Avenues Recovery is saying thank you to the Louisiana National Guard for their recent efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. “We feel deeply indebted to the local Louisiana National Guard Troops for their exceptional efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida,” says Matt Engler, Executive Director at Avenues Recovery of Louisiana. “Their tireless work … Read more
L’Ecole Fraternité de Hatte in St.Louis du Sud, Haiti, may only be one of the estimated 135,500 buildings destroyed by the 14 August earthquake, but the loss of the school has further disrupted the lives of the children who used to attend. So the children were excited when a team of Scientology Volunteer Ministers arrived … Read more
An Orange County company that formed in response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 is now leveraging their unique foam technology to assist in local oil spill clean-up efforts. Advanced Innovative Recovery Technologies, Inc. (AIRTech) began outreach today to local, state and federal agencies to offer donated supplies to … Read more
St. Charles Parish is finally heading back toward normal: Schools are about to reopen, and power is restored in some 90 percent of homes. Knowing they made a difference, Scientology Volunteer Ministers who arrived in the region two weeks ago have headed home. They look back with fond memories of the warm and gracious people they met and … Read more
The Scientology Hurricane Ida Disaster Response team continues its work in neighborhoods where it is still a long road to recovery from the category 4 hurricane that battered the region. Ida is the second most intense hurricane to hit Louisiana, causing an estimated $50 billion in damage. Only Katrina was more severe. The Volunteer Ministers … Read more
Volunteer Ministers of the Scientology Haiti Disaster Response Team completed a five-day seminar Tuesday, September 7, that trained 97 first responders and community leaders to deliver Scientology assists—techniques developed by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard that address the emotional and spiritual effects of stress and trauma. Arranged by former Jérémie mayor Yvon Janvier and cosponsored by GRADE: Groupe d’Appui au Développement … Read more
Ten nurses, wearing the bright-yellow T-shirts of the Scientology Volunteer Minister, helped set up a mobile clinic in Camp-Perrin, Haiti, and immediately started triaging and caring for patients. Camp-Perrin is one of the communities hardest hit by the August 14 earthquake that left an estimated 12,000 injured and destroyed more than 52,000 homes. With so … Read more
An advance Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) from international disaster relief organization All Hands and Hearts (AHAH) is staging in Beaumont, TX to be able to assess the impending damage from Hurricane Ida. According to the National Hurricane Center, Ida is expected to bring “extremely life-threatening storm surge inundation of 9′ or higher in the … Read more
At 7.2 magnitude, the earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14 was twice as powerful as the one that hit the country in 2010. And the destruction is massive. Scientology Volunteer Ministers in Carrefour and Les Cayes are working with nonprofits and first responders to train them on how to address the emotional and spiritual … Read more
A team of search-and-rescue specialists and highly trained Volunteer Ministers flew out of Miami today, headed for Port-au-Prince. There they continue their journey to Les Cayes by the fastest means possible to join the search-and-rescue teams scouring the rubble for more than 300 people still missing from the Aug. 14 7.2 magnitude earthquake. They will … Read more
