
Disaster Description
Hurricane Katrina, August 2005. There is water and wind damage. MDS volunteers performed plumbing and interior electrical repairs to churches and buildings where people were being housed. In addition volunteers placed tarps on damaged roofs and cut up trees damaged in the storm.
Volunteers have now set up a long-term MDS response facility in a local strip mall. Work continues in the rebuilding phase, fixing up homes that were damaged.
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Bayou La Batre, AL
MDS
13268 N. Wintzell Ave.
Bayou La Batre, AL 36509
Project Directors:
Tel:
bayou(at)mds.mennonite.net
Project Start Date: October 2005 Volunteer Status: This site closed at the end of March. Volunteers to Date: 1,455 Jobs Started: 252 Jobs Completed: 247
Project End Date: March 31, 2007
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