by seemslikeadream » Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:17 pm
to be running around with that crowd <br><br>Habitat for Humanity plans ‘Operation Home Delivery’ for hurricane victims<br><br>AMERICUS, Ga. (Sept. 3, 2005) – Habitat for Humanity International is launching “Operation Home Delivery,” a three-phase response to help provide assistance and rebuilding opportunities in New Orleans and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.<br><br>”First responders are providing immediate aid right now, but, soon, efforts will be moving toward helping people rebuild their lives and their homes,” said Jonathan Reckford, Habitat’s chief executive officer. “We are working now to make sure we have just such a plan in place when conditions are at a point that rebuilding can get under way.”<br><br>Specifically, the plan focuses, first, on helping Habitat affiliates that were hardest hit by Katrina restore some level of service. Then Habitat will seek to serve as a catalyst with other organizations, governments, corporations, foundations, etc., to bring people together to talk about low-income housing and recovery on a scale that Habitat alone would be unable to do, and third, to establish and implement a “home in a box project.” <br><br>Habitat’s plan is to assemble the materials needed to build a house – either purchased or donated – and then, working with affiliates, churches, corporations and others in communities all over the country, volunteers, working with building specialists, will “pre-build” the frame of a home over a few days. The house will be tacked together to ensure a rock-solid fit, then the frame will be taken apart and the components placed, along with other necessary construction materials, in a container and shipped to an area along the Gulf Coast or New Orleans where families, volunteers and builders will rebuild the home.<br> <br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.habitat.org/newsroom/2005archive/insitedoc010602.aspx">www.habitat.org/newsroom/...10602.aspx</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>