Give Families in Colombia a Home

Summary

Providing community development through self construction housing, training and entrepreneurship credit so that vulnerable and displaced families can become agents of their own development. progress report read updates from the field

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	$25 - Provide cement to a family building their house
	$43 - Donate the cement blocks a family needs to build the walls of their house
	$50 - Put windows to the house of a family with children.
	$65 - Put the door on the house a displaced family just built.
	$100 - Provide 320 hr of technical assistance and construction training for a woman building her own house
	$100 - Give a displaced family with children the bathroom they can't afford to build in their house.
	$100 - Give a woman head of household half of the initial capital she needs to buy her own house.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Displaced and vulnerable populations don't have a home or income generating opportunities; they suffer from poverty, illiteracy, lack of housing, unemployment. This project aims to create self sustainable communities whereby people can construct their own house, access training for employment skills and become small entrepreneurs that can serve the needs of the very community they live in. The project will benefit approximately 65,000 people (20,000) families in Barranquilla, Colombia

Activities

The project will construct schools, training centers, churches, health centers, a police station and provide credit for 20,000 families to build their houses. Materials and workmanship needed will be provided by previously trained community members

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $15
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $79,985
Total Funding Goal: $80,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://givetocolombia.org)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project will address the critical needs of 20,000 extremely marginalized families that are living in the streets or with relatives, that have been displaced and currently lack a home, a skill a job and a source of income.

Project Message

Providing individuals with the tools to be agents of their own development brings about Social inclusion and empowerment, sustainable economic growth and a way out of the circle of poverty.
- Alejandra Molina, Project Manager - Give To Colombia

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Alejandra Molina,
Project Manager
6570 Red Road
Suite 502
Coral Gables, Florida 33143
United States
305 395 4186
Email:

Project Sponsor

Give to Colombia

Organization

Give to Colombia
6705 Red Road
Suite 502
Coral Gables, Florida 33143
United States
305 669 4630
http://www.givetocolombia.org

Learn more about Give to Colombia and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Colombia and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Colombia, read the Human Development Report on Colombia or the Wikipedia entry for Colombia.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 11, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on April 11, 2008.

Latest Update from the Field

Community Development--Latest Success!

By Alejandra Molina - Project Manager, August 11, 2008 01:40 PM

We can say with confidence that we have hit the target as regards to helping disolve Colombia’s internal conflict. Today, we can proudly state that with the help of various donors, over 700 families have already bought a home, and 60 families have successfully built their first one!

Colombia’s internal conflict has trigger the displacement of more than three million people, forcing them to live in alarming conditions without access to safe drinking water, or even decent housing.

We are first hand witnesses of the joy of many families that for the first time have had the wonderful opportunity of building their own house!

Our efforts and diligent work have materialized in many successes, remunerated by the prize of their joy and the smiles in their faces.

Be part of this dream; be part of its transformation to reality. Giving displaced families hope for a more stable and prosperous future, strengthens the social fabric of their community!

Remember that your support not only helps these families build their houses, but also it helps them secure long term livelihoods thanks to the financial education included in the program! Also keep in mind that this community is building eco-friendly homes!

Thanks for your support and please continue to join us in this endeavor your contributions are truly valuable.

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