enero 2018 – Hábitat para la Humanidad Guatemala

Voluntariado con esperanza juvenil

31 enero, 2018/en Voluntariado /por Hábitat Guatemala

Todos los años contamos con personas que con su gran corazón, buscan ayudar a más familias guatemaltecas, y el 2017 no fue la excepción. Durante el mes de diciembre contamos con el apoyo de jóvenes de la Organización Esperanza Juvenil, quienes realizaron voluntariado en Sumpango, Sacatepéquez, realizando estufas mejoradas.

Realizamos una pequeña entrevista con Silvia de Lemus, Coordinadora Camino hacia la Excelencia, y esto fue lo que nos comentó:

¿Quiénes son y en dónde trabajan?
Esperanza Juvenil es una Organización que ayuda a niños de escasos recursos. Trabajamos especialmente con niños de aldeas, municipios, y asentamientos del país.

¿Cuantos años tiene la Organización en el país?
Tenemos 20 años de estar en Guatemala.

¿Cómo apoyan o benefician a los niños ?
Los niños y jóvenes, reciben los insumos necesarios para vivir bien, y a la vez, se les brindan los materiales para su educación. En educación, brindamos becas completas, sin embargo, los jóvenes y niños que acceden a estas, deben pasar pruebas psicológicas, académicas y de estudio social. Nuestros estudiantes aplican para las mejores universidades, lo que les abrirá las puertas para un mejor futuro.

Actualmente, tenemos 4 jóvenes estudiando en distintas universidades y 5 jóvenes ya están graduados.

¿Cómo se seleccionan a los candidatos?
La selección se lleva a cabo por medio de los líderes comunitarios, que brindan referencias de quienes necesitan el apoyo, luego se citan para realizar las pruebas.

¿Por qué realizaron voluntariado con Hábitat?
Es asombroso como las actividades del voluntariado realizado en Hábitat nos pueden unir y sobre todo nos pueden enseñar a dar, brindando la oportunidad de que nuestros niños ayuden a quienes también lo necesitan. El que nuestros niños ayuden y conozcan que son muchas personas las que necesitan apoyo, nos da la certeza que ellos de adultos, serán personas responsables con su país.

Conoce más acerca de nuestra labor en las
comunidades de nuestro país: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi5aY-POuB4

Nuestro granito de azúcar

31 enero, 2018/en Voluntariado /por Hábitat Guatemala

Ingenio azucarero Pantaleón

Grupo Pantaleón es parte de ingenios azucareros que se encuentran en Centroamerica, Brasil y México, su principal producción es el azúcar, energía, alcohol y melaza.

Dentro de su visión esta promover el desarrollo transformando los recursos responsablemente, para así crear un mundo mejor.

Su programa de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial, se promueve por medio de actividades junto a sus colaboradores, fomentando un espíritu de unidad, compartiendo con quien lo necesita, por medio de acercamientos a distintas comunidades.

Como empresa se enfocan en la relación con las comunidades que rodean los ingenios, con quienes realizan actividades cumpliendo tres propósitos; mitigar los impactos que pueden causar a las comunidades, asegurar que las operaciones no causen ningún daño y relacionarse con políticas de puertas abiertas donde puedan conversar y llegar a conocerse apoyando el desarrollo responsable.

Ingenio Pantaleón cuenta con dos centros educativos en el país, y programas de capacitación a mujeres para estimular destrezas, entre otros.

“Apoyamos los proyectos de Hábitat por ser una organización líder en construcción de vivienda. Decidimos trabajar estufas mejoradas, porque sabemos que causará un impacto positivo a largo plazo en las familias.” – Inés Amenabar, Jefe de Desarrollo Social Corporativo

Alrededor de 30 colaboradores y sus familias realizaron voluntariado construyendo estufas mejoradas en Escuintla antes de finalizar el año, el apoyo brindado fue para 7 familias que ahora mejoraron su calidad de vida.

Haz voluntariado: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH2rZ-zFMGA

100 MIL SUEÑOS CUMPLIDOS

31 enero, 2018/en Noticias /por Hábitat Guatemala

Este año 2018 estaremos celebrando nuestra solución 100,000 un logro que ha llevado 39 años de trabajo en el país, mejorando la calidad de vida de las familias guatemaltecas a través de la construcción, mejoramiento de vivienda y programas de atención a la extrema pobreza.

