Flora Calderon

Friends,

The team has arrived. We spent the day yesterday getting to know the community and the families we came to work with. We met Habitat Colombia’s local partner in the community, a Roman Catholic social outreach organization that focuses on health and community development: Orden Hospitalaria de San Juan de Dios. The local organization is led by an amazing team of women staff and volunteers. We discussed how an asset based approach guides the work of Habitat Colombia. We learned how Habitat Colombia is seeking to implement a long term community development and incremental housing program in the community of Ciudadela Sucre en Soacha, Bogota. The team is preparing to be advocates for investment and policy change around improvement of informal settlements. Today, we will spend the day working with three families in the improvement of their houses. We were moved by the current living conditions: dirt floors, leaking roofs, lack of adequate bathrooms and kitchens, overcrowding. The improvements we will make will drastically improve their quality of life and health conditions. The families have been able to build their current houses over a period of 15 years or more. Our team will build on what they already have and improve their homes to meet the requirements of adequate housing.

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Team members arrive today in Bogota. We start a week long experience of learning, building, advocating, making new friends. Thanks to the 600+ people who have donated to Habitat Colombia. Follow our team's experience and continue to support it at: ttp://share.habitat.org/flora-calderon-habitat-for-humanity-project-colombia

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