By Kelly Mitchell | Program Coordinator
We are so happy to report that today Proyecto Saman is breaking ground on Luis and Evelina’s home! Thanks to your outstanding support, $6,675 gross was raised in the month of July between the Hearts for a Home campaign and the English Garden Party in Salinas!
While we did not reach our fundraising goal, as luck will have it, Proyecto Saman was selected by Fundacion Raiz to receive support for building three permanent homes! Luis and Evelina will, after all, receive their home thanks to your generous support, and the foundational support from this disaster relief nonprofit! Fundacion Raiz was created after the April 2016 earthquake to help build temporary shelters, and is now committed to building permanent pre-fab bamboo homes!
Luis and Evelina will receive a traditional coastal home made from bamboo and wood. Thanks to this new connection, the costs that were not raised during the campaign are 100% covered! What this means is that your $6,675 is going to elevate the home which will double the family’s space, finish the inside of the home, receive all legal paperwork for the property, and contribute to the community infrastructure for electricity, water, roads, and communal spaces!
Thanks to your generosity, Luis and Evelina are reaching a lifelong dream of having a traditional stilt home of their own, made with eco-friendly wood and bamboo! Enjoy the photos below of the family on their land, making the first of many lasting memories in their first real home.
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