Christ has no body on earth but yours,

no hands but yours,

no feet but yours.

Yours are the eyes through which

Christ's compassion for the world is to look out;

Yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good;

and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.

- Saint Teresa of Avila

Habitat in Sante Fe, Argentina

This year's Global Village build will take place in Sante Fe, Argentina - a mere 6 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires. When the Salado River overflowed its banks into the City of Sante Fe in April 2003, more than 30,000 families were affected. According to estimates by UN experts, the impact on the province's gross national product was as damaging as that of the earthquakes in El Salvador. Prior to the flood, the city already had one of the highest poverty indexes and housing deficits in the country. A quarter of the city's inhabitants already lived in substandard housing settlements surrounded by garbage dumps and contaminated waters. Theft and violence, along with the contamination, are the biggest threats to decent living in Sante Fe.






Habitat Build

Habitat Build
"If I had a hammer......"

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Another Habitat trip

The airfare is booked, the hotels have been reserved for the trip over and back. I will be flying into Frankfurt and spend the day and night there. I will fly out to Krakow the following day. On the trip home, I will stop and spend the night in London and barring any volcanic ash, fly home the next day.

I am looking forward to the trip already even though it is still a month and a half out. I am wrapping up my fund raising trying to get as many sales in as possible. If you are interested in seeing my Habitat Page, you can find that at http://www.habitat.org/cd/gv/participant/participant.aspx?pid=93187643

More to follow!
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