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Travel and Build
Take a Global Village volunteer vacation and help people in a different part of the world
build Habitat houses.
Volunteer Longer-term
Habitat's International Volunteer Program offers opportunities to serve for an extended
period with one of our offices around the world.
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Habitat for Humanity EcuadorHabitat for Humanity Ecuador -- Habitat for Humanity Int'l 1
Mission
Habitat for Humanity Ecuador works in partnership with God and people from all walks of life, to develop communities with people of low income by building and renovating houses, so that each person has adequate housing in their community, living and growing in all that God proposes.
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Housing need in Ecuador
Eighteen percent of Ecuadorian families live in inadequate housing conditions.
Nationwide, homeowners constitute only 67.2 percent of the population, (2001).
The Ecuadorian government has not fully approached the housing problem for the poor, and when it does, its approach is a traditional one, resulting in a limited impact.
Poverty and extreme poverty can be determined by examining the degree in which basic living conditions are satisfied or not. Sixty-one percent of the national population lives below the poverty line, 46 percent in urban settings and 86 percent in rural areas. Thirty-two percent of the national population lives in extreme poverty, 18 percent urban and 54 percent rural.
Attention is required from public entities and organizations to provide drinking water, sewage systems, electricity, schools, communication services and healthcare, which are all currently lacking or deficient and result in health problems, malnutrition and the denial of people’s right to education.
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