"Solidarity Not Charity"

Common Ground Relief is a volunteer run not for profit organization based in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. We run a diverse range of projects, from New Home Construction, to a Free Legal Clinic, to Wetlands Restoration, Community Gardening and the education of school children about Food Security and Environmental Science with our Garden of Eatin' Program.

We were founded in immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. To learn more about the organization's origins, click here.

Our Model House is now complete! Our Construction Job Trainees and skilled volunteers have framed, drywalled and painted the interior.

In addition, rain gardens and bio-cells, using all native plant material, have been created to re-absorb up to 22,000 gallons of rainwater that would normally flow into the storm drains, mix with pollutants, and then be pumped into Bayou Bienvenue.

Watch the slideshow below to see the work in progress.