By Nancy Wynne | co-founder and treasurer
Hello Friends,
Pisos=floors.
By the end of October Guatemala Housing Alliance had built 39 whole homes and we have laid an additional 129 floors for people whose homes were stable, but whose floors were unsanitary, uncleanable dirt. I wish you could witness the change it creates in a home to have a good floor. Where space is available we extend the floors to create an outside corridor where kids can play and people can sit and visit or work in the open air.
We thank you for your support. The average floor costs about $150. The families we lay floors for save to be able to contribute 25% of the cost if at all possible, and work alongside our mason, Jorge Ratzam. The family chooses the color of their floor, the most popular color by far being red with green a distant second. Even being allowed a choice like this is always unexpected: most often these are people who have had few options.
Onward. Mil gracias. Our beneficiaries often gift us what they can: blessings. And we pass these on to you, our supporters.
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