My Nonprofit Reviews

I’ve lived in military housing my entire life. I lived in wwII era housing growing up as an army brat, and that housing has since been replaced with MHPI privatized housing. While living in MHPI housing near Pearl Harbor, my family was exposed to Jp-5 jet fuel in our tap water due to negligence by the Navy at the Red Hill jet fuel storage facility. Initially my family was told by both housing & the Navy that the water was safe and we should continue to drink it. Eventually it was confirmed that the water was contaminated. But the confirmation was too little too late. My children were already sick. My son was covered in hives and my middle daughter couldn’t keep anything down. The day we smelled the fuel in our water, we left our house and never went back. It was a very difficult few months for my family. I felt like every day I had to wake up ready to fight. I wanted to move my family to safety. But the community, housing and officials were all telling us that moving was not necessary. So we had to do everything ourselves.

The only light during this very dark time was AFHA. My advocates told me “we believe you” from day 1. They were on the ground with water and support from the moment residents expressed concern. Having a steady voice repeating “we believe you” made all the difference for me, every single day. Once I had my family moved to safety, I knew in my heart that I was meant to find AFHA. I love that I have the opportunity to be light in the dark for residents across America living in Military Housing.

I could not be more proud to be a client turned volunteer within this organization!