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Favorite Gifts
A Breath of Fresh Air – In good weather, windows provide our homes with ventilation, and in bad weather, they keep out the elements. Windows likewise help to secure our homes against intruders and critters.
Suggested Donation Amount: $50
A Roof Over Our Heads – Sun and rain beat down on our heads day and night unless our homes are properly covered. We need sturdy roofs to keep us safe from the elements.
Suggested Donation Amount: $750
Children’s Room – Having dedicated space for parents and for children is important for our growth & development–as well as for a good night’s rest.
Suggested Donation Amount: $500
Four Walls to Call Our Own – Our home should be a place of safety and security. We rely on strong exterior walls to keep out the elements, intruders, and critters.
Suggested Donation Amount: $1000
Built Upon a Rock – Our homes are more sturdy when they rest on a firm foundation. Replacing dirt floors with concrete can also reduce the risk of disease and insect infestation.
Suggested Donation Amount: $500
Keeping Sanitary – Effective disposal of human waste is crucial to a healthy home. Even if running water is not customary or available, having a latrine on site facilitates sanitary conditions.
Suggested Donation Amount: $400
A Masonry Home in Town – Constructing a sturdy house in Banica begins with a concrete foundation. From there cinder block walls rise towards a fine tin roof. Metal windows permit the better weather and prevent the worse. And a separate latrine is a nice touch.
Suggested Donation Amount: $8,000
A Wooden Home in the Countryside – Outside Banica in the “campos,” or countryside, homes are built using wood from local trees and an earthen floor, as local custom prefers. Techniques to better preserve these houses include lining the outer walls and post holes with concrete, and lightly charring the base of each wood post.
Suggested Donation Amount: $3,500
Hit the Nail on the Head – We can have all the boards and posts we need, but nails are what hold them together in the wooden walls of our homes in the “campos,” or countryside.
Suggested Donation Amount: $100
A Fine Finish Does Double Duty – By offering to paint homes, we give families a further opportunity to develop ownership by selecting the color. Equally important, paint enables a wooden house to better withstand the elements, extending the life of these houses.
Suggested Donation Amount: $200
Sweat of the Brow – It takes hard work to build a home in the rugged countryside. Felling a tree, sawing posts and boards, charring the post bases to preserve them, digging the post holes, lining them with concrete, erecting the walls, adding a concrete footer, and constructing the roof are all steps that the crew must perform.
Suggested Donation Amount: $700
Suggested Donation Amount: $900
Built to Last – Protecting the wooden posts in our countryside homes begins by lining the post holes with concrete. The sand is hauled from local waters and mixed onsite to create concrete that will fortify the holes against erosion and protect the wooden posts within from rotting.
Suggested Donation Amount: $500
