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Making some changes
Mon, 04/30/2007 - 19:31 — NikiOur website is undergoing some changes at this time. Over the next few days we will be adding new links to Organizations and Projects currently working in Mississippi and Louisiana for folks to volunteer their time, creativity and strength. Residents can also find some assistance by contacting any of the Organizations in their area. We will also be posting articles to keep you informed as to the struggle and achievements of so many Families and Communities through out the Gulf. You are invited to post your thoughts or add comments to any article about what is happening in the Gulf related to Katrina. If you are a Volunteer, please share with us your experiences, pictures and where you've worked. If you are a Resident of the 'Zone' we welcome you to write about your experiences as well. On our News page we will post articles related to important issue to all of us such as housing, education, health care, and our environment.
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Broken Promises to a Broken Gulf
Thu, 04/19/2007 - 09:57 — NikiPublished: April 17, 2007
President Bush has reneged on his promises to Katrina’s victims. Shamefully, the president has chosen the interests of bureaucracy over those of American towns on the brink of failure.
Over a year and a half later, there are 64,000 people still sleeping in trailers in Louisiana and far too many communities without schools, hospitals and other basics. These are unacceptable failures. At least part of the problem is a law that requires states to contribute 10 percent of the cost of most federally financed reconstruction projects. Mr. Bush waived that requirement after the Sept. 11 attacks (as his father did after Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki) but he refuses to do so for the Gulf Coast.
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Official to tell senators decisions are needed to rebuild
Thu, 04/12/2007 - 10:51 — NikiWASHINGTON -- A congressional investigator is expected to tell senators today that rebuilding efforts along the Gulf Coast are at a critical turning point, with key decisions needed soon from the federal government about funding for coastal restoration, levee protection, infrastructure, land use and rebuilding the area's economy.
The main message of Stanley Czerwinski, director of Strategic Issues for the Government Accountability Office, likely will be that a lot has been spent on Gulf Coast Recovery, but much more probably will be needed.
He's scheduled to be the lead witness today at the first hearing of the newly created Senate Home Security and Governmental Affairs Disaster Recovery Subcommittee, chaired by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. The GAO is the investigatory agency for Congress.
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Update from United Peace Relief
Sat, 03/10/2007 - 15:00 — NikiHi all,
Our website has been updated recently and United Peace Relief still
has a presence in the gulf doing what we can. We have several
projects in the works and need your help.
Help us support reconstruction in the Gulf Coast and disaster relief.
We are very excited about our raffle of this beautiful quilt
celebrating New Orleans and Mardi Gras. We want to thank Laura Fogg
who created the quilt and donated it to United Peace Relief for this
raffle. Laura is an award-winning quilter from Mendocino County. You
can see some of her other beautiful quilts here
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As houses rise in Phoenix, the saws sound sweeter than ever
Fri, 02/02/2007 - 01:00 — NikiSource: Oxfam Date: 02 Feb 2007
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Rev. Tyronne Edwards was on a mission—just as he has been pretty much every day since the storm surge from hurricane Katrina sloshed over the levees in his tiny town on the east bank of the Mississippi River. When the water receded—it had been 14 feet deep—there wasn’t much left of Phoenix, La: Out of 166 homes, barely 25 or 30 of them were habitable.
But on this day—with a power saw whining and the sermons of the late civil rights leader blaring from a pair of speakers—Edwards nudged his little community and lifelong home one step closer to recovery. By the time the sun had gone down, he and a small crew of helpers, including his 15-year-old son, Sadiki, had put the finishing touches on an office at one end of an old mobile home that is morphing—yet again—into a new nerve center for Phoenix.
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New York photographer help N.O. kids put their world in focus
Wed, 04/26/2006 - 00:00 — NikiBy Lynne Jensen
Staff writer
Dancing down the aisle of historic St. Augustine Church in Treme, the Rev. Jerome LeDoux punched the air, singing "Shake the Devil Off" as Nikon-toters recorded one of his last moments as pastor. Among them was Aaliliah Carr, 9, joined by fellow photography student Niya Zulu, 8.
While other photographers are recording New Orleans' bleak, post-Katrina landscape, Jim Belfon is focusing on its storm-struck people, especially young people yearning to see their world through the lens of a camera.
Belfon, whose love of photography blossomed during the heyday of 1950s jazz, is the executive director of the Photographic Center of Harlem, where he has helped children learn and appreciate photography for 18 years. He plans to set up a similar center in New Orleans, where he has taken up residence, to help youngsters investigate photography as a recreational activity, an art form and a career choice.
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On the Bayou
Thu, 02/09/2006 - 20:00 — Niki 
My Son, Justin, came to work with us in early December 2005 for a week. He found the wrok so meaningful and the company of Vollies so pleasent, he stayed another week! We went canoeing on Bayou Liberty the night before he returned home to Oklahoma. Thank you Justin for your hard work and great company!
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Morning On the Bayou
Thu, 02/09/2006 - 01:00 — Niki 
Good Morning Good Friends,
The sun is just rising on the Bayou. Not a cloud in the sky. I saw some fish jumping this morning in the shadow of the reeds on the far bank. The ripples moving rapidly into the sun --Brilliant with color....Emerald green patches of soft grass line the camps shore, while darker shades peek through the dry reeds across the way. Birds are coming back too. We have seen Cardinals, Woodpecker's, (we hear them every morning outside the cabin window) and tall slender Herons', saw a brown Pelican the other day!--A vocal pair of Owls live in a tree nearby. There are not many yet--but they are coming back.
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Mobile Takes A Plunge
Wed, 02/08/2006 - 01:00 — Niki 
For those of you who recall the dog I adopted from the SOS house in Mobile Alabama, here is a picture of her doing what she does best these days. Having Fun!!! KEN
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