“And he laid the foundation on rock” (Luke 6:48)

The Bible teaches us that a house should be built on solid ground.  This is also true of an organization.   These past 10 years have provided solid foundations through the experiences which have taught us and strengthened us as a community development organization. Focussing on housing and habitat, we seek to mobilize human and economic resources in order to serve families in need.

On these foundations, we now take on the challenge of doubling the number of solutions we have provided in 10 years, in the next 3.   Our main project, Developing Neighbourhoods, will mobilize 3.3 million US Dollars to work in Buenos Aires, Santa Fe and Rosario, and serve 6500 people.  To achieve this, we expect the support of thousands of volunteers and donor in our country and abroad, driven to put their faith in action to change the lives of those living in poverty housing.

Simultaneously, we look forward to completing the first apartment block to implement Fair Rentals in La Boca, and the implementation of hundreds of repairs in remote communities around Argentina.

Those solid foundations we have laid, include some key pillars: 

- Our projects stem from our belief in the ability and the will of communities to work towards their own development.

- Our projects are implemented by volunteers who tend bridges between the various sections of society, and build hope as well as walls.

- Our projects are financed by donations from individuals, companies and institutions, and we are committed to the stewardship of the resources we are entrusted.

We need everybody’s help to changing the reality of those living in poverty in our beautiful country.  Let’s put our faith in action and, by the grace of God, be a part of that change.

Ana Cutts

Executive Director

The first volunteer event of the year

To celebrate the resumption of work, members of the Team, HPHA’s National Board, and international volunteers organized a construction event to help in the final stages of the “Seed Houses” of the Seeds of Hope Event 2012 in La Matanza, in the suburbs of Buenos Aires on March 2.

In the day-long event, the construction volunteers carried out tasks such as applying plaster to the walls and ceilings of the houses as well as mounting the walls, together with Noelia and Johanna’s families.