MDS and mitigation: building back better

What’s “mitigation” mean? Simply put, it means “building back better.” That’s something Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers do wherever they serve.

For homeowners, mitigation means being able to sleep at night knowing that their homes are built to withstand the next storm, flood, fire or earthquake that comes their way.

Mitigation means lessening the impact of a disaster, or looking for ways to prevent it altogether.  This includes repairing or rebuilding homes so they can survive future disasters, or even moving them to a different location altogether.