A new home to 17 families in Mexico

The situation in “Lomas del Tizate”  has changed a lot since the beginning of this history, we’re glad to tell you that the 17 families are being part of other projects to improve the life conditions in their community. The transitional house that TECHO built together with them has been the start of something new.

We built the houses in “Lomas del Tizate” for the families that needed the most. Together with the more than 200 volunteers, we reached the goal. Volunteers from different universities, highschools and partner companies made this possible. It took us continuos visits, previous studies in the community and a lot of effort from families and volunteers to organize the construction. During the weekend, that we built the houses it took us: staying up late, waking up early, physical work, a lot of sweat and  teamwork.

This history inspired us to improve our work and to empower the families so they can be the protagonist of their history.

Thanks for your support, joining the TECHO team and be part of this fight, we will continue to work with projects like this, we hope to continue having your support. 

Thank you all for your support!

 Dear friends and supporters, we are extremely happy to recapitulate all the work we have done over the past year, specifically with the families of “Lomas del Tizate”, who have improved their life conditions with hard daily work. During this time, strong emotional bonds have been created between the families and the volunteers, who are now considered as part of the community as well as new brothers and sisters for all the little kids who live there. Once a young man or woman faces the reality of millions of families in the country, it is very hard to leave knowing there is always something that can be done; that is the reason why in the community there are no boundaries between families or volunteers, they are all part of the same group, working together to build a Mexico in which we all can live in. “Lomas del Tizate” has witnessed an amazing year, full of stories of success that backup us to continue with our work. In 2012, we had the first contact with the families, and after several months of hard work including continuous visits, social diagnosis and economic studies, TECHO identified the need to build transitional houses. We already built 21 transitional houses, but what is more important of this experience, is the discovery of the great different commitment, from families, volunteers and supporters, can accomplish.

What are our goals for 2015? The children are one of our top priorities, because we believe in the relevance of developing a healthy youth that can leader not only the community but the entire country. We think sports play a key role in the beneficial use of time, given the fact that in a community where there are no recreational spaces, it is very easy to fall into addictions. We want our children to be part of something bigger, to learn to be a part of a team and stimulate in them the feeling of equality needed to pursue a bigger objective altogether. This year we are determined to keep working with the families of Lomas del Tizate, all with your help and support. We would love to continue delivering you with good news from the community and mainly, achieve a sustainable change in the life quality of the families.