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A number of student organizations have traveled to the Gulf Coast to help in the Katrina Relief Efforts. I was part of two groups from Dickinson Christian Fellowship that went to the coast in January and March. Though half a year had passed since the hurricane hit, the area was still torn apart with debris scatter everywhere. Many houses had yet to be cleaned out. The trip in March was to a community in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. It was a tightly knit, predominantly black community which was still struggling to bounce back after Katrina. I was amazed that hundreds of families are still waiting for FEMA trailers. Many can not afford to rebuild their houses because their insurance did not cover such a catastrophe. We spent a week cleaning out the moldy remains of the houses. It is clear that the storm will have lasting effects on the communities along the Gulf Coast. It is now a matter of their ability to find the resources to rebuild.<br> | |||
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Dickinson Christian Fellowship in Mississippi
A number of student organizations have traveled to the Gulf Coast to help in the Katrina Relief Efforts. I was part of two groups from Dickinson Christian Fellowship that went to the coast in January and March. Though half a year had passed since the hurricane hit, the area was still torn apart with debris scatter everywhere. Many houses had yet to be cleaned out. The trip in March was to a community in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. It was a tightly knit, predominantly black community which was still struggling to bounce back after Katrina. I was amazed that hundreds of families are still waiting for FEMA trailers. Many can not afford to rebuild their houses because their insurance did not cover such a catastrophe. We spent a week cleaning out the moldy remains of the houses. It is clear that the storm will have lasting effects on the communities along the Gulf Coast. It is now a matter of their ability to find the resources to rebuild.
