Project Report
| Apr 9, 2018
Be the change....
By Nancy Wynne | co-founder and treasurer
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Some years ago a family asked if we could extend our beautiful cement floors to include an exterior porch. Since then we have, stretching the family's clean and more hygenic floor space into the open air. A lot of socializing goes on on these porches: neighbors coming together, children playing on a clean surface.
Your donation can Be the Change in the life of a family in San Pablo La Laguna. Though their walls may be sound, hundreds of families live with dirt floors that are impossible to keep sanitary, handsome and mud-free. A donation of as little as $100 will finance one floor and will alter the welfare of a family.
And consider coming to build with us. A floor takes just a day or two of labor.
An entire house costs about $3000 to build. Consider rounding up some friends, doing a fundraiser to cover that cost, then coming down to raise the wall, smooth the floor.
We welcome you
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new floor in a new gha built home
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Volunteers at work
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Jan 9, 2018
Adelantando
By Nancy Wynne | co-founder and treasurer
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laying the final color
Imagine trying to keep your family healthy and your space clean with a dirt floor that often harbors parasites and changes from muddy to dusty with the season.
To date Guatemala Housing Alliance has replaced 126 dirt floors with easy to manage cement, creating not just a healthier environment but also an elevated sense of dignity. We have also finished our 34th entire home for folks living in the most dismal circumstances.
In all cases, the receiving family contributes, as it is our intention to minimalize paternalism. For floors, a family donates 25% of the cost and works along with our team for the day or two it takes to lay a floor. And for homes of the most impoverished, a family member commits to working on 3 homes to earn one for themselves, with no finacial input.
We appreciate our donors. We couldn't do it without you. At GHA 100% of your donation goes directly to the program: all overhead is covered by the founding family.
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a home that GHA has replaced
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Oct 11, 2017
Rain, rain, go away...
By Maya Cipriano | Fundraising and Development Coordinator
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Getting ready to lay the floor on our newest home!
It's the rainy season here in Guatemala, but that hasn't stopped us from working on homes, floors, and roofs! Now more than ever, there is a huge need for cement flooring projects. We've had a long and abnormally wet rainy season due to the huge amount of moisture in the Gulf area from all the hurricanes that have been hitting the US and Caribbean--strong tropical rains have been pelting the lake relentlessly since the beginning of September. All this rain has made life even harder for many families who have dirt floors. Because of a lack of good drainage systems, flooding often occurs, carrying dirt and sewage from the streets in to the homes of helpless families and leaving them succeptible to parasites or other germs. Our flooring projects and new homes help to protect these families from these dangerous pollutants by making their lives easier and cleaner. Cement floors don't soak up water and runoff when there is flooding, and can be swept or wiped clean to keep the home sanitary.
Thank you for your continued support and donations!
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