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Article: New Orleans, three years after.(STATS)(Brief article)
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- Sojourners Magazine
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- December 1, 2008
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The Gulf Coast--and New Orleans, specifically--is far from recovered after being ravaged in 2005 by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Churches and faith-based organizations have responded to the+ humanitarian need with outstanding leadership, at tremendous cost. For example, despite the $104 million in unrecovered property losses following Hurricane Katrina, the Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans has committed $89 million for long-term hurricane recovery, according to its 2008 financial report.
* 850,000. Number of residents the New Orleans archdiocese has served since the hurricanes.
* 14,000. Number of New Orleans families who receive disaster housing ...