Habitat For Humanity
El Salvador
Our names are Paul Mackillop and Tony Bennett. We have participated on six previous Habitat trips. We have been to Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador. This year, along with Chris Tessier,we are leading a team of approx 20 people from the Ottawa area to San Miguel El Salvador.
Habitat for Humanity El Salvador built its first 29 houses in 1992, in the department of Santa Ana. Since then, much program renovation and organizational growth have taken place. As a result, the national organization has been able to provide increasingly more effective responses to the frequent loss of homes to natural disasters, such as Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and the earthquakes in 2001.
The national organization’s work is performed through a central national office and six branches in Santa Ana, Sonsonate, San Salvador, San Vicente, Usulután and La Paz.
Housing need in El Salvador
After being struck by recent natural disasters, the housing need increased rapidly in El Salvador, both in urban and rural areas. Of the total number of houses affected, 60 percent corresponded to homes with an income of up to two minimum wages, and the remaining 40 percent are households with incomes greater than two minimum wages.
El Salvador is still in the process of rebuilding. According to data provided by the Vice Ministry of Housing, the country’s current qualitative and quantitative deficit totals 630,000 houses, or 51 percent of the total population.
Local governments, state institutions, non-governmental organizations and international organizations have made great efforts to respond to the housing needs of affected families. Support from these institutions concentrate on the most affected zones.
Through the work carried out by its affiliate branches, Habitat El Salvador has reached both sectors, concentrating its efforts on providing support to those families in need of adequate housing, without discrimination.
*One monthly minimum wage in El Salvador is US$144, so a family earning two minimum wages would have a monthly household income of US$288.Please join us if you are interested in meeting great people and making a difference for our friends in El Salvador.
El Salvador
El Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated of the Central American countries. Two volcanic chains run down its center, rising from the Pacific beaches and lush lowlands up through fertile hills to rugged mountain chains. The country’s lovely landscapes, fascinating history and genuinely friendly people easily win over visitors.
Since its beginnings in 1992, Habitat for Humanity El Salvador has built over 3,900 homes and has established affiliates in six of the fourteen states. The seismic resistant houses are made of concrete blocks with structural steel reinforcement, Roofs are made of fiber-cement sheeting over industrial tubing and floors are made of poured concrete. Each home has two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen/dining room, and a latrine or toilet with a floor area of approximately 40 sq m. We will be working under the direction of local masons, who will teach us how to build in the El Salvadorian manner.
Itinerary:
November 20 Arrive El Salvador
November 21 Travel to affiliate/ Welcome activities
November 22 – 26 Build
November 27 – 28 R & R
November 29 Departures
November 20 to November 29, 2010
Our names are Paul Mackillop and Tony Bennett. We have participated on six previous Habitat trips. We have been to Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador. This year, along with Chris Tessier,we are leading a team of approx 20 people from the Ottawa area to San Miguel El Salvador.
Habitat for Humanity El Salvador built its first 29 houses in 1992, in the department of Santa Ana. Since then, much program renovation and organizational growth have taken place. As a result, the national organization has been able to provide increasingly more effective responses to the frequent loss of homes to natural disasters, such as Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and the earthquakes in 2001.
The national organization’s work is performed through a central national office and six branches in Santa Ana, Sonsonate, San Salvador, San Vicente, Usulután and La Paz.
Housing need in El Salvador
After being struck by recent natural disasters, the housing need increased rapidly in El Salvador, both in urban and rural areas. Of the total number of houses affected, 60 percent corresponded to homes with an income of up to two minimum wages, and the remaining 40 percent are households with incomes greater than two minimum wages.
El Salvador is still in the process of rebuilding. According to data provided by the Vice Ministry of Housing, the country’s current qualitative and quantitative deficit totals 630,000 houses, or 51 percent of the total population.
Local governments, state institutions, non-governmental organizations and international organizations have made great efforts to respond to the housing needs of affected families. Support from these institutions concentrate on the most affected zones.
Through the work carried out by its affiliate branches, Habitat El Salvador has reached both sectors, concentrating its efforts on providing support to those families in need of adequate housing, without discrimination.
*One monthly minimum wage in El Salvador is US$144, so a family earning two minimum wages would have a monthly household income of US$288.Please join us if you are interested in meeting great people and making a difference for our friends in El Salvador.
El Salvador
El Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated of the Central American countries. Two volcanic chains run down its center, rising from the Pacific beaches and lush lowlands up through fertile hills to rugged mountain chains. The country’s lovely landscapes, fascinating history and genuinely friendly people easily win over visitors.
Since its beginnings in 1992, Habitat for Humanity El Salvador has built over 3,900 homes and has established affiliates in six of the fourteen states. The seismic resistant houses are made of concrete blocks with structural steel reinforcement, Roofs are made of fiber-cement sheeting over industrial tubing and floors are made of poured concrete. Each home has two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen/dining room, and a latrine or toilet with a floor area of approximately 40 sq m. We will be working under the direction of local masons, who will teach us how to build in the El Salvadorian manner.
Itinerary:
November 20 Arrive El Salvador
November 21 Travel to affiliate/ Welcome activities
November 22 – 26 Build
November 27 – 28 R & R
November 29 Departures
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