By Nancy Wynne | Project leader
The need for suitable housing in San Pablo La Laguna is seemingly endless. The family whose home is featured in the original Global Giving project is just this week moving into their new GHA built homes. New photos will be forthcoming this week. Land was donated for this build and funds were raised to build 2 side-by-side homes for the 8 people. The family deserves to be deeply proud. They carried all of the construction materials, all cement, blocks, sand, gravel, rafters, etc, the equivalent of 3 blocks because the site is in an area unreachable by large delivery trucks. And they worked alongside our gifted masons throughout the build. A wonderful group named Masons on a Mission will provide fuel efficient stoves which will save the family hours of work each week as well as save trees.
Already there is a line up of equally worthy candidates for homes.
Guatemala Housing Alliance is a small organization. We do a tremendous amount with our small budget. To date, as we near the completion of 4 years in this area, we have built 20 homes and replaced nearly 100 floors and many roofs. We also work in education, providing scholarships, mentoring, and vacation enrichment studies, and have started what is likely the only ukulele based music program in Guatemala, with over 400 participants.
Please consider a donation to GHA. Our small size makes for intimate relationships with the recipients of our works. Come build with us. You'll be amazed.
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