HOMES WITH AMOR
With a safe and dry home, children enjoy better health and chances of survival.
AMOR builds homes for women-led families land orphan families living in extreme poverty. Many indigenous women live in dirt-floor houses made of sheet metal and sugar cane, with trash bags for doors. In the rainy season they are waterlogged. In short, they are unfit for human habitation.
Be a part of history, help build a home for a Mayan family!
Many Mayan families live in makeshift huts which are smaller than a typical Western bathroom, though they house as many as eight people. The floor is often dirt, the cooking done over an open fire in a smoke-filled room. Entire families sleep on the floor with only rags for cover. The sad reality is, a Western family would be arrested for keeping a pet in such conditions, let alone children.
"I was raised in a place like these homes," says AMOR founder, Arnulfo Fernando Oxlaj. "I was hungry, terrorised by war, and had no opportunity for an education. But my mother instilled in me a dream, a hope, an understanding that I could do anything in life. And to honour her and my father, we are building, step by step, an entire village of homes for the poor. These houses are simple and cost relatively little to build, but to these families, they are palaces." AMOR is committed to building more houses this year. Often, a roof is the first step towards a brighter future. "These new homes will give these families a new life, better than they ever had," declared Arnulfo. "And they will be part of our family for the rest of their lives."
AMOR builds homes for women-led families land orphan families living in extreme poverty. Many indigenous women live in dirt-floor houses made of sheet metal and sugar cane, with trash bags for doors. In the rainy season they are waterlogged. In short, they are unfit for human habitation.
Be a part of history, help build a home for a Mayan family!
Many Mayan families live in makeshift huts which are smaller than a typical Western bathroom, though they house as many as eight people. The floor is often dirt, the cooking done over an open fire in a smoke-filled room. Entire families sleep on the floor with only rags for cover. The sad reality is, a Western family would be arrested for keeping a pet in such conditions, let alone children.
"I was raised in a place like these homes," says AMOR founder, Arnulfo Fernando Oxlaj. "I was hungry, terrorised by war, and had no opportunity for an education. But my mother instilled in me a dream, a hope, an understanding that I could do anything in life. And to honour her and my father, we are building, step by step, an entire village of homes for the poor. These houses are simple and cost relatively little to build, but to these families, they are palaces." AMOR is committed to building more houses this year. Often, a roof is the first step towards a brighter future. "These new homes will give these families a new life, better than they ever had," declared Arnulfo. "And they will be part of our family for the rest of their lives."