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  • Black Mold Toxicity

    Black Mold Toxicity - Symptoms & Solutions

    Black Mold is a treatable toxin that is harmful to human and animal health.

  • Mutual Aid Disaster Relief

    Clean-up Bucket Materials

    Flood bucket supply list

  • Federal Alliance for Safe Homes

    Cleanup and Debris Removal Flash Cards

    Volunteer Guide - FLASH Cards: Immediate Actions After Flood Events

  • Creating a healthy home

    Creating A Healthy Home

    A field guide for clean-up of flooded homes.

  • Flood Cleanup and the Air in Your Home
    EPA

    Flood Cleanup and the Air in Your Home

    This booklet tells you how to clean up after a flood and how to prevent indoor air problems.

  • DEQ Louisiana, et. al.

    Flood Re-entry Fact Sheet

    Recommendations on safe re-entry to flood-impacted areas.

  • House Gutting Manual
    Common Ground Relief

    House Gutting Manual

    House gutting is the primary step in rebuilding New Orleans. It is what residents need physically to begin reestablishing a presence; they need it emotionally to begin purging their personal space of devastation beyond comprehension. It is not just demolition work.

  • SBP

    Mold Remediation Guide

    This guide walks you step by step through an effective mold remediation process, which can be undertaken with the help from your family and/or neighbors.

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    Muckout Safety Guidelines

  • Mold Cleanup & Prevention

    Mold Cleaning & Prevention

  • SBP

    Muck and Gut Guide

    Mucking and gutting is the first step in the rebuilding process. This phase of construction consists of removing damaged belongings from the home, removing damaged construction materials, and prepping the home for mold treatment.

  • Limpieza y Prevención del Moho

  • Repairing your flooded home

    Repairing Your Flooded Home

    This book gives step-by-step advice you can use to clean up, rebuild, and get help after a flood.

  • Safety Notice for Unskilled/Non-trade Volunteers Regarding Demolition and Clean-up

    Safety Notice for Unskilled/Non-trade Volunteers Regarding Demolition and Clean-up

    Hurricane Sandy caused widespread damage to property throughout the New York and New Jersey areas. Volunteers that are not part of a licensed trade group such as carpenters, electricians, or asbestos removal workers, or certified laborers, should not attempt demolition work that includes sheetrock removal, tile removal, tearing down or removing building structures, or the removal of any insulation material.

  • West Street Recovery

    Tips for Mucking Houses

    The following is a list of notes from West Street Recovery’s (WSR) experience mucking (that is, gutting houses of materials contaminated by flood waters and mold) after Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas.

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Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is so excited to announ Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is so excited to announce that the Grassroots Disaster Relief Toolkit, a website platform supporting communication across our decentralized network’s disaster efforts, is now live! Visit the site at www.relieftoolkit.com. 

The site provides tools for connecting organizers and resources and nurturing our capacity for preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disaster along the principle of mutual aid.

You can read more about the project in our latest post on the Mutual Aid Disaster Relief site. 

Give the site a visit and start experimenting with its tools. We’re very much looking forward to seeing what this project can grow into.
Operation Solidarity is a network of anarchists w Operation Solidarity is a network of anarchists working in Ukraine on the principles of mutual aid and solidarity.
Herbal aid as #MutualAid and #CollectiveCare in Uk Herbal aid as #MutualAid and #CollectiveCare in Ukraine, from the good folks with Solidarity Apothecary.

www.solidarityapothecary.org/ukraine
Freezing temperatures are expected this weekend ac Freezing temperatures are expected this weekend across the  south. Help get needed supplies out to folks in Houston. @bayou.action.street.health @dsahouston @houston.sra @hoc.htx and @dss_htx are doing a donation drive.
Contact them ASAP if you can #support 

#donate and #lendahand #collectivecare #houston 

Image description:  Two digital flyers with information about a cold weather clothing and supply drive being held by Bayou Action Street Health, DSS, HOC, and Houston SRA. Images of coats at top and blankets at bottom bracket informational text in the middle on a black background. "Seeking gently used or new cold weather clothes, blankets, non-perishable food items, hygiene supplies, adult and baby pull-ups and diapers. Drop off location Bayou Action Street Health 2107 Lexford Ln Houston Tx 77080 - 7 days a week 8am-8pm Text (832)-974-1706
Practicing winter #wellness is important even when Practicing winter #wellness is important even when it is not a global #health #pandemic 

Help your #community stay #healthy with #organicindia #supplements and #tulsi #teas !

#mutualaiddisasterrelief added them to #carepackages and #freestore distro in #disaster and #covid impacted #communities across the #gulfcoast and #midwest and now we have a few left to share! #sharingiscaring 

Email us if you would like to receive some for your #mutualaid group and community at mutualaiddisasterrelief@gmail.com
Available while supplies remain. 

#solidarity #teatime #wellnesstea  #hibiscus #ashwagandha #tumeric #ginger #cinnamon #anarchistcat in the back ;)
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Are you a #mutualaid group helping your #community Are you a #mutualaid group helping your #community with direct financial support, supply distribution, food security, utilities, harm reduction, wellness checks, bail funds, or more? Add your group to the #mutualaiddisasterrelief #collectivecare directory! Email us at MutualAidDisasterRelief@gmail.com
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Calling #gulfcoast #gulfsouth allies. If you have Calling #gulfcoast #gulfsouth allies. If you have any spare blankets or winter gear, we'd love to relocate them for you to #kentucky . Out #louisiana #supplyline hubs in #neworleans and #batonrouge are taking donations for a supply run to those impacted in areas surrounding #bowlinggreen 

Questions about other requested supplies? Want to get more involved? Email us at mutualaiddisasterrelief@gmail.com 
#solidaritynotcharity #mutualaiddisasterrelief 

Local to impacted areas? Reach out to some of the local groups organizing community-led #mutualaid to see how you can help. 
Shout out to @riseandshinebgky
@sunrisemvmtbgky @hoodtotheholler @queerkentucky
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