Malta New Orleans Renovation Project
Since March 2006, over 1000 volunteers from all across the US have participated in the Order of Malta New Orleans Home Rebuilding Program. Thanks to a successful partnership with Rebuilding Together, Catholic Charities of New Orleans, and the New Orleans Marriott, our volunteers have worked 37 one-week work sessions in Treme, Gentilly, and New Orleans East. Forty-five families have moved back in their homes as a result of the great work done by our Order of Malta volunteers.
In the beginning, huge groups of our volunteers worked on homes with major damage which required extensive and expensive repairs. Teams of 40 - 50 volunteers worked all week, and oftentimes the house would still be far from completion. Since 2008, we have sent smaller groups of our volunteers (15 - 20) to work in houses that required less construction and more finishing touches. The hope is that at the end of our work week, the homeowner will be able to move back in.
Click here for more details about the program and for an application to join this important work.