For instance, someone's china set. That can be saved. that means something to people that have lost everything. |
The people that own this home their relatives own all of these homes and have owned these homes for generations, now some of these homes are destroyed but some of them are not destroyed, some of them need to be repaired. |
There are a lot of elderly residents that are still living in this region. And people have been bringing them water and food everyday. They have no health care, they have no electricity, no generators. There's no FEMA, there's nobody helping these people. |
They say to come home but there's no school, no health care and no electricity. |
They weren't allowed to be here and if they did come in, they had to come in on a bus, they weren't allowed to get off the bus. they haven't had the opportunities to come back. |
We at Common Ground are committed to doing everything we can to ensure that the voice of the residents are heard, their rights respected and their community rebuilt. |