By Nance Wynne | co-founder and treasurer
Having a dirt floor replaced by a solid, cleanable cement floor is an amazing transformation for both a house and a family. Sanitation is possible. Pride is palpable. GHA will complete its 137th floor this week, significantly impacting all recipient families. Those floors are in addition to the 40 in the complete homes we've built.
One pregnant woman exclaimed with excitement that this would be her first baby who 'didn't eat the floor'.
GHA goes an extra step that ensures pride. Each floor has 3 layers: the bottom with course concrete, the middle with more refined cement, and the top with cement with COLOR. And the color is the choice of the family receiving it. Most often it is red, as in the photo. Allowing this choice, rather than just the grey of cement, feels very important to us and undoubtedly to the families. Poverty offers fewer choices than most of us are used to.
Again, we thank you for your help. This is teamwork. You. Us. And the families themselves.
Consider if you might like to come work alongside us. The attached video is of GHA building in general, but you can come lay a floor in just 1-2 days. A satisfying vacation and communion.
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