Hurricane Katrina NewsVoices from the Field: Louisiana and Mississippi Four Years after Katrina Here is a first hand account from Kendra Hanson, an AmeriCares relief worker, who has just returned from the field in Katrina-affected communities. Read her story.
08/27/09
Hurricane Survival Tips from AmeriCares Emergency Experts With the 2009 hurricane season upon us, here are some useful and lifesaving tips from AmeriCares Emergency Response Team. Read more.
07/16/09
AmeriCares Staff Working in Katrina-Affected Areas to Prepare for Hurricane Season AmeriCares working in Katrina-affected areas to prepare for hurricanes. Nearly 30 facilities to be assessed for medical needs and disaster readiness. Read more.
07/15/09
Disaster Relief Group Braces for Start of Hurricane Season June 1st marks the start of hurricane season for the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America. In preparation for these storms and the damage they can do, AmeriCares has stocked disaster aid in key areas prone to hurricanes.
06/01/09
AmeriCares Sends Help to Hurricane Ike Survivors In the wake of Hurricane Ike’s landfall in the Galveston-Houston region, AmeriCares is sending relief supplies and emergency response specialists to the hardest hit areas.
09/14/08
First report from Baton Rouge AmeriCares emergency response expert Jonathan Hodgdon is in Baton Rouge, La. assessing the needs of people in the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Gustav toppled trees, damaged buildings and caused massive flooding over the holiday weekend. Since all of the hotels in Baton Rouge were filled to capacity when he arrived Tuesday night, Jonathan spent the night in the home of an AmeriCares donor. Here is his first report from the field sent via text message to his colleagues in AmeriCares Stamford headquarters this morning. Internet access is limited because of widespread power outages in the region.
09/03/08
AmeriCares Emergency Response Expert Offers Hurricane Safety Tips Gustav’s arrival this week serves as a reminder that hurricane season is well underway. This year’s season is already an active one, and forecasts call for more of these deadly storms in the coming months. AmeriCares has been responding to hurricanes for more than 25 years, providing relief supplies and medical expertise throughout the U.S., Caribbean, Latin America and other regions around the world. John Connell, AmeriCares director of emergency response, has participated in dozens of hurricane relief efforts for more than a decade, and stresses the importance of hurricane preparedness for U.S. residents within the hurricane belt.
08/28/08
Dental Services Bring Smiles to Mississippi The number of qualified health professionals practicing in the communities affected by Hurricane Katrina remains low, due to factors such as a lack of housing and limited job prospects for spouses and other family members. The lack of practicing dentists is particularly acute in Mississippi, and AmeriCares has responded by supporting several programs that promote dental health.
08/15/08
AmeriCares Boosts Children’s Health with Vaccination Support in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina, most of the school records were lost or destroyed in the storm, and it was not possible to determine how many children were appropriately immunized. In an effort to remedy this, the Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, with the support of AmeriCares, implemented the School Kids Immunization Program (SKIP), an initiative that included an examination of available records, followed by a large scale vaccination program involving numerous city schools.
07/01/08
AmeriCares is Prepared for Destructive Hurricane Season In a year when forecasters are predicting an especially active hurricane season, AmeriCares has to be able to respond when the next storm strikes. We have been providing aid to people devastated by natural disasters such as hurricanes for 25 years.
09/04/07
Mobile Units Deliver Health Care in Pass Christian While dire reports continue in the media about the lack of hospital services in New Orleans, post-Katrina, residents of Pass Christian and Biloxi in Mississippi have been fortunate.
08/29/07
In Rural Pearlington, Lives Still in Flux The Gulf Coast town of Pearlington, Mississippi is located less than 40 miles northwest of New Orleans, along the Pear River. When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005, the eastern eye wall was directly over this rural town.
08/28/07
Community Spirit: Building A Place to Play in New Orleans On a sweltering June day in New Orleans, more than 200 volunteers came together to build a new playground, restoring joy and laughter to a neighborhood badly decimated by Hurricane Katrina. It is the first of three AmeriCares projects with KaBoom!
07/05/06
AmeriCares Grants: Helping Communities Help Themselves Nine months after Hurricane Katrina crossed the Gulf Coast, AmeriCares is continuing to bring help and hope to many of those who are continuing the recovery process, giving $6.3 million in grants to local organizations in response to urgent needs.
02/24/06
Child Care: A Place to Play in Pass Christian One of the communities that lost its entire infrastructure was Mississippi’s Pass Christian. AmeriCares donated two “Sprung Structures” that are giving Katrina’s youngest survivors a safe, secure place to play.
02/24/06
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