A Former Department Store Now Houses Charities
Hurricane Katrina sent five feet of putrid water spilling into the offices of My House Center for Learning, a ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm Destroyed New Orleans charity that serves troubled youngsters. Faced with the moldy, uninhabitable mess, My House Center turned into a…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Fund Raising for Hurricane Katrina: a Sampling of Charity Efforts
American Friends Service Committee
The $3.3-billion collected for Katrina victims will not be enough to meet all their needs, charities sayIn the year since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and surrounding areas of the Gulf Coast, ALSO SEE:List: Fund Raising for Hurricane Katrina: a Sampling of Charity EffortsSpecial Report:…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Finding Shelter for Relief Workers Is Not Easy
Alkie Edwards, a community-development specialist at Oxfam America, has been living in Biloxi, Miss., since April, helping hurricane victims rebuild. He shares with up to three other relief workers a tiny room equipped with twin-size bunk ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm…
By Sue Hoye
Contributor
Grant Makers Take Array of Approaches to Gulf Grant Making
Grant makers are taking a variety of approaches to helping the Gulf Coast region recover from Hurricane Katrina. Some philanthropies are giving local community foundations and national charities money that they ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm DestroyedArticle: Beyond Relief…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Foundations are answering the call for long-term post-Katrina support, but some leaders say more is neededDays after Hurricane Katrina fiercely uprooted life along the Gulf Coast, Michael S. Liebaert, ALSO SEE: Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm Destroyed Table: After Katrina: Big…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
School Libraries Struggle to Rebuild With Few Donations
Cindy O’Brien, the librarian at the South Plaquemines High and Elementary Schools, in Port Sulphur, La., ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm Destroyed spent three weeks in a warehouse several months ago sorting through thousands of books donated by well-meaning individuals. Hoping…
By Sandy Asirvatham
Contributor
Programs Respond to Needs of Katrina Children
The public schools in Houston, and the children whose families moved from New Orleans to Houston because ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm DestroyedArticle: Holding On in Houston of Hurricane Katrina, are both struggling through an adjustment period. On average, the displaced…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Charity Coalition Helps Shut Down Katrina Landfill
Uncovered dump trucks full of twisted metal, crumbling drywall, and other Hurricane Katrina ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm Destroyed debris no longer rumble through Village de l’Est, in New Orleans, raising dust and shedding trash on the way to a 100-acre landfill off Chef…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Demand Is High for Post-Katrina Counseling Services
While shelter is the major concern for charities working along the Gulf Coast to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm DestroyedArticle: From Recovery to Rebuilding the damage and dislocation wrought by the storm has also led to an increase in the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor