À propos de nous
SBP is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities shrink the time between disaster and recovery by rebuilding homes, increasing resilience, and improving policies to better serve the needs of all Americans.
Notre histoire
SBP started in the months after Hurricane Katrina. Liz McCartney, a teacher, and Zack Rosenburg, a lawyer, left their homes in Washington, D.C. to volunteer in support of the recovery effort in New Orleans. In March 2006, they co-founded SBP in the St. Bernard Parish southeast of New Orleans, where Katrina left 68,000 people homeless and at their breaking point. Some neighborhoods in New Orleans did not suffer major flooding, but St. Bernard Parish was almost completely submerged.
Since those early years, hundreds of thousands of generous volunteers, AmeriCorps members, investors, donors, and tireless employees have helped SBP become a national leader in disaster resilience and recovery. Utilizing the Toyota Production System and trained AmeriCorps members, SBP has rebuilt homes for more than 6,700 families with the help of 151,400 volunteers in 16 communities across the U.S. and The Bahamas since 2006.
