Hands On Disaster Response is now All Hands Volunteers

Hands On Disaster Response is now All Hands Volunteers

We have adopted a new name, All Hands Volunteers, to eliminate confusion with other organizations whose names were too similar. This change is also recognition that we'll use our powerful "empowered volunteer" model beyond the initial response phase of a disaster, opening the opportunity to launch projects in areas with great need without the triggering event of a major disaster.

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Disaster Risk Reduction Training in Haiti

Disaster Risk Reduction Training in Haiti

Building from our successful school safety training program on Project Sungai Gerringing, volunteers at Project Leogane have developed a Disaster Risk Reduction program to educate teachers on the science of natural disasters, and how they can best prepare their students and classrooms for such an event.

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Rubble at Nicole Kindergarten

Rubble at Nicole Kindergarten

Jackson Casimir and his wife, Nicole, have led Nicole Kindergarten, a small, private school for three to five-year-olds, for nearly ten years. When the earthquake struck -- after school hours, fortunately, so no children were harmed -- the building collapsed to a mountain of rubble mixed with toys, books, twisted rebar, and soggy, forgotten homework.

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All Hands Volunteers Meet President Clinton in Haiti!

All Hands Volunteers Meet President Clinton in Haiti!

On June 1, 2010 former US President Bill Clinton was in Leogane, Haiti to speak about reconstruction. Clinton met with CHF and visited one of their shelters built on a slab cleared by All Hands volunteers.

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Project Updates

Iowa: Assessment Update

All Hands is heading to Iowa to assess the areas affected by flooding that in many locations has surpassed records set in 1993. An estimated 500 homes in Colfax, IA have been significantly impacted.

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Pakistan: Assessment Update

The Pakistan flooding situation is a natural disaster of epic proportions, with an estimated 900,000 homes damaged or destroyed and up to 20 million people affected.

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Haiti: Project Director’s Update

Today marks the 4-month anniversary of the Haiti earthquake that permanently changed the lives of so many on 12 January, 2010. Life quietly, proudly, adamantly goes on.

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All Hands Updates

Thank You Tina and Hina

Returning home from breaking concrete and pushing wheelbarrows at Project Leogane, Tina and Hina raised $28,172 for HODR’s Haiti fund.

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Haiti: Building Transitional Schools in Leogane, Part II

What was once a pilot project is now in full swing: Over the next six months, All Hands’ Transitional School Program will construct ten school buildings for the community of Leogane.

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Local Volunteer Spotlight: Shooby

Shooby Leroy Jean-Pierre is an All Hands local volunteer. As a translator, educator, and general go-to guy, Shooby serves as a crucial liaison between the international volunteer team and the local community. He also represents another bridge between cultures: he lived in Miami for most of his life, returning to Haiti to a few years [...]

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Upcoming Events

Sept 9th: Bonfire Rocks for Haiti

A presentation on 10 days in Haiti by Scotty Stoughton, followed by music from Bonfire and a Haitian Arts display.

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