TEXAS HURRICANE RECOVERY UPDATE NOVEMBER 2019
TOTAL PROGRAM IMPACT
4,250 4,219
LIVES IMPACTED VOLUNTEERS
38,175
VOLUNTEER DAYS
1,164
JOBS COMPLETED
Current Activities The need from Hurricane Harvey is still in Texas, and so are we. The compassion of our teams in Houston and Coastal Bend is self-evident in the 16 homes completed in the past month alone. Our refined and expedient recovery operations in Texas have nearly halved overall operational costs per home in the past year, a true testament to the dedication and development of our construction staff. In addition to home recovery, we are proud of our staff and volunteers’’ community outreach through highway clean-ups in Rockport and weekly participation in Houston’s Food Not Bombs Program. Volunteers and staff alike have come to truly love these Texas communities, and we will continue to serve them, always striving to reach more families. As we enter the holiday season, we hope you’ll consider joining us through both corporate group and individual volunteer opportunities.
Community Voices “I need you all to know that you have touched my life in so many ways. You have taught me to never give up. There truly isn’t a way to completely express how incredible each of you are, how amazing what you do is, how necessary what you do is, or just how much you are blessing this otherwise broken world. What I know is that you all have completely changed my life.” Ann Emery, Coastal Bend homeowner
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Disaster Profile Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017, near Rockport, TX as a Category 4 Hurricane that produced a record 52" of rain and 130-mph winds. One third of Houston was completely flooded, with an estimated 136,000 homes affected in Harris County alone. The Coastal Bend region was hit especially hard, and experienced $4.5 billion in damage to an estimated 39,927 structures. Destruction in this region was magnified by high speed winds that took down trees and destroyed roofs, amplifying interior water damage far beyond that caused by the storm surge and flooding. Structures were afflicted with top-down water damage that led to long-term struggles in keeping homes dry, as well as debris and tree hazards littered throughout the region.
Our Work Thanks to critical support from donors, partners and volunteers from around the world, we have been in Houston and Coastal Bend since the immediate days after Hurricane Harvey. During the response phase, our teams were able to complete an impactful 16-week response program in Coastal Bend and an 18-week program in Houston. Since February 2018, our commitment to the recovery effort has concentrated site supervisors and volunteers on constructing high quality interior repair. We are driven by the continued recognition of the immense scale of need that still exists in Texas; and the compassion of volunteers to keep coming back.
About All Hands and Hearts We effectively and efficiently address the immediate and long-term needs of communities impacted by natural disasters. We communicate directly with local leaders and community members and then deploy our unique model of engaging volunteers to enable direct impact, helping to build safer, more resilient schools, homes and infrastructure. We have earned a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator six years in a row and a Perfect 100. Less than one percent of rated nonprofits have received this distinction for financial and operational efficiency.
Our Partners in Texas
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