SANTO DOMINGO- The Women Build initiative held its second 2023 event with a construction day to impact the lives of women who need to live in a decent home with their families.
Women Build provides an opportunity for volunteers to take a proactive step to serve their communities and build strength, stability, and self-sufficiency together. The second edition included the participation of partner company IMCA, Sarah Villanueva, Sonia Read, Clara Reid de Frankenberg, Tamara Frankenberg, and others.
In addition, the construction brigade where three homes were renovated included the communicators Paloma Almonte and Lis Arias, together they built and replaced the bad dirt floors with polished concrete floors in the homes of Carmen, Joselin and Nicolás.
“We are grateful to all the volunteers who have shown up and joined this cause that transforms lives. It has been a great and constructive day, a special day that we have experienced. We are happy to continue adding impact to the regional initiative of 100,000 homes of Habitat for Humanity and FICEM; and to all those who have supported our organization for so many years. We continue to move forward and involve women, volunteers, companies and individuals so that more families become part of our vision that every person can have a decent place to live.
“Women have the capacity and determination to build homes so that their families can have a decent place to live,” said Cesarina Fabián, national director of Habitat Dominicana.
The owners thanked the organization and expressed their excitement at having a cement floor, because now their daily lives, their household chores, and their time with their families will be different.
Women Build, or women's construction brigade, was held in the community of Rancho Arriba, in Nigua, San Cristóbal province.
Habitat Dominicana intends to hold a construction brigade every year where only female volunteers participate.
About Women Build
Since 1991, Habitat for Humanity's Women Build volunteers have come together to build stronger and safer communities globally. This brigade provides an opportunity for women to take a proactive step in serving their communities.
Women from around the world have participated, including those from the United States, India, Mexico, Paraguay, and Canada.
