunting. Many are overwhelmed. Where do you start when you have nothing left to start with? As one recent Service International (SI) volunteer put it: “We give people hope.”
To date, SI has sent 40 tractor trailers loaded with food and water, supplies, and building materials to the Gulf Coast. More than 1,600 SI volunteers—from the U.S. and England—have readily invested long weekends, holiday breaks, and vacations to help Katrina families and communities recover and rebuild. “If it hadn’t been for SI, many of our neighbors would not have returned to rebuild. You have given us hope. Thank you!” Words like these from a New Orleans homeowner fire up our determined orange-shirted volunteers who have cut and carried and dug and gutted their way through more than 350 rebuilding projects—all since SI’s Rapid Response team hit the ground two days after Katrina. Today, bases in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Long Beach and Biloxi, Mississippi, continue to launch work teams into mud-caked, debris-filled neighborhoods to bring The week of July 18, 2006 nine of our youth, along with five adults traveled to Mississippi to partner with Service International, helping victims of hurricane Katrina. Special thanks to Marc Ryon -- his heart for this ministry and dedication made this trip possible; and to the entire team for their work to raise funds and their hard work on this trip. *taken from "The Rebirth of the South", Service International Outreach, February 2006 |
The Pitt's House before
The Pitt's House after the hurricane |
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The Pitt's House after |
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