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“We can go home now”

Nine-year-old Owen Nichols cut the ribbon on a new bridge in Iron Station, North Carolina on June 29, officially dedicating the state’s first bridge built by Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers, who spent about eight days working on the...

“This bridge? It’s Christmas”

Twenty-nine families in Iron Station, North Carolina, are sleeping better at night. And their daytimes got better, too, after Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers constructed a new 60-foot bridge to carry them in and out of their beloved...

A man sprays off concrete to clean up the dirt left by flood water.

2018 Hurricane Florence Response

What is the MDS response to Hurricane Florence? A bus load of Amish from Lancaster County PA arrived in Lumberton NC the morning of October 1st. They were the first of a number of early response groups that have, and will continue to, rotate into the...

The back yard of a house with water and debris.

In the wake of Hurricane Florence

Even before Hurricane Florence made landfall on September 14 at 7:15 a.m. in Wilmington, North Carolina, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) was quietly gearing up a response that will range from damage assessments to long-term home rebuilds. In simpler...

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