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Lorna Chacón Family

  Lorna  (32) her husband Tomás (34), and their three children, Josselyn (11), Jorge (8) and Lupita (3), are the proud new owners of a Habitat home!  During the week, Tomás works in the Guatemala City market,  while Lorna stays home and weaves traditional clothes to sell. Before partnering with Habitat Guatemala to build her […]

Vicenta Saloj – Hybrid House Program

Vicenta (34), and her three children, Michael (17), Jennifer (13) and Britney (9), are the proud owners of a new Hybrid House, in the municipality of Santa Lucía Utatlán, Sololá. Vicenta is a single mother who works a variety of part-time/temporary jobs including helping with the corn and bean harvest, cleaning homes, washing cloths, and […]

Healthy Home Kit – Tomasa Tol – Rotary Club of Greater Bend

Doña Tomasa lives with her husband, Nicolas, and their eight children, in the community of Panimaché, Chichicastenango, in the department of Quiché. As part of Habitat Guatemala’s Healthy Home Kit, families receive a smokeless stove, a sanitary latrine and a water filter. This helps them improve their health by giving them adequate access to proper […]

Engels Barrios – Huron Valley – Sarah Teare

Engels Barrios (33), is the proud new owner of a Habitat home! He lives by his own, next to three more houses inhabited by his siblings, who also built with Habitat in the past.  Engels is currently working as sales and business advisor. Before partnering with Habitat Guatemala to build his home, Engels rented several houses for almost 8 years; “When I was renting, it was […]

Uk’u’x já Project – The Tum Family

Doña Juana lives with her husband, Jorge, and their three children, Silvia (17), Gaspar (15), and Oscar (12) in the community of Batzul, Chajul, in the department of El Quiché. Juana takes care of the home, while Jorge works in the field, and he is also a part of the local leadership committee in his […]