Second Harvest of Greater New Orleans and ACADIANA
Second Harvest Food Bank is actively responding to the impact of Hurricane Ida. Second Harvest has delivered 1.6 million pounds of food, water, and supplies to survivor of Hurricane Ida. Their Community Kitchen has produced and delivered 26,737 hot meals. In their forty-year history, Second Harvest has responded to dozens of disasters, both natural and man-made.
Save the Children
Since 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Save the Children been on the front lines meeting children’s most critical needs in every major U.S. disaster. They have created more safe spaces for children in emergencies than any other humanitarian organization. To date, they have served more than 3.5 million children affected by U.S. disasters. As one of the most powerful storms on record to hit Louisiana, Hurricane Ida has putting children at great risk and taking many of them from the lives they once knew. Save the Children’s emergency response team is mobilizing to meet the most urgent needs of children living in areas that will be hardest hit by Hurricane Ida.