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MCC is responding to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita by supporting the work of churches in the affected regions.
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News Stories
Anabaptist leaders visit Louisiana to support communities recovering from hurricanes
Tim Shenk 
Bracing for hurricane season in New OrleansAs a new hurricane season begins June 1, MCC hurricane workers and members of partner congregations are facing the summer with both trepidation and faith.
Ministry in a New Orleans suburbAn interview with Pastor Lawrence Velasquez, serving as an MCC local hurricane response worker in Harahan, Louisiana.
MCC assists homeowners negotiating insurance claims after Hurricane KatrinaSix months after the storm, some homeowners are still dealing with homeowner's insurance and flood insurance claims. 
Newly married couple finds life altered by Hurricane KatrinaHenry and Kenia Aragón were settling into their apartment, anticipating the honeymoon they planned to take soon. 
Pastor ministers to evacuees through MCC positionAlberto Parchmont helps connect evacuees with social services such as food stamps or other aid. 
MCC minivan helps meet transportation needs of evacueesA vital part of the MCC hurricane response team in Houston is a Ford Windstar minivan. MCC relief materials reach southern LouisianaMCC relief kits, hygiene kits and canned meat have reached families in southeastern Louisiana, where homes were flooded by Hurricane Rita or damaged by Hurricane Katrina's high winds. 
Beauty salon supports hurricane reliefSpanky's and Company, a beauty salon in Reedley, California, raised $1,791 U.S. for MCC's Hurricane Katrina response. San Antonio congregation shelters evacuees from Hurricane RitaContinuing a tradition of reaching out to the community, San Antonio Mennonite Church opened its doors to people fleeing Hurricane Rita, including some Louisiana residents who had fled to Texas from Hurricane Katrina. Reaching out to evacuees in HoustonHouston Mennonite pastor José Elizalde said as the church meets needs of evacuees and encounters those preparing to return to Louisiana, "we are becoming aware of those who are not able to find any help or little help." Local Anabaptist leaders, MCC and MDS staff meet in LouisianaMCC and MDS staff, along with church leaders and members of Anabaptist congregations in the New Orleans area, are meeting this week in southern Louisiana to continue the process of assessing damage and planning further responses to Hurricane Katrina. Immigrants find no safe haven after KatrinaJulio Galvez, a 33-year-old undocumented immigrant from Honduras, was detained by immigration authorities after becoming a hurricane evacuee and seeking help. Local coordinators hired to work through churches to respond to KatrinaSeptember 29, 2005 
Interview with Steve Cheramie Risingsun of Poarch Community Church
Mennonite Central Committee responds to Hurricane KatrinaMCC has committed nearly $2 million Cdn./$1.7 million U.S. as an initial response to Hurricane Katrina. 
MCC relief supplies well receivedFred Berg, an MCC truck driver, said that MCC's food and relief supplies were well received by survivors of Hurricane Katrina. 
MCC provides supplies for hurricane survivorsMCC is working in partnership with MDS to respond to Hurricane Katrina and is currently providing food and supplies in Alabama and Texas for people affected by the disaster. 
Four truckloads of emergency supplies go to AlabamaFour truckloads of MCC emergency relief supplies were shipped from the MCC warehouse to Alabama for distribution in the coastal town of Bayou La Batre, south of Mobile. |
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Still surviving along the Gulf Coast
