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La seguridad de un piso firme

The safety of a solid floor

María Natalia lives with her husband, sister-in-law and three dogs in their home in San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala. Her family was among those selected to participate in “PISOS S3,” a pilot project launched by the Inter-American Cement Federation (FICEM) and developed in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Guatemala, Cementos Progreso, the Cement and Concrete Institute of Guatemala (ICCG) and the Network of Indigenous Entrepreneurs (REI).

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Esperanza al suroeste de Haití

Hope in the southwest of Haiti

On the morning of Saturday, August 14, 2021, 49-year-old Onézire was sitting peacefully with the youngest of her six children in their home in southwest Haiti. At 8:30 a.m., however, a devastating magnitude 7.2 earthquake began leveling it to the ground. Like the vast majority of her neighbors, Onézire had to sleep out in the open, despite the fact that Haiti’s hurricane season was in full force. With strong rains from Tropical Storm Grace pelting the island in the days following the earthquake, she endured wind, cold, heat and sun.

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Expertos hacen llamado para enfrentar los efectos del cambio climático desde viviendas resilientes

Experts call for resilient housing to address the effects of climate change

August 18, 2023

During the 5th Housing Forum, organized by Habitat for Humanity and convened by the Urban Housing Practitioners Hub (UHPH), international experts and main actors in the region’s housing sector officially called upon governments and authorities to have their administrations work, through intersectoral partnerships, toward finding solutions that turn homes into resilient places where families can cope with the current climate crisis.

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Habitat for Humanity’s 5th Housing Forum

Latin American authorities analyze climate change and its effects on housing in the region

July 31, 2023

Habitat for Humanity’s 5th Housing Forum in Bogotá brings together representatives of the United Nations, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, government, private sector, academia and civil society, among others. The event’s aims are for authorities to be able to recognize urgent challenges in housing and habitat, share and propose solutions, and summon the commitment, investments and resources this emergency demands.

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