By Nancy Wynne | co-founder and treasurer
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.
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
Support this important cause by creating a personalized fundraising page.
Start a Fundraiser