Esta celebración, nos servirá para reconocer el trabajo de nuestros colaboradores, voluntarios nacionales y extranjeros, así como el apoyo de empresas y autoridades que durante estos años nos han acompañado confiando en que nuestros proyectos hacen el cambio en las comunidades de Guatemala.

En Hábitat nuestro enfoque principal es la construcción y es así como festejaremos, haciendo lo que mejor sabemos. Una semana de construcción en Colonia Luis Samayoa, en Usumatlán Zacapa, junto a colaboradores, voluntarios y aliados de todo el país, de esta forma haremos realidad el sueño de familias que carecen de una casa propia.

Los invitamos a que formen parte de esta fiesta emotiva, y que se sumen a cambiar la vida de más familias guatemaltecas que merecen vivir en un hogar adecuado y saludable.

Conoce nuestros logros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZtRuzpeeTg

Sorteo Rifa Nacional Edificando Sueños

29 enero, 2018/en Noticias /por Hábitat Guatemala

El domingo 28 de enero se llevó a cabo el sorteo de nuestra iniciativa de recaudación junto a Banrural, Rifa Nacional “Edificando Sueños”, en el Centro Comercial Metronorte. Fue una tarde llena de diversión y nerviosismo por saber quién sería el ganador del Pick-up Toyota Hilux 2018.

Estamos muy contentos y agradecidos con todas las personas que compraron su ticket de Rifa, sabemos que en su corazón no solo se encontraba el deseo de ser uno de los ganadores de los 10 premios, sino el contribuir con nosotros para seguir construyendo esperanza a más familias de nuestro país.

Así también damos gracias a Banrural y todas las empresas que se aliaron en este evento de recaudación por la causa de la vivienda adecuada; Mega Productos, Pinturas del Sur, MultiBlocks, Amanco, Prodex, FFacsa y C.C. Metronorte.

¡Edifiquemos sueños juntos!

Para más información puede comunicarse al 7931 – 3131 ó

escribirnos a involucrate@www.habitatguate.org

Fotos del Sorteo

Ingrid Lorena

29 enero, 2018/en Meet our families, News /por admin

“Thanks to you, our dream is a reality!” So says Ingrid Lorena to the group of Thrivent volunteers who came to work with her family to build her family’s home in Quetzaltenango.

Ingrid is a stay-at-home mom and her husband, Adolfo, is a baker at a Quetzaltenango bakery. They decided to apply to build a home with Habitat for Humanity Guatemala because they had recently gotten married and had a baby daughter, Victoria. It was important to them that they have their own space as a family.

Ingrid was familiar with Habitat for Humanity because her mother built a Habitat house several years ago and she was excited that she and Manolo were approved to build a house. Ingrid says that, for the most part, the process was smooth. About halfway through the process, they switched from working with one mason to another, but fortunately soon after that a group of Thrivent volunteers came and spent a week working on the house and helped push the process forward.

Soon after moving into their home in November, Ingrid’s brother Manolo moved into the house with her wife Jennifer and their daughter Adonia. Now, the two families share the home together–the babies have their own room and there is plenty of room to relax, cook, and eat. Most of all, Ingrid is happy and grateful that her family has their own home and their own space as a family.

Smokeless Stoves: Maria Carolina Carlel and Aurora Sajic Xon

19 enero, 2018/en Meet our families, News /por admin

Maria Carolina

Maria Carolina and her family live near Tecpán in the department of Chimaltenango. She, her husband Martin, and seven of their children live in a sunny house on a quiet dirt road. They own a piece of land that Martin farms, and the children attend school. Maria spends her time weaving and taking care of the home and children–her youngest baby is 11 months old.

Like many rural Guatemalan families, Maria’s family gathers their own wood for cooking. She notes that since their new smokeless stove was finished in June 2017, they only have to gather about half of the amount of wood they did before. She shares that the old stove was 15 years old, had some broken parts, and emitted a great deal of smoke. There was also less space to prepare food and she and her family were at a higher risk of getting burned.

