Work by the faith-based nonprofit humanitarian organization currently involves assisting fire survivors visiting remains of lost homes, and in the future may include helping some of the same people rebuild what they lost.
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Courtesy of Aubrey Vailoces(NEW YORK) Aubrey Vailoces, a mom of three, was breastfeeding her 10-month-old daughter in her Maui home last week when she said alarms started going off and she saw her entire neighborhood was covered in black smoke.
"You couldn t even see the neighbors houses," Vailoces told ABC News Good Morning America, describing the scene in the historic town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. "My partner said, We have to go, and I said, I have nothing, and he just said, We have to go. "
Vailoces, 36, and her partner scrambled out of the home and into their car, evacuating with their 10-month-old daughter as well as Vailoces 6-year-old twin daughters and her mom.
"We didn t take anything. I was just in my nursing bra and underwear," Vailoces said, adding she thought their home would be OK amid the wildfires that have since devastated much of Maui. "I was so comfortable thinking the fire would never get there, that
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