Work and Witness Team

Rebuilding New Orleans After Katrina

    Two years after Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on New Orleans, a Work and Witness 
team from Southwood representing Compassionate Ministries, Nazarene Disaster 
Response, spent five days working 10-hour shifts. They were assigned to rebuild two 
homes in the Gentilly neighborhood, which "had been under eight feet of water for more 
than three weeks."

    The Nazarene Disaster Response organization has sent more than 17,000 people to 
New Orleans over the past two years. The volunteers have raised more than $17 million, gutted 1,000 homes, and reconstructed 686 homes and 37 city parks.

    On this trip a highly skilled team of men installed wood flooring, toilets and ceramic tile 
floors, replaced windows and doors, upgraded the electrical system, and reconnected 
gas lines.