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Haiti: Transitional School ProgramTransitional School Program After 1,261 schools were destroyed and 2,530 were badly damaged in the 12 January 2010 earthquake, schools in Leogane were unable to operate for three months, depriving children not only of the opportunity for education but also of a sense of normalcy and structured routine. Over the past few months NGOs have [...] Read more |
Tennessee: Flood Coordination Project LaunchIn response to the widespread flooding that occurred three weeks ago, All Hands has launched the Tennessee Recovery Coordination Center (TN RCC) located in Antioch, Tennessee. Over the coming weeks we’ll be focused on gathering data on residents’ needs and fostering collaboration among responding voluntary organizations active in the flood clean up efforts. We will [...] Read more |
Tennessee: Flooding Assessment LaunchOver the past few weeks Tennessee has experienced extensive flooding. Thousands of homes have been affected across much of the state. Bill and Jeremey have been engaged in Tennessee Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (TN VOAD) conference calls and in dialogue with several other responding organizations since the flooding began. All Hands has now launched [...] Read more |
Haiti: Project Director’s UpdateToday 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. Read more |
Lonely Planet: Volunteering in Haiti, post-earthquakeIf you haven’t been automatically redirected to the Lonely Planet article on HODR (All Hands’ previous identity), “Volunteering in Haiti, post-earthquake“, please click here. Thank you for your interest and support! Read more |
Rhode Island: Coordinative Services UpdateIn response to the March 2010 flooding in Rhode Island, All Hands launched and has been running the Rhode Island Recovery Coordination Center (RI RCC). On May 6, we officially transitioned the operation of the RI RCC to Serve Rhode Island (SRI), a local organization that will continue with the operation of the RCC for [...] Read more |
Iowa: Project Cedar Rapids Rebuild UpdateThroughout April 2010, All Hands coordinated nearly 40 volunteers helping residents affected by the 2008 floods in Cedar Rapids, IA. This was All Hands’ first planned rebuilding project, and we had a productive month back in Iowa working on drywall, framing, and providing families with mini-grants of rebuilding materials. Thank you to all the volunteers [...] Read more |
Tennessee: Monitoring the FloodApril Showers… Over the past week Tennessee has experienced unprecedented spring storms, saturating the ground and causing rivers to crest at historic levels. Parts of Tennessee have received upwards of 12” of rainfall during the most concentrated periods of the storm. On Tuesday, the flooding in Tennessee was a declared a federal disaster and as [...] Read more |
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Indonesia: Project Sungai Geringging Final ReportALL HANDS VOLUNTEERS’ PROJECT SUNGAI GERINGGING, CLOSING REPORT After a successful five and a half months in West Sumatra, All Hands’ Project Sungai Geringging (PSG) has finished. During our period of intervention All Hands welcomed 227 volunteers from 29 different countries along with a strong number of volunteers from all around Indonesia. Together we worked [...] Read more |
Mississippi: Monitoring Tornado SituationOn Saturday, April 24, 2010 a tornado system swept through several states in the Southern U.S. According to Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour in an article by the Washington Post, “about 100 homes in Yazoo County [Mississippi] and 38 in Choctaw County are not livable.” All Hands is monitoring the situation. We are in dialogue with [...] Read more |