Margaret has owned her 95 year old home in New Orleans for 21 years. She was at home when Hurricane Katrina blew through. She lost part of her roof in the storm and the flood filled her basement with 7 feet of water. She had to leave New Orleans for a time but returned with the hope of fixing the problems and getting life back to normal. Almost 5 years after Katrina, she still lives in a FEMA Katrina Trailer parked in her front yard. The contractor hired (and paid) to repair her roof did not properly do the work and only last week were the leaks finally stopped.
Project Homecoming is a project of South Louisiana Presbytery. http://www.projecthomecoming.net. Together with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, they are working with the poor, disabled and elderly to repair storm damaged houses and help people move home again. At Margaret’s home, Project Homecoming volunteers have torn out damaged plaster ceilings and repaired ceiling joists. This week, we are hanging sheet rock for the new ceilings.
Robin, Dave, Nancy, Alex
I remember them well. They were a good group. I enjoyed working with them very much.
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