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Programs
A Habitat for Humanity volunteer installs metal hurricane strapping on a build
site in Bunnell, Florida.In addition to ongoing local-level construction, the
Habitat International headquarters administers a range of specially focused
programs, which may occur once annually or on a continuously ongoing basis.
Operation Home Delivery
Habitat has initiated a special program to help restore housing to the areas
affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The effort is focused on getting the
local affiliates in these areas back on their feet and prepared to build for
their communities. It has also become a catalyst for other organizations,
corporations and the government to provide help and support in rebuilding these
areas, and has received considerable national media attention.
The program pre-builds housing components in nearby less-affected locations such
as Jackson, Mississippi, allowing much of the construction to be accomplished
while basic infrastructure is being restored. Pre-constructed components can
then be shipped to the affected areas and built at a faster rate. Within two
months of the time of the disaster, construction had begun on houses in the
Louisiana cities of Covington and Slidell, near New Orleans.
Operation Home Delivery is Habitat for Humanity International's hurricane
rebuilding program, Harry Connick Jr., and Branford Marsalis are honorary
chairs, and one of the many projects along the Gulf Coast, is the Musicians'
Village. New Orleans Habitat for Humanity
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