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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. Louise is a single mother. Her daughter, Kishma, is a student at Jeff Davis College. They both....

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Audrey and Andre Robinson have both made a life out of volunteering to help others. Andre has become his mother’s caretaker as she battles breast cancer. Their home had been in the family for three....

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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. Richards’s home was an heir property he lived in prior to Katrina, a home that survived Camille in 1969. Their home was destroyed by another building....

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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, helping families of veterans who fought on the American side during the Vietnam War. They have lived in Biloxi....

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Karen Parker is a single mother of six. Her oldest two daughters are in school at near by universities while her youngest four are busy with their middle school and high school sports teams. Karen has worked at....

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....