Women of Faith Building with Love: A life changing experience
From November 10th through 17th, an international construction event called Women of Faith Building with Love was held in Recreo, province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
More than 120 local, national and international women, belonging to different churches and communities of faith, gathered at the city of Recreo to build four homes for the Correa, Oyola, Socías and Toranzo families. These houses belong to the Progressive House Project and the Building Bridges Project: Recreo-Bellingham.
The volunteers worked together with members of the partner families, who helped teach the volunteers how to perform certain tasks at the construction site. Mr. Mario Formento, the Mayor of Recreo, took part in the event and worked at the construction site along with officials from the Municipal Government and Town Council.Important Results
During eight days of construction, work was done on four houses. One full house and a half of another were finished, each made up of one bedroom, bathroom, living-dining room and kitchen. The construction was done with cement panels (each weighing around 90 kgs.) screwed together.
Transforming lives
Women of Faith Building with Love not only gave the partner families a strong message of solidarity, teamwork and putting “love into action” in order to help those in need, it also signified a substantial advance in the construction of their homes.
In numbers, this means that: the work done during the 8 days of Women of Faith Building with Love saved the families almost 5 weeks of work (the time they would have needed to advance the construction to the same point reached during the event).
A special mention is deserved by all the volunteers who worked during this event: a group of 11 Baptist women from the United States who traveled to Recreo, paying all their expenses and making an important donation to HFHA, to work in the construction of these houses; as well as international, national and local volunteers who took time from their jobs, families and homes to help with the organization of this event, and work at the construction site, putting their “faith into action” and showing their love for others.The team from the HFHA Santa Fe Office would like to thank all of those who made this event a success, including staff and volunteers from HFHA.
Jorge Díaz
Local Coordinator
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