"It is great to have our own room only for me and my sister. It is very nice and safe for me to walk to school. It is very close, about five minutes. And all my new friends-my classmates-live in the neighborhood. We often meet and play together after classes."
--Dominika Skoneczny


Room to Study and Play

Wroclaw, Poland: Before becoming Habitat homeowners last year, the Skoneczny family lived the grim housing reality of many families in post-communist countries. The family of four lived in one tiny room within a 645-square-foot block flat that housed six other people as well. Overcrowding is a common problem in Eastern European nations, as single-room flats often house multiple families. Under such circumstances, having the space to study was out of the question for Dominika, 10. Today, she not only has her own desk and space to study at home, but her bright, new primary school is just down the street from a tidy neighborhood of Habitat houses.