Connecting Communities through Action and Mutual Support
Creemos en el poder de la comunidad. Estamos dedicados a crear una sociedad más justa e inclusiva mediante soluciones innovadoras y liderazgo desde la base en la comunidad.
Bienvenido a BeLoved Asheville.
El corazón de BeLoved es la comunidad.
Conectando comunidades a través de la comunidad
Acción y apoyo mutuo
Estamos uniendo a personas de todos los ámbitos de la vida para crear hogar, salud, equidad y oportunidades para todos en nuestra casa montañosa.
Fortalecemos el tejido de nuestra comunidad al celebrar y luchar junto a nuestros amigos y vecinos, avanzando hacia soluciones que se basan en los recursos que vemos a nuestro alrededor.
Estamos profundamente honrados por la avalancha de amor y generosidad que ha levantado a nuestra región tras el paso del huracán Helene. Gracias a quienes lo dieron todo, día y noche, para levantar a nuestros vecinos y salvar vidas. A los valientes vecinos, voluntarios, socorristas y personas de todo el país, les estamos eternamente agradecidos. ¡Juntos somos Appalachia Fuerte!
We saw this like never before as we moved to respond to the devastating disaster when Hurricane Helene ripped through Western North Carolina on September 27th, 2024.
Las tormentas rugieron y las aguas crecieron, y nuestra Appalachia cambió para siempre. BeLoved ha estado presente durante muchos años antes de que Helene transformara drásticamente la vida de la gente de estas montañas. BeLoved estuvo presente en medio de la tormenta y en sus secuelas inmediatas, y estaremos aquí a largo plazo.
La devastación que vimos a nuestro alrededor era inconcebible. Y el dolor palpable: familias perdieron a sus seres queridos, familias quedaron sin hogar en un solo día que lo cambió todo. Toda la región quedó sin alimentos, agua, electricidad, comunicaciones ni carreteras transitables. Aislada del mundo.
BeLoved is a collective of people who care. We rushed into the storm and its horrific aftermath to put love into action. We became a major distribution hub sharing life-saving supplies with 15,000 people a day in impacted zones from Marshall to Chimney Rock, Barnardsville, Burnsville, Spruce Pine, Pensacola, Waynesville, Marion, Old Fort, Black Mountain, Swannanoa, Asheville, and Fairview–towns big and small and mountain hollers. We shared millions of pounds of food, millions of gallons of water, and millions of necessities from hygiene, first aid, and tools for clean up and repairs.
We saw the pain on the ground and we acted to create powerful solutions to lift up our impacted neighbors.
- Volunteers hiked supplies where roads were inaccessible taking life-saving supplies and support.
- We conducted well checks on elders and families making sure people had medications, oxygen, and insulin.
- We created temporary water infrastructure for communities and to insure schools and childcare centers had water to be able to open.
- We helped install satellite infrastructure so communities could receive vital information and be able to communicate.
- We formed flush brigades to help seniors and people with disabilities flush and sanitize their bathrooms.
- We shared tiny homes and RVs for temporary winter shelter for hundreds of people.
- To date, we have shared more than 5,000 heaters to keep families warm.
- We helped to prevent evictions and help people access permanent housing.
- We supported clean up efforts mucking out homes, cleaning debris, and helping restore roads.
- We have more than 30 home repairs and rebuilds already underway with many homes restored for families to return home early in the new year.
- And we have just broken ground in 2025 on a BeLoved Village in Swannanoa of homes for families who lost everything.
We know it will take years to heal these mountains and our people. And we are committed to be here for the long-haul until the last nail. And we need people to join us in this commitment. We carry deep wounds from this storm, but we are stronger than we could have ever imagined. We know that together we can restore, heal, and rebuild this beautiful land and lift up our mountain neighbors. We invite you to join this movement to heal Appalachia
