Hands On Disaster Response is now All Hands Volunteers

We continue to plow through the mud here in Gonaives! 62 volunteers representing 9 countries have cleared 22 residences, allowing 42 families to return home. The end is even in sight for Olanne, our most challenging mud site which has soaked up 12 days of work so far.

All 9 classrooms at the Sisters’ school are back in operation, with 600+ students back in class. We continue work in their clinic and library, which provide services for an additional 200 members of their local community.

Volunteer numbers will grow steadily over the coming weeks, so we have opened up tent space at our base. If you’re interested in joining us at Project Gonaives, email info@hodr.org.

After just one month in Gonaives, there has been a transformation. The roads, once blocked by mountains of sludge and flooded with chocolate brown soup, are now lined with dump trucks and loaders. Businesses are back, tap taps are resuming their routes, and schools are set to reopen. The former hotel at #1A National Road, Gonaives, Haiti is now the busy, bustling headquarters of HODR’s Project Gonaives.

Here’s a look at what we’ve accomplished in our first month of operation!
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