Project Overview

October 2020, OIRRT began a joint reconstruction program funded through an $850,000 grant held by Hyde County. This funding is managed and administered by OIRRT.  Our primary volunteer teams hail from Christian Aid Ministries. Through this portion of the program, we have completed five "scratch-built homes," completely new structures to replace homes demolished post-Dorian. OIRRT has also committed to eleven major reconstructions of already existing structures through this funding. 

January 2021 Operation Blessing granted $104,893 directly to OIRRT to further our reconstruction effort on Ocracoke Island. This funding will be used to serve a minimum of six families. 

February 2021, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance committed $85,107 for unmet reconstruction needs. These funds have been fully committed to seven families. 

April 2021, the Outer Banks Community Foundation committed $102,692 from their Long Term Recovery Grant Program and $23,452.67 through the Red Cross to support our reconstruction effort. These funds have been fully committed to six families. View their announcement here. 

In June 2021, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh committed $40,000 to our Dorian Reconstruction. These funds have been fully committed to three families. 

November 2021,  Hyde County was granted permission by the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management to direct an additional $420,000 into the joint Dorian reconstruction project. This funding is managed and administered by OIRRT. 

March 2022, The following grants reconstruction grants have been completed and closed out: Red Cross via OBCF, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh, and Operation Blessing. Click on the name of each grant for information regarding how funding was dispersed. 

OIRRT has taken over and completed multiple unfinished and unbegun reconstruction projects  from UMCOR, which dissolved its Ocracoke center in 2020.

December 2022, OIRRT brings its reconstruction program to a close, having rebuilt thirty homes in our community.