How cool is this? Habitat for Humanity - my favorite organization, is rapidly responding to the Katrina catastrophe. Already plans are in being formed for long-term recovery efforts. Operation Home Delivery will allow communities all over the country to help hurricane victims in a hands-on fashion. Homes will be built by volunteers in one location and then broken down into components (wall units, etc) these "homes in a box" will be shipped to affected areas to be built by volunteers on-site.
It's a monumental task. Even at Habitat's reduced price, 100 million dollars will only build about 1,500 here in the U.S. so a lot of collaboration will need to take place (note that 100 million dollars in some third world countries could build homes for every family in that country).
To read more about Habitat's Operation Home Delivery, other aspects of Katrina re-building efforts, and Habitat disaster response in general, click here.
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