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Jan 2007
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Update from Plenty in New Orleans

01/19/2007 10:02
Good Morning,
 
I am sitting in an RV outside of 715 Le Beau in old Arabi outside the 9th ward in what used to be New Orleans.  We have an extension cord running from the neighbors 3 doors down; but have no gas, heat, nor hot water.  I've already boiled water to brush my teeth and make java and am getting a slow start to the day.  I have been in NOLA for 6 days now and give tremendous respect to the volunteers that have given up their personal lives to help their fellow man. Read More...

News from AIDSail

01/15/2007 10:08
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Boat bringing HIV/AIDS services to rural communities sinks
in Belize en route to Nicaragua Read More...

Pass Christian Reconstruction Update

01/04/2007 09:57
Just spoke with Robert Deutsch.  He is leaving almost immediately to do some sanitation work in Cambodia.  He does not have the time to get photos to us from his recent trip.  He says he is really glad he went. He "got the bug" and wants to go back.  He and the other three in his party worked almost the entire time on Florence's house. It is almost finished.  They hung the kitchen cabinets, laid the counters, finished installing all the electrical fixtures and plugs, did all the subfloor drain lines and hot and cold supply lines, tied into the water main, layed sheet vinyl flooring in the kitchen, installed an oversized handicapped access shower for Florence (that another group donated), and more.  It feels so good to have yet another local crew working down there thanks to UPR keeping the fire burning! Read More...