Annie-Jean
HURRICANE MICHAEL ONE YEAR LATER “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may never be, so I am focused on today.” – Annie-Jean Annie-Jean, 67, was born and raised in Panama City. The only time she spent elsewhere was a short stint working for Job Corps in New Jersey. The rest...
A Mother and her Daughter
HURRICANE MICHAEL ONE YEAR LATER Rhonda and Betty A month after Hurricane Michael made landfall on October 10, 2018, The Sonder Project received a phone call from Tonya Hall, a residential nurse and Panama City resident. During the phone call, Tonya told us about a...
Hurricane Michael One Year Later – A Friendship is Born
Charles and Tonya have been best friends ever since they met for the first time after Hurricane Michael. Charles Roberts and Tonya Hall were neighbors for four years, both living on the same dead-end street. Prior to Hurricane Michael, they’d never spoken. Charles...
Hurricane Michael One Year Later – The Golden Couple
After 72 years of marriage, the Harrells thought they’d been through it all. But it was the landfall of Hurricane Michael on October 10, 2018, when they thought they may have finally met their match. It wasn’t just the power of the storm itself, but the aftermath and...
HURRICANE MICHAEL ONE-YEAR LATER
As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Michael approaches, we’d like to take time to celebrate all that we’ve accomplished. We would also like to look ahead.
Hurricane Dorian Response
Dear Sonder Supporters, In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, our thoughts and prayers go out to the people impacted – especially those in the Bahamas and along the East Coast. The road to recovery is long and the need for help is great. As a result, supporters have...
A Partnership with The Kingdom Impact Center
Lyn 'Big Holy' Masslieno in front of the community garden built by The Sonder Project at The Kingdom Impact Center in Panama City. “LET’S GO!!!” If you know Lyn Masslieno, aka Big Holy, you’re familiar with this command. He uses it in closing with nearly every...
Water Survey
For 50-year-old Nikiema Asseto, life certainly has changed over the past year. Nikiema is from Mor-Pougo, a small community in the West African country of Burkina Faso, where she lives with 50 or so relatives within a family compound. Of course it’s hard to count when...
Ahmed’s Well
On any given day in the village of Loanga, Burkina Faso, you’ll find locals surrounding a well. By way of a simple hand pump, it draws clean drinking water from an underground aquifer for this village of 3,000 and represents one of the few examples of infrastructure...