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2007-2008: Project Pisco - Peru Earthquake Response
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$113,000
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Public Safety, Disaster Services
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
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September 8, 2007 - January 12, 2008
Families Assisted: 9,200 Volunteer Hours: 48,500
Volunteers: 534, from 30 countries
Project Pisco, in response to the magnitude 8.0 earthquake that destroyed 85 percent of Pisco, Peru on August 15, 2007, is our largest international project to date. More than 500 volunteers gave their time, energy, and hearts to help the people of Pisco and the surrounding communities.
Every day of the project volunteers removed rubble, providing 327 families space for temporary shelter or to rebuild. In the farming communities of Con Con and Ramadilla, volunteers reconstructed an irrigation canal and a water purification system to filter river water, providing water for crops and safe drinking water to 500 families.
In alliance with the Salvation Army, Caritas, and local initiatives, HODR volunteers constructed 300 temporary homes, providing durable shelter for families left homeless by the earthquake. In partnership with UNICEF and the Peruvian Ministry of Education, HODR volunteers also built 100 temporary classrooms, ensuring the continuation of schooling for thousands of children, and helped staff Safe Space play areas in relocation camps. Volunteers also rebuilt the Abraham Valdelomar Primary School in San Andreas, Peru. From removing rubble to pouring a new foundation and rebuilding walls, this is HODR’s largest construction project to date.
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HandsOnThailand was formed, and brought approximately 300 volunteers from around the world to assist tsunami victims. Accomplishments including repairing or rebuilding approximately 75 homes, and replacing more than 50 fishing boats. More information can be found at www.handsonglobal.org
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2008: Project Rayenda - Bangladesh Cyclone Response
- Budget:
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$59,800
- Category:
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Public Safety, Disaster Services
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
January 5 - April 17, 2008
Families Assisted: 1,517 Volunteer Hours: 16,016
Volunteers: 50, from 10 countries
Project Rayenda stretched the boundaries of our organization and the volunteers who participated in it. Bangladesh is desperately poor, struggling with a “caretaker” government, has difficult transportation and complicated logistics; all of these conditions were exacerbated by Cyclone Sidr on November 15, 2007 affecting tens of thousands of people.
Our project was located in one of the hardest hit and most remote areas near the Bay of Bengal. Volunteers installed thirty latrines with local NGO Agrodut Foundation, rebuilt three schools, removed seventy fallen trees, and re-roofed a 100-year-old temple. In response to the overwhelming need for shelter we implemented our HODR Half program, building fifteen functional, one-room homes that the resident can later expand. The HODR Half program is our largest self-contained housing project to date; this project developed the capacity of the organization and expanded our volunteers’ skill sets.
HODR worked in partnership with Save the Children UK to bring
playgrounds to five rural public schools. A dedicated team of volunteers designed and prefabricated the structures at our base using all local materials. The playgrounds were built on-site at the isolated schoolyards, to the delight of local children who will be able to experience the lasting benefits of play amidst a stressful, post-disaster environment.
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2008: Project Gassville - Arkansas Tornado Response
- Budget:
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$13,800
- Category:
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Public Safety, Disaster Services
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
February 12 - March 8, 2008
Families Assisted: 133 Volunteer Hours: 3,315
Volunteers: 205 Value of Donated Labor: $62,700
In February 2008 HODR announced a three-week volunteer response project to assist the Gassville, Arkansas, community after it suffered a direct hit by an F2 tornado that damaged 267 structures.
HODR established the Gassville Coordination Center, which managed weekly coordination meetings with the city government and other response agencies and organized volunteer efforts to help families with debris and tree removal, tarping, roofing, and referrals to housing, food and other assistance resources. At the end of the project, HODR transitioned the Coordination Center to a team from AmeriCorps St. Louis. HODR’s coordination meetings served as the basis for the area’s Long Term Recovery Committee.
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2008: Project Newton County - Missouri Tornado Response
- Budget:
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$11,500
- Category:
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Public Safety, Disaster Services
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
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May 19 - June 20, 2008
Families Assisted: 200 Volunteer Hours: 3,960
Volunteers: 21 Value of Donated Labor: $80,660
HODR launched Project Newton County in response to the May 10, 2008, F4 tornado that impacted the entire thirty-mile length of Newton County, Missouri. The destruction left a path as wide as half a mile in some parts, that damaged approximately 460 homes.
HODR partnered with the Newton County Emergency Management Office and an AmeriCorps St. Louis Emergency Response Team, working together on volunteer coordination, tree and debris removal, demolition, and roof repairs over the month-long project.
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2005-2006: HandsOnUSA - Mississippi Hurricane Katrina Response
- Budget:
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$455,500
- Category:
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Public Safety, Disaster Services
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
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September 5, 2005 - March 1, 2006
Volunteers: 1,500, Average 170 volunteers per day
Volunteer Hours: 131,360 Value of Donated Labor: $2,627,200
January 27th, 2006 was named Hands On USA day for all the great work
our 1,500+ volunteers donated to the people of Biloxi. The mayor
honored us by giving Hands On USA the only Key to the City that survived the storm.
During the five-month long response HODR volunteers assisted the community through debris removal, tree removal, tarping roofs, rebuilding homes and close collaboration with the East Biloxi Coordination Center.
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