International Relief Teams continues to send volunteer teams to Louisiana to repair damaged homes for victims who cannot recover on their own.
IRT has more than 30 years of experience in assisting victims of disasters, both nationally and internationally. Disaster recovery is a long-term process, and IRT prides itself on supporting affected communities for years after the initial emergency is over. In the US, IRT worked for four years in some of the hardest hit areas of New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy, rebuilding nearly 50 homes. After Hurricane Katrina (2005), IRT deployed teams every other month to the Mississippi coast through March 2012, rebuilding and repairing 219 homes. IRT is also continuing to respond in Puerto Rico (2017), Florida (2018), and North Carolina (2018) following devastating hurricanes.