With perseverance and commitment, CABEI builds emergency homes in Honduras

Nasly Raquel Galo is a single mother of three underage children who sells snacks and sweets for a living.
From now on her life full of uncertainty will be transformed as a result of the contribution of CABEI volunteers and the TECHO para mi pais organization. Nasly and her children will have a home to shelter themselves from adverse weather and thereby improve their living conditions.

In addition, four other families like her will benefit from the CABEI Institutional Responsibility Plan. Bank personnel accompanied by their families and friends provided their work and time to join the campaign. They worked together with members of the TECHO organization in the community of Santa Clara at the end of the Tegucigalpa ring road.

The goal this year is to build five dwellings to benefit nearly fifty inhabitants of Tegucigalpa. However, the initiative is being carried out throughout the Central American region, where the CABEI Institutional Responsibility Plan is investing US$50 thousand to improve the quality of life of the poorest inhabitants of Central America.

Beneficiary community

The community of Santa Clara is composed of 230 families, and the community residents have a history of working together on joint projects. They have undertaken different initiatives to improve the community; such as installation of electricity and land legalization. One of the community’s urgent needs is adequate access roads to permit its growth.

The activity presented a good opportunity to reflect on the problem of social exclusion.

Other beneficiaries

Another beneