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Recently , We've seen on the news a huge movement of people , a caravan of immigrants coming from Honduras. Seeing this broke my heart. Seeing so many people risking their lives, their children and their families to come to the United States; All in search of a better life. I knew that if these people had good living conditions and adequate housing they wouldn't have to leave their home country .
I knew I had to do something about it, but I didn't know what. Then , I thought that back in Honduras there are many people living in extreme poverty who need help.
The first person who came to my mind was Doña Maria Castellanos she 's a widow who lives in Tegucigalpa, Honduras; she lives in a makeshift home . She needs help building her home out of materials like brick and concrete; materials that would make her home resistant to the winds and storms.
Water gets in her house when it rains.
Wind enters through the open spaces , making the house really cold during the winter.
She needs help building an indoor kitchen.
Doña Maria would like to raise $10,000 to build her home. She also needs help building a passageway in her community. Every time she walks to get home she puts her life at risk. Falling down from that narrow passageway could involve a serious injury or loosing her life.
Any additional earnings will be used to impact other families in the community who live in similar conditions.
Doña Maria would be eternally grateful to have a decent place she can call home . Feeling safe when walking to get home would improve her quality of life. We would like to raise the money as soon as possible so we can start building a brick house and the passageway.
I'm starting this small community service project to help 1 family living in extreme poverty. If we're successful , I would like to start a more formal and organized community service project to improve the housing of at least 2 or 3 families living in extreme poverty in Honduras every year. The families would be immensely blessed , since they don't have the means to buy or rent a house. This would enable people to live in better conditions in their home country, rather than making a dangerous journey to seek better conditions elsewhere.
Facts & Statistics
Tegucigalpa is the capital city of Honduras; it has a population of approximately 1.2 million. Tegucigalpa’s population has been growing at a fast pace in the past few years. More individuals are migrating from rural areas due to the lack of agricultural policies and projects to support farmers. Approximately 435,000 Hondurans live in poverty in the capital city, and 82, 650 live in extreme poverty according to the INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica).
This study reveals that there are about 887,073 individuals whose basic needs are not met in the urban area of Tegucigalpa. This is 64.4% of all the households in the capital city. Also, out of all the 1.7 million households in the country, 32.7 % lives in extreme poverty. These families’ basics needs are not met, and their incomes are below the poverty line.
There is a lack of appropriate housing in Tegucigalpa. In some parts of the capital approximately 5,000 individuals have built makeshift homes along the river where they are vulnerable to landslides and floods. Many families don’t have access to clean water, sewage systems. Most of these families come from rural areas and in their settlements they don’t have access to basic necessities. According to the Codem ( Comite de Emergencias Municipal ) it is a high risk area in certain times of the year. Many families have chose to live there knowing the risk it involves during rainy season. There are 1,000 families that have been identified living along the Choluteca river in subhuman conditions.
* My name is Gracia Velasquez, I'm 28 years old. I'm from Tegucigalpa , Honduras but live in Provo, Utah. I'm Maria's friend and I've created this campaign in an attempt to help her since she has no social media.
* We've asked $10,000 to build a small brick house, and to build a passageway and cover labor expenses. The funds will be retrieved as soon as the goal is reached and will be sent to Maria so she can start building her house and passageway as soon as possible. Any additional earnings will be used to impact other families in the community who live in similar conditions.
I knew I had to do something about it, but I didn't know what. Then , I thought that back in Honduras there are many people living in extreme poverty who need help.
The first person who came to my mind was Doña Maria Castellanos she 's a widow who lives in Tegucigalpa, Honduras; she lives in a makeshift home . She needs help building her home out of materials like brick and concrete; materials that would make her home resistant to the winds and storms.
Water gets in her house when it rains.
Wind enters through the open spaces , making the house really cold during the winter.
She needs help building an indoor kitchen. Doña Maria would like to raise $10,000 to build her home. She also needs help building a passageway in her community. Every time she walks to get home she puts her life at risk. Falling down from that narrow passageway could involve a serious injury or loosing her life.
Any additional earnings will be used to impact other families in the community who live in similar conditions.
Doña Maria would be eternally grateful to have a decent place she can call home . Feeling safe when walking to get home would improve her quality of life. We would like to raise the money as soon as possible so we can start building a brick house and the passageway.
I'm starting this small community service project to help 1 family living in extreme poverty. If we're successful , I would like to start a more formal and organized community service project to improve the housing of at least 2 or 3 families living in extreme poverty in Honduras every year. The families would be immensely blessed , since they don't have the means to buy or rent a house. This would enable people to live in better conditions in their home country, rather than making a dangerous journey to seek better conditions elsewhere.
Facts & Statistics
Tegucigalpa is the capital city of Honduras; it has a population of approximately 1.2 million. Tegucigalpa’s population has been growing at a fast pace in the past few years. More individuals are migrating from rural areas due to the lack of agricultural policies and projects to support farmers. Approximately 435,000 Hondurans live in poverty in the capital city, and 82, 650 live in extreme poverty according to the INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica).
This study reveals that there are about 887,073 individuals whose basic needs are not met in the urban area of Tegucigalpa. This is 64.4% of all the households in the capital city. Also, out of all the 1.7 million households in the country, 32.7 % lives in extreme poverty. These families’ basics needs are not met, and their incomes are below the poverty line.
There is a lack of appropriate housing in Tegucigalpa. In some parts of the capital approximately 5,000 individuals have built makeshift homes along the river where they are vulnerable to landslides and floods. Many families don’t have access to clean water, sewage systems. Most of these families come from rural areas and in their settlements they don’t have access to basic necessities. According to the Codem ( Comite de Emergencias Municipal ) it is a high risk area in certain times of the year. Many families have chose to live there knowing the risk it involves during rainy season. There are 1,000 families that have been identified living along the Choluteca river in subhuman conditions.
* My name is Gracia Velasquez, I'm 28 years old. I'm from Tegucigalpa , Honduras but live in Provo, Utah. I'm Maria's friend and I've created this campaign in an attempt to help her since she has no social media.
* We've asked $10,000 to build a small brick house, and to build a passageway and cover labor expenses. The funds will be retrieved as soon as the goal is reached and will be sent to Maria so she can start building her house and passageway as soon as possible. Any additional earnings will be used to impact other families in the community who live in similar conditions.