This isn’t an issue with the new smokeless stove: it has a safe area for preparing food, such as the tortillas and tamales that are staple food items. She also uses the stove to cook for her community, such as making beans for her children’s´school.

Maria and her family loved having the volunteers visit them and assist them in building the stove. She remembers that her kids loved playing with them and she sends them a hello from Guatemala!

Aurora Sajic Xon

Aurora Sajic Xon, her husband Optico, and their seven children live in the same area as Maria Carolina Carlel: in a village called Caserio Xetonox, located outside the city of Tecpan in the department of Chimaltenango. Like many Guatemalans, Aurora speaks primarily Kaqchikel, an indigenous language spoken by approximately 5.5% of people in Guatemala. Her relative, Marisol, serves as a translator for Aurora, as she shares how having a smokeless stove has improved the daily life of her family.

Before building the smokeless stove with Habitat for Humanity Guatemala in June 2017, Aurora prepared food for her family on the floor of her home. The smoke from the fire would fill the house with smoke, making it difficult for her young children to breathe. Now, she has a safe space to prepare food and doesn’t have to worry about her children getting burned. Another benefit of the new stove is that it uses much less wood, a scarce resource for Guatemalans.

Aurora fondly remembers the HHK School Group volunteers that worked with her family and sends her thanks from Guatemala!

Brenda Lidia Hi Sipac

18 enero, 2018/en Meet our families, News /por admin

Brenda Lidia is a single mother of an eight year old daughter, Yorleni. They live in Tecpan, a town in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala, where she works cleaning houses while Yorleni attends school. They moved into their new home in June, built on land given to her by her mother, and are happy and grateful to have their own space.

Before partnering with Habitat for Humanity Guatemala, Brenda and Yorleni lived in a house with her mother and other relatives. There were many people living in the house and it wasn’t an ideal situation. Brenda’s mother had to sell her home and now is renting, but Brenda worried that one day she and her daughter would be forced to leave the house, so when she learned about Habitat for Humanity from her employer, she decided to move forward in building her own home.

Brenda shares that the process of building her home was difficult, but that she is glad she made it happen. After working all day, she would work on building her home. For her, the most difficult part of the process was transporting the materials to the land, but partnering with Habitat for Humanity Guatemala gave her support throughout the whole process. Though the construction of the house is complete, Brenda has plans to build a covered patio space outside the house and is in the process of finalizing a little kitchen space that will be attached to the house. Because it is her own house, she is truly able to make it her home.

In addition to her job cleaning houses, Brenda spends time on Sunday weaving traditional Guatemalan clothing which she sells at the market. Now that she has her own home, she has a quiet space to create and focus on her craft. Yorleni is also excited about learning how to weave and Brenda is happy to share her skills with her daughter.

Brenda and Yorleni loved having volunteers from Habitat for Humanity Canada come and work with them. She emphasizes that she knows the volunteers came a long way to work on her home and she appreciates the effort they made. She would like to thank them for the time they spent in Guatemala with her and Yorleni.

The Caldeo Family

18 enero, 2018/en Meet our families, News /por admin

Dalilia Escobar´s Quetzaltenango home is painted a beautiful blue that matches her happiness and that of her children. She and her family moved into their new home in November, in time to celebrate Christmas, and they are happy to be settled and stable.

Dalilia’s home is located on the same property as her parents´ house, which was also built through partnering with Habitat for Humanity Guatemala twenty-two years ago. By building her house on the same piece of land, the family members are able to see each other easily. Dalia, a stay-at-home mother, is also the primary caregiver for her 97 year old father, so being right next door gives her the space and privacy she needs while also being able to attend to him.Six people total live in the house and while not all of them were home, those that were spoke enthusiastically about the volunteers that spent eight days helping them build their home. Dalia appreciates that the volunteers traveled from so far away to help her family, and she enjoyed chatting with them and sharing time with them.

Anayanci, Dalia’s daughter who loves cooking and would like to be a chef one day, spent the most time with the Thrivent volunteers and has a message she would like to share: “Thanks to you, our house was finished a little bit faster, and it didn’t take as long because you came help. Many thanks for giving us your support!”