Project HOPE

Nicaragua

2007 marks the fifth year for our Homes for LIFE outreach. This project is focusing on housing efforts with extremely poor families who live in the mountainous regions of northern Nicaragua, one of the poorest nations of the western hemisphere.

• 50% of the population in Nicaragua lives in overcrowded housing with 3 or more people per room. Most do not own their own houses.

• 83% of the homes are self constructed and built from scrap and other discarded materials. 43% have earthen floors.

• 75% of the targeted population is malnourished. 27% of the children are underweight, comparable to areas in central and eastern Africa.

Shelter, Food and Water are the 3 essentials of life that provides a new start for a better life for those who are trapped by poverty. For $3600 we can provide a family a brand new, concrete foundation home that will withstand the elements for years to come, access to clean water and food for the children for a year.

$ 30 will help provide a family with shelter, water and food for 3 months.

$120 will help provide a family with shelter, water and food for one full year.

$1200 will help provide a family with shelter, water and food for ten years.

$3600 will help sponsor a entire home for a family, provide a lifetime of water and food for a year.

In addition to the homes, water and food, we will complete a new Church/Community Center near Ocotol to help provide continual spiritual assistance as we continue to share the Gospel with the families of this area.