Two 1,000-square-foot modular homes built over the winter by volunteers in Strasburg, Ohio were dedicated on March 20 in West Virginia by Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) and Disaster Aid Ohio. The homes were built by volunteers working in small...
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Jeffery Moseley is a patient man. As the resident of Marianna, Fla. watched Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) close the doors on his half-built home in December because of a spike in COVID-19 cases, he knew the volunteers would be back. “COVID has...
Two homes in the mountains of West Virginia are nearly ready for occupancy, four years after floodwaters decimated communities and upended lives there. MDS volunteers built the 1,000-foot modular homes by working inside a warehouse tucked in the...
A crew from JZ Engineering—designers of the driveway bridges MDS volunteers have been building for several years in West Virginia—volunteered in July to build a bridge in Pocahontas County. Johann Zimmermann, principal engineer, and his employees...
There’s a job card is on its way to Strasburg, Ohio, signed by a flood survivor from West Virginia, about to give the official “go-ahead” for a creative MDS response that will occur safely even amid the coronavirus pandemic. That’s a tall...
In early March, before deciding to close all Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) projects through the summer due to COVID-19, MDS Executive Director Kevin King made a trip to visit projects operated by local units—groups of volunteers in congregations...
When Super Typhoon Yutu hit the island of Saipan in 2018, striking the remote island with 180-mph/290 km winds, Jerry Grosh of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) held his breath. “I hoped and prayed the homes MDS had rebuilt on the island following...
Standing near the La Plata Mennonite Church in Puerto Rico, Eileen Rolon’s joy over the newly built Children’s Church is eclipsed by her concern for the hundreds of people sleeping outdoors as earthquakes and aftershocks continue to rock the...
Lee County, Alabama Tornado MDS sent in an investigation team to Macon, Barbour and Lee counties to determine the needs and how MDS can be most helpful. Search and rescue efforts have been wrapped up and everyone is accounted for. Permits to travel...
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