100 homes to be built for low-income families

KATHMANDU, Sept 2:

As many as 1,500 national and international volunteers are building 100 homes in partnership with low-income families in need of permanent shelter in Chitwan.

According to a press release issued by Habitat for Humanity, they volunteers will work for building the houses for a week from November 1 to 6 in the community as part of 32nd annual Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project.

Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International, said: "Today these families are living in makeshift grass and thatch huts with mud floors, and over the course of the week we will replace these unstable structures with permanent housing that they can call home,".

Families will be selected based on need, their ability to repay an affordable loan and willingness to contribute their own labor -- or sweat equity -- toward the construction of their homes, the press release added.

Source: Republica