Pleasant Living Magazine

Habitat for Humanity, has recently submitted a donation specifically to help rebuild homes for those devestated by the January earthquake in Haiti. According to Suzanna Paradise, executive director of the Habitat for Humanity of Richmond and Westmoreland Counties, a $400 donation was received recently and sent on to the international recovery effort.
As part of a tithe program, Habitat branches nationwide are participating in an aggressive response to help low-income Haitian families get into decent, secure housing- many for the first time.
According to Eric Balukonis, who helps oversee the tithe program, Habitat plans to use the special donations to serve over 50,000 families affected by the earthquake. Elements of the response incudes recovery starter kitss, cleanup assistance, establishing Habitat resource centers and building core houses, according to a press release. Habitat estimates that more than 200,000 houses were severely damaged by earthquake and 1.2 million people facc displacement or homelessness because of the disaster.

For more information about how to assist Habitat in the Northern Neck, and thus on a global level, contact thee HHRWC office at 493-1500 or go to www.habitatrwc.org

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