Jamie Dhillon fundraising for Portugal - '19 Ulmer Team

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Jamie Dhillon

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Portugal - '19 Ulmer Team

From Jamie Dhillon

Please join me on my next Habitat adventure!! Build # 4 and this time I am going to Amarante, Portugal to help repair existing homes that are dilapidated and unsafe.

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About Me

I have been volunteering with Habitat since 2013 and had the opportunity to help build homes in El Salvador, China and Malawi.  All three builds were new home builds.  This time i've decided to do a different build where we will go in and repair the existing home so they can stay on their family land.  

I currently volunteer with Make a Wish Canada locally and enjoy doing the habitat builds every other year internationally.  Every time I do these builds I get my family and friends involved by setting up a donation page.  It allows everyone to be a part of the trip and building of the home for the family, without the mud and dirt.

No amount is too small and I THANK YOU In advance for your generous donations and for helping make this trip possible.  This will be family #4 we help together lets do this!!!!

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Housing is a major concern of poor Portuguese families, who often live in dilapidated homes in rural areas or shacks in the big cities. Successive governments have liberalized key areas of the economy over the past 20 years after decades of military dictatorship, but economic growth has been slowing since 2001. The recent financial crisis left many people without jobs or savings to improve housing conditions.

At the same time, the need for housing is growing, especially in urban areas. The state cannot support the development of new social housing units. And Portugal has been a destination for emigrants since the late 1970s, when people from former African colonies and Brazil began arriving. More recently, in the 1990s, emigrants from the Soviet Union found refuge there.

Habitat for Humanity helps low-income families in Portugal by building new homes on family-owned land and by renovating houses in the towns of Braga and Amarante. Homes are made of traditional local materials: bricks, red roof tiles, shutters on the windows, and ceramic tiles inside. Recently, the Habitat Portugal has been looking for local opportunities to raise funds to build more simple and decent homes.

Global Village is Habitat for Humanity’s international volunteer program. Teams travel to over 40 countries to work alongside communities, build housing solutions, and experience local culture. Our goal is to change the lives of the people we serve, as well as the lives of the volunteers.

To join a team or learn more, visit www.habitat.org/gv.

About Habitat for Humanity International 

Driven by the vision that everyone needs a decent place to live, Habitat for Humanity began in 1976 as a grassroots effort on a community farm in southern Georgia. The housing organization has since grown to become a leading global nonprofit working in more than 1,300 communities throughout the U.S. and in more than 70 countries. Families and individuals in need of a hand up partner with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. Through financial support, volunteering or adding a voice to support affordable housing, everyone can help families achieve the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build better lives for themselves. Through shelter, we empower. To learn more, visit habitat.org.

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