# @americanredcross on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DBeWn-oPlpk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72589472-americanredcross-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-10-23T17:01:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Red Cross (@americanredcross) — https://gondola.cc/americanredcross

## Caption

Jane Cheramie and her beloved dachshund, Annie, have finally moved back into their rebuilt home in Grand Isle, Louisiana, after Hurricane Ida destroyed it three years ago.

Jane’s home now sits more than a dozen feet in the air, which should help it better withstand severe flooding and future storms. However, the additional stairs make coming and going much more challenging for Jane.

Thanks to a Long-Term Recovery grant to the Bayou Community Foundation, an organization that helps repair and build new homes in overlooked coastal communities, Jane had a new elevator installed in her home. Through Community Adaptation Program partnerships with organizations like the Bayou Community Foundation, we’re able to help families like Jane and Annie recover from climate-driven disasters and find a sense of normalcy.

The new elevator makes Jane’s journey from the driveway to the front door much smoother, especially when she needs to let Annie out for a walk.

“Annie is much happier now that I can use the lift to join her downstairs a few times a day,” Jane said.

For more than 50 years, Jane has lived in Grand Isle and has seen significant transformation since Ida devastated the area. “The fishing bridge they’re building out there now, well, it was there before. And Ida broke it up, and it broke my house up. My husband found one of the piers, one of the pylons off of it in the house.”

Jane is one example of how extreme weather events have worsened and continue to take a toll on people’s lives across the country. That’s why we’re working diligently with partners through our climate crisis initiative to reach communities in high-disaster-risk areas and help increase access to essential resources like nutritious food, medical care, and affordable housing when they need it most.

#RedCross #DisasterRecovery #HurricaneIda #Ida #GrandIsle #Louisiana #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #CommunityPartnerships

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climateaction, grandisle, climatecrisis, disasterrecovery, hurricaneida, ida, communitypartnerships, redcross, louisiana

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