HMI Houses
What are the benefits of building a home for the poor?
Perhaps you’re wondering what type of long term impact the home you are building will have. First and foremost, you are taking people out of living hell and placing them into a life of dignity, safety and security or as we like to say, “changing hell holes to homes!” which is a priceless gift of love and compassion for which we at HMI and the families we serve will be forever grateful. There are five main benefits however to a family receiving a home:
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Economic Impact - A debt-free home helps leverage families out of poverty. Funds previously needed to treat sick children and help them survive can now be used to purchase school supplies and other necessities.
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Educational Impact - A stable environment encourages learning. A child who lives in a decent home is much more likely to attend school and continue their education.
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Health Impact - Eliminating dirt floors and exposure to the elements improves their overall quality of life and reduces sickness. Having a concrete floor alone reduces the incidence of all sorts of diseases but especially diarrhea.
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Social & Emotional Impact - The emotional well-being of family members stabilizes as basic issues of survival are eliminated. Family life is strengthened and they can start thinking about the future. These homes lift each family out of misery and raises them to a level of poverty where they have dignity, self-respect, joy, hope and understand love in action.
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Spiritual Impact - Your practical demonstration of God’s love for them inspires a desire to want to give back. As each home is completed and dedicated, the family is presented with an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and encouraged to pray daily for all who have given to bring about this miracle in their lives and to pray for all their friends and family members who are in need.
As of January 2021, we have built 211 houses in this area. This is a substantial and an incredible number of families that now have lovely, durable and dignified homes and no longer have to live in mud and squalor. The four room houses with porches now afford safe shelter for them and for friends and family.
The Story of the HMI house construction project
House | Date Completed | Date Dedicated | GPS Location | |
220 Agee | In Progress | |||
219 Fouyol | In Progress | |||
218 Louis | Apr 2021 | |||
217 Noel | Mar 2021 | |||
216 Fandan | Mar 2021 | |||
215 Appolon | Mar 2021 | |||
214 Antoine | Feb 2021 | |||
213 Balthazar | Feb 2021 | |||
212 Louis | Feb 2021 | |||
The Nan Repo/Debarasse Era | ||||
211 Noel | Jan 2021 | |||
210 Antoine | Jan 2021 | |||
209 Sainsyr | Jan 2021 | |||
208 Francois | Dec 2020 | |||
207 Bazar | Dec 2020 | |||
206 Guerrier | Dec 2020 | |||
205 Antoine | Nov 2020 | |||
204 Louis | Nov 2020 | |||
203 Agee | Nov 2020 | 18.663/-74.159 | ||
202 Michel |
Oct 2020 |
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201 Louis |
Oct 2020 |
Nov 2020 | 18.662/-74.175 | |
200 Laventure | Oct 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.654/-74.155 | |
199 Christophe | Sept 2020 |
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198 Louis |
Sept 2020 | |||
197 Hyppolite |
Sep 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.665/-74.173 | |
196 Despeines |
Aug 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.658/-74.156 | |
195 Felissaint |
Aug 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.662/-74.155 | |
194 Moise |
Aug 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.655/-74.153 | |
193 Fils | Jul 2020 | |||
192 Felissaint |
Jul 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.663/-74.155 | |
191 Charles |
Jul 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.662/-74.168 | |
190 Calasse |
June 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.664/-74.170 | |
189 Michel |
June 2020 | |||
188 Milord |
June 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.662/-74.159 | |
187 Feret |
May 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.656/-74.157 | |
186 Calas |
May 2020 | |||
185 Pierre | May 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.656/-74.160 | |
184 Joseph |
Apr 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.653/-74.154 | |
183 Luckner |
Apr 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.664/-74.172 | |
182 Luc |
Apr 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.665/-74.173 | |
181 Salomon |
Mar 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.666/-74.179 | |
180 Fouyol |
Mar 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.664/-74.169 | |
179 Hyppolite |
Mar 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.662/-74.170 | |
178 Numa |
Feb 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.665/-74.167 | |
177 Jeudy |
Feb 2020 | Nov 2020 | 18.658/-74.162 | |
176 Estage |
Feb 2020 | |||
175 Sejour |
Jan 2020 | |||
174 Dominique |
Jan 2020 | |||
173 Philipee |
Jan 2020 | |||
172 Luc | Dec 2019 | |||
171 Baptiste |
Dec 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.655/-74.202 | |
170 Fado | Dec 2019 | |||
169 Dominique | Nov 2019 | |||
168 Pierre | Nov 2019 | |||
167 Alcide | Nov 2019 | |||
166 Marie Michel | Oct 2019 | |||
165 Fouyol | Oct 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.667/-74.179 | |
164 Dorismond | Oct 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.655/-74.153 | |
163 Rose Michel | Sept 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.662/-74.156 | |
162 Dume Maginet | Sept 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.664/-74.170 | |
161 Marise Louis | Sept 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.654/-74.152 | |
160 Berlius Neptune | Aug 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.665/-74.156 | |
159 Marianne Luc | Aug 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.662/-74.167 | |
158 Jean Michel | July 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.657/-74.152 | |
157 Glaubert Appolon | July 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.660/-74.153 | |
156 Dieuseul Joseph | July 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.661/-74.159 | |
155 Mdme Louis | June 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.6544444/-74.1572222 | |
154 Numa Despeines | June 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.662222/-74.1655556 | |
153 Johnson Laguerre | May 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.656823/-74.161168 | |
152 Christline Bazard | May 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.6641667-74.1627778 | |
151 Nadege Lapaix | May 2019 | Jan 2020 | 18.655883/-74.157157 | |
150 Magdala Cassamajor | Apr 2019 | May 2019 | N18.664720 W 74.168016 | |
149 Marie Louis | Apr 2019 | May 2019 | N18.661944 W 74.156615 | |
148 ILena Dominique | Mar 2019 | April 2019 | 18.652948/-74.155361 | |
147 Dieufaite Felissaint | Mar 2019 | April 2019 | 18.665170/-74.168257 | |