Flood Safety: After a Flood

March 22, 2021 | Updates

After a flood, damage can be both visible and invisible. Flood damage can be seen in destroyed homes and buildings. Structural damage is visible in collapsed ceilings and damaged drywall. […]

Flood Safety: Know the Risk

March 19, 2021 | Updates

During a flood, water levels and the rate that water is flowing can change quickly. Your safety in flooded areas can be difficult to determine during the day. The safety […]

Assessment Team Returns to MN

March 18, 2021 | Updates, Winter Storm Uri

Over the last 3.5 weeks, a NECHAMA Assessment team has assisted communities impacted by Winter Storm Uri. The NECHAMA assessment team partnered with an International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) assessment […]

Flood Safety: Prepare Today

March 18, 2021 | Updates

Flooding events can be very hard to predict. Some floods develop slowly over days or weeks. In this type of flooding event, weather forecasters are better able to predict where […]

Your Safe Place from Floods

March 17, 2021 | Updates

Where is your safe place from floods? As temperatures rise and fall across the country during springtime, flooding and flash flooding can happen at any time. During a flood, water […]

Inspiration is contagious: The story of Ms. Rose

March 11, 2021 | Updates, Winter Storm Uri

During our pre-assessment research of the phone calls logged by our volunteers, the home of 99-year-old Ms. Mable and her daughter Ms. Rose caught our attention. Their status was urgent-immediate […]

Texas Volunteer Opportunity

March 5, 2021 | Updates, Volunteers, Winter Storm Uri

Calling All Local Volunteers! Do you live in or near the Houston, TX area? If so, we have a Texas day volunteer opportunity to help with the muck and gut […]

Working Together to Serve After Disaster

March 4, 2021 | Updates, Volunteers, Winter Storm Uri

We would like to share a story from one of our amazing NECHAMA volunteers. Following a chance to serve with a recent volunteer phone shift, they sent us this encouraging […]

NECHAMA Assessment Team headed to Texas

March 1, 2021 | Disaster Response, Updates, Winter Storm Uri

On Sunday, February 28th, a NECHAMA assessment team headed to Texas. The NECHAMA team joined an International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) assessment team to caravan toward the city of Houston. […]