From Houses To Homes

FROM HOUSES TO HOMES

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OUR MISSION:

From Houses to Homes aims to strengthen community harmony in highland Guatemala by building lasting, healthy homes, improving access to health care and education, and inspiring participation between the poor and civil society.

HOME BUILDING:

In the poorest areas of highland Guatemala, improper building materials, a lack of appropriate resources, and unsustainable architectures turn houses to foul rubble in the blink of an eye. Many families live in makeshift homes that are constructed of nothing more than cornstalk or cardboard walls with dirt floors. Decrepit housing quashes hope, fuels health problems, and destroys family unity. From Houses to Homes-Guatemala, Inc., recognizes that flourishing homes and thriving communities begin with improving actual home structure. From Houses to Homes works with the poorest of Guatemalan families to build or rebuild houses making them strong, safe, culturally appropriate, and affordable to maintain. These homes become the foundation for a community building process.

Each home costs approximately $1,750.00. Our homes are 13 x 19 foot homes, made entirely of concrete block, with cement floor, corrugated metal roof, with skylight, a metal door with lock, and a metal-framed window with glass. The home is stuccoed and painted inside and out with colors chosen by the home owner. We are now including a bunkbed in every home. A plaque with your name will be placed on the home honoring your donation.

To date we have built 432 homes, a school in Pastores for the Cambiando Vidas Project, and our free clinic in Pastores, the San Jose Medical Clinic. We also will have a new school in Santa Maria de Jesus in November, named Escuela Kemna'oj de Santa Maria de Jesus. (Kemna'oj means "weaving knowledge" or "weaving minds" in the indigenous Kaqchikel language). We are also in the planning stages to build them a new school as the current one is in a rented building.

Contact info:

Website – www.fromhousestohomes.org

In Antigua – De Casas a Hogares, Calle del Hermano Pedro #9 Office: 7832 5074

Oscar Mejia, Project Director, cell 4063-9881 email - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

From Houses to Homes Joe Collins, Executive Director Email – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it