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Local nonprofits play a key role in recovery from disasters – while also having to get back on their own feet

  • Written by Joy Semien, Research Assistant at the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M University
Local nonprofits play a key role in recovery from disasters – while also having to get back on their own feetIn mid-2018, nearly a year after Hurricane Harvey, this church's gym in Texas was still serving as a warehouse for donated goods.Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images

When hurricanes, floods and other kinds of disasters throttle a community, people from all over often rush to give those in need money, bottled water, diapers and...

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