By Brittany Evans | National Grants Manager
After Hurricane Ida tore through Louisiana on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, your support allowed SBP to immediately deploy its Disaster Corps to provide direct relief to hard hit communities in New Orleans. Thanks to you, SBP successfully led post-Ida response efforts, including providing water, PPE and other critical supplies to hundreds of survivors, and completing over 300 immediate recovery projects. Additionally, SBP was able to begin laying the critical groundwork for its long-term recovery and post-disaster rebuilding work, which has already returned 17 families to the safety and security of their homes. We are so grateful for your support.
For clients like Chester, home is everything. During Hurricane Ida, 78-year-old Chester C. pushed against his patio door in Houma, Louisiana, praying for it to stay in place against the 150 mph winds on the other side. “This was worse than the war,” he says. “When [Hurricane Ida] was over, I was just glad to be alive.” That’s a lot coming from an Air Force veteran who served several tours in Vietnam.
Because his street was cut off from the main roads by a series of downed power lines and trees, neighbors were the only connections available in the first few days after Ida. Those with multiple generators washed clothes and shared food. Like hundreds of other neighborhoods and communities in southeast Louisiana, people have supported each other with what they have. Thanks to your support and commitment to speeding recovery for Ida-impacted families, SBP was able to quickly activate teams to muck and gut Chester’s home and remediate for mold.
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