Update from Waveland, MS
12/21/2006 10:18
A note from
Ron in Waveland, Miss:
I hope you still remember our group. Camp Second Helpin' will be re-
opening after January 1st on it's new site. The community center will
be our major Day time function, but we will have the capabilities to
house and feed 200-250 volunteers. We will be using a commercial
Kitchen to cook out of, show movies, satellite TV, Internet access,
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I hope you still remember our group. Camp Second Helpin' will be re-
opening after January 1st on it's new site. The community center will
be our major Day time function, but we will have the capabilities to
house and feed 200-250 volunteers. We will be using a commercial
Kitchen to cook out of, show movies, satellite TV, Internet access,
Read More...
Article on Importance of Grassroots Organizations
12/20/2006 10:21
A Healthy Dose of Anarchy
After Katrina, nontraditional, decentralized relief steps in where big government and big charity failed.
Neille Ilel | December 2006 Print Edition
When I walked into Rose and Gary Singletary’s house in the black, middle-class Gentilly section of New Orleans in February, I saw the shell of a building. The floors, the walls, and all the fixtures—toilets, sinks, doors—had been removed. Floodwater from Hurricane Katrina had reached higher than the Singletarys’ front door, and their home had to be stripped down to the frame to bleach out the mold. After months of on-again, off-again work, the house was finally ready to be rebuilt.
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After Katrina, nontraditional, decentralized relief steps in where big government and big charity failed.
Neille Ilel | December 2006 Print Edition
When I walked into Rose and Gary Singletary’s house in the black, middle-class Gentilly section of New Orleans in February, I saw the shell of a building. The floors, the walls, and all the fixtures—toilets, sinks, doors—had been removed. Floodwater from Hurricane Katrina had reached higher than the Singletarys’ front door, and their home had to be stripped down to the frame to bleach out the mold. After months of on-again, off-again work, the house was finally ready to be rebuilt.
Read More...