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Louise and her family had been living in Biloxi for 57 years and in their home for 21 years prior to Katrina. The home originally belonged to Louise’s mother, who passed away shortly after the....

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Audrey and Andre Robinson are examples in their community. Both have made a life out of volunteering to help others. Andre has become his mother’s caretaker as she battles breast cancer. Their home had....

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David and Jeanette Desporte have long standing family ties to East Biloxi. Despite David’s worsening congestive heart failure he managed to stay active playing music for his church and enjoying his many....

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Richard Tyler has lived in Biloxi his entire life. He had inherited his home from his parents prior to Katrina. He is the guardian of his two teenage sons who attend school and work in East Biloxi. ....

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Upon returning home after the hurricane evacuation, Cong Nguyen, a shrimp boat mechanic, found that his house had floated 50 feet away and into to the middle of Crawford Street.

The Nguyen family needs space....

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The Tran family immigrated to the United States from Vietnam under the Humanitarian Operation Program. They have lived in Biloxi for over 10 years now and had just paid off their mortgage when Hurricane Katrina....

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Karen Parker is a single mother of six. Her oldest three play basketball for near by universities while her youngest three are busy with their middle school and high school sports teams. Karen has worked at Keesler....

Since Hurricane Katrina, Architecture for Humanity has been working throughout the Gulf Coast to help families repair and rebuild their homes. Our funding has supported everything from property surveys, to assessments to creating construction....