New York, NY, August 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Three years after Hurricane Harvey made landfall, many of the veterans of Houston and the Gulf Coast remain affected by the devastating effects of the storm. (QHF) partnered with the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) to deploy a $6 million grant to help veterans rebuild and thrive after the hurricane. These veterans now face pressing new situations of coVID-19 illness, unemployment, uncertainty, and isolation in the last two rounds of grants in this two-year partnership, the Bob Woodruff Foundation has allocated $1. 8 million in investment to systems that help veterans of the effects of Hurricane Harvey and the pandemic.
His Excellency Sheikh Meshal bin Hamad Al-Thani, Qatar’s ambassador to the United States and president of the Qatar Harvey Fund, said: “We are very proud of our partnership with the Bob Woodruff Foundation, as it provides much-needed supplies to veterans in Southeast Texas, which has been hit hard by COVID-19, and many of those veterans are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey. Today’s announcement of the positive effects generated through the Bob Woodruff Foundation and its local Texas partners is in fact rewarding. years after the storm, Qatar Harvey Fund remains committed to the long-term recovery of southeast Texas, a region that has strong friendships with the rest of the people of Qatar. Thanks to the cutting-edge paintings of the Bob Woodruff Foundation and its partners, the desires resulting from the pandemic are being fulfilled through the collaboration and provision of flexible facilities for veterans. “
As coronavirus cases continue to accumulate in Harvey-affected counties, veterans still recovering from typhoon face new and increasingly demanding situations for their intellectual and physical health, monetary well-being, and skills to meet their fundamental intellectual needs.
“The facilities provided through the Bob Woodruff Foundation association and the Qatar Harvey Fund are now more vital than ever, as Texas Gulf Coast veterans and their families face a long way to recover from two major crises. Said Anne Marie Dougherty, executive director of the Bob Woodruff Foundation. “The most important thing not to forget here is that our veterans don’t have to face those demanding situations alone. We fund amazing systems that are in one position and willing to help now, and long after the typhoon ends. “
The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the recovery of thousands of veterans living in communities affected by Hurricane Harvey. Thanks to the Qatar Harvey Fund, the Bob Woodruff Foundation has been able to provide a must-have product to a social services sector that was already in tension. The BWF-QHF partnership addresses the desires for housing, legal assistance, monetary assistance, food security and intellectual health, offering an essential product for veterans and their families through COVID-19 and beyond.
When Bryan, a veteran of the United States Army, learned that his wife was pregnant, his enthusiasm was followed by concern. After a year of hardship, adding his brother’s COVID-19 diagnosis and the hospitalization that followed, Bryan’s circle of relatives was going through an era of excessive tension. With the investment of BWF-QHF, Easter Seals Houston provided monetary assistance to help Bryan repay his loan and feel safe. “I know it’s a cliché, but just saying thank you is rarely close to being enough . . . For a long time, I only saw the offer and my stage for what they are,” Bryan said. “I still don’t forget the tension every day, yet Easter Seals and donors like you have given me and my family circle a glimpse of a bright future. BWF-QHF’s investment is helping Easter Seals Houston provide virtual peer opportunities and direct emergency monetary assistance to 150 veteran families whose hurricane Harvey recovery has slowed due to COVID-19.
Working in combination for greater impact
Veterans know more than anyone else that no one can carry out the project on their own. By bringing together the most productive local and national suppliers, the Bob Woodruff Foundation has helped expand a strong network of resources and for Gulf Coast veterans. these systems can provide greater assistance to veterans in addressing the complex problems of transition outside the military, the primary herb crisis, and resistance to a global pandemic.
Carlis, an arms net leader and military veteran, was recently fired from his position in the force sector and has definitely refocused his strength to help his veteran colleagues in need. The Mission Continues and the Houston Food Bank to lead food collection campaigns and other recurring occasions to help veterans’ families face a lack of food confidence in the pandemic. Carlis has discovered a new network and hobvia proceeding to serve through Combined Arms, helping veterans and their families use the strength of collaboration.
Investing for the deadline
As the third anniversary of Hurricane Harvey approaches, many veterans still want more resources and facilities to help them make their progress after the storm. To address the urgent and long-term desires of this community, the Bob Woodruff-Qatar Harvey Partnership is investing in systems that adapt to demanding situations of immediate intellectual fitness while strengthening the intellectual fitness infrastructure in Texas.
Through several BWF-QHF grants, the STRONG STAR Training Initiative’s trained team has trained 98 intellectual aptitude veterans in the evidence-based PTSD remedy. These providers return to their communities with clinical skills to help their veteran clients recover and return to the veterans they deal with get equipment to help them live with PTSD, deal with demanding long-term situations rather, and succeed.
Britton, a U. S. Army veteran, shared her gratitude for the post-traumatic stress disorder program: “This program stored my marriage and the highest likelihood of life. The Bob Woodruff Foundation and STRONG STAR replaced my life. Thanks to your support, I can live a more productive life my intellectual aptitude has never been better. I’m grateful. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. “
For a complete and detailed list of Bob Woodruff Foundation BWF-QHF Fellows, here.
About the Bob Woodruff Foundation:
The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF), founded in 2006 after journalist Bob Woodruff hit a bomb on the road while covering the Iraq War, has since introduced a call to continuous action to inspire others to defend heroes and gather the emerging and long-term desires of today’s veterans. To date, BWF has invested more than $70 million in Find, Fund and Shape ™ systems that empower affected veterans, the army workers’ corps, and their families across the country. visit bobwoodrufffoundation. org or stay with us on Twitter at Stand4Heroes.
Following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey in August 2017, the state of Qatar announced a $30 million donation for the long-term recovery of typhoon-affected people in Texas. The Qatar Harvey Fund was established to manage the donation, which included $6 million to the Bob Woodruff Foundation.
Qatar is an independent state in the southern Persian Gulf. It has a population of around 2. 7 million people, most of whom live in and around the capital Doha. Diplomatic relations with the United States were established in 1972; In the same year, Qatar’s first diplomatic project was inaugurated in Washington, D. C. Relations between the two countries have been friendly, very productive and reciprocal. Qatar is home to many Americans, and the United States is Qatar’s largest foreign investor and its main source of imports. Qatar-United States. Relationships often arise in multiple fields: economic, political, military, school, and cultural. Qatar is a great friend of the United States and a great helper in building a peaceful, disgustingly rich and strong Middle East. Qatar has provided significant progression and humanitarian assistance to countries around the world, adding the United States. In 2005, the State of Qatar announced the Qatar Katrina Fund, which provided $ 100 million in grants for housing, physical care and education projects directly to local partners in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to help the region recover in the long term from the Hurricane Katrina. .