It’s been more than a year and a half since Renaissance Village, the vast Baker trailer park that housed Hurricane Katrina evacuees, was closed. The last few residents have moved back to New Orleans and are getting by with the help of private agencies and government assistance, The New York Times reports. Sister Judith Brun, a former principal at St. Joseph’s Academy, is one of the volunteers dedicated to helping the people who lived in the FEMA trailer park. “We have a very sharp insight into what has to happen to help the helpless who’ve been uprooted,” says Brun, who runs Neighbor’s Keeper, a Baton Rouge-based group. “You’ve got to be a mentor and almost a parent at times.” Read the full story here.
New York Times looks at former Renaissance Village residents
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