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 May 2022, we will have built 269 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 |
269 Acluche | In Progress | ||
268 Laurent | In Progress | ||
267 Valentin | In Progress | ||
266 Beauchamp | In Progress | ||
265 Chery | Apr 2022 | ||
264 Dominique | Apr 2022 | ||
263 Despenies | Apr 2022 | ||
262 Noel | Apr 2022 | ||
261 Gilot | Mar 2022 | ||
260 Rene | Mar 2022 | ||
259 Fouyol | Mar 2022 | ||
258 Appolon | Mar 2022 | ||
257 Raynault | Feb 2022 | ||
256 Dieuseul | Feb 2022 | 18.667/-74.179 | |
255 Beauchamp | Feb 2022 | ||
254 Noel | Jan 2022 | ||
253 Pierre | Jan 2022 | ||
252 Smith |
Jan 2022 | ||
251 Noel | Dec 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.648/-74.156 |
250 Dominique | Dec 2021 | ||
249 Christophe | Dec 2021 | ||
248 Fanfan | Dec 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.647/-74.154 |
247 Melville | Nov 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.649/-74.154 |
246 Neptune | Nov 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.664/-74.165 |
245 Milord | Nov 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.663/-74.177 |
244 Justin | Nov 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.665/-74.179 |
243 Edouard | Oct 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.648/-74.150 |
242 Baptiste | Oct 2021 | ||
241 Leronide | Oct 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.647/-74.150 |
240 Michel | Oct 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.648/-74.158 |
239 Salomon | Sept 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.665/-74.179 |
238 Esperance | Sept 2021 | ||
237 Michel | Sept 2021 | Jan 2022 | |
236 Gustave Similien | Sept 2021 | ||
235 Bazard | Aug 2021 | ||
234 Justin | Aug 2021 | ||
233 Avena | Aug 2021 | ||
232 Louis | Aug 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.660/-74.157 |
231 Pierre | July 2021 | ||
230 Luc | July 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.665/-74.165 |
229 Jeudy | July 2021 | ||
228 Jeanty | July 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.667/-74.180 |
227 Cazy | June 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.667/-74.179 |
226 Pierre | June 2021 | Jan 2022 | 18.660/-74.157 |