Rebuilding New Orleans

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans was forever changed. Read true stories of heroes and survivors and find out what people are doing to rebuild this amazing city.

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A Look at the Heroes Helping to Rebuild New Orleans
A Look at the Heroes Helping to Rebuild New Orleans

These die-hard citizens are bringing New Orleans back to life 3 years after Hurricane Katrina.

The Heroes Rebuilding New Orleans
The Heroes Rebuilding New Orleans

Three years after Hurricane Katrina, die-hard citizens like these seven are bringing the city back to life.

Rebuilding New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina
Rebuilding New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina

After Hurricane Katrina, Alice Craft-Kerney and Patricia Berryhill created The Lower 9th Ward Health Clinic deep within one of the poorest sections of New Orleans.

Make It Matter: After the Deluge of Hurricane Katrina
Make It Matter: After the Deluge of Hurricane Katrina

Two nurses lost everything to Hurricane Katrina -- and still found a way to give back.

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  • The Latest in Hurricane Katrina Stories
  • 1Real-Life Miracles
    Five stories that prove they happen every day.
  • 2Life After Hurricane Katrina
    A year after Katrina, Reader's Digest returns to New Orleans to see how one neighborhood is coming back to life.
  • 3A Healing Force
    How one heroic doctor is helping her hurricane-ravaged town get back on the map.
  • 4The Lowest of the Low
    Why your charity dollars may be going to crooks instead of to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
  • 5Come Hell and High Water
    A volunteer goes deep into Hurricane Katrina's disaster zone and reports on the sacrifice, death, and destruction.

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