Thanks to the work of all 60 families now have a new roof and he hopes to leave the situation poverty!
eltiempo.com / Colombia /
Caribbean Christmas came to the Fredonia area, 60 families received new houses extreme poverty
The houses were given by the foundation "A roof for my country Colombia '. With these 60 new homes has given thousands in the country.
Despite the timid spirit that reflects their view, Edith Bandres can not hide the joy that is for a new house of their own.
The smile from ear to ear draws its face, evidence that your new home is much more than a dream come true.
asked a year ago 'Asylum' to his mother because a rainstorm swept through the roof and two walls of the house where she lived with her husband and three children Deiver, Laura, Loreinis and Keynes.
As is common in the lower strata of Cartagena, the five managed to fit in a small house of mud, with four family members.
Although born and raised in a depressed area, where it is not uncommon for ten people live in a house of 20 square meters, Edith always dreamed of having one's own roof and safe, so at 26 he steeled himself and looked new options. While his partner
worked selling candy on buses, she left with her three young children to travel Fredonia neighborhood streets, looking for a decent place that would accommodate your budget.
Last November marked a before and after in the life of Edith. Near his mother's house in Sector Pantano de Vargas, the foundation "A roof for my country Colombia," held a contest to deliver new homes to 60 families for 27 years living in extreme poverty.
"Just learned about the call, bring all documents requested. Among those Sisben the card, the card and the registration of a lotecito own. Thank God favored left," says Edith, showing that even you goose bumps of emotion.
The organization changed the lives of these family is American and is made up of hundreds of volunteers since 2002, working in Colombia improve the model housing for the less privileged.
"The beneficiaries were chosen from a socioeconomic and housing study we did in the area. The preference of those people were living in very degraded and marginalized," said Camilo Garcés Bravo, social director of a 'Ceiling my country Colombia. "
Edith The new house has an area of \u200b\u200b18.5 square meters divided in two rooms homogeneous. Consists of 10 prefabricated wooden panels Immunization, built on piles driven to a eucalyptus wood floor. Cover cement is a moderate height for ventilation.
Since Edith came to his new home does not cease to feel again and again the four walls that make it a more quiet breathing.
"I'm happy because I have a safe place to be with my family, I never felt that way.
This house smells new, I will take care to put a small bathroom and a kitchen," says
safely and an admirable sense of membership.
Edith's attitude is part of the purposes of the foundation, which was assigned a symbolic value of 200 thousand dollars to housing, efforts to generate and sense of ownership among the beneficiaries.
"These homes have an actual value of 3 million pesos. We give them the scriptures, but shares look to have financed the idea that nothing is given away and keep working. Our work is emergent, since the intent is that these people to succeed and embrace social plans permanent housing. "Camilo Garces said.
Another enjoying your new home is Etilbia Cruz Ramirez, who sells mangoes to support his family and is happier than ever because I do not feel that it is going to carry a current.
"I live because I feel more relaxed on the mainland, I can leave my house without worrying about the mud," he said.
With the 60 houses in the neighborhood Fredonia, the foundation "A Roof for my country Colombia 'full thousand homes built in the country . The organization invested in this latest project almost 220 million pesos, with the support of private companies like ChevronTexaco, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and World Bank.
"The house thousand in Colombia means that we have achieved a status on the issue of overcoming poverty. Built in over 10 cities where there are poor who can hardly participate in state housing policy," said Garces. CARLOS LOPEZ BARRIOS
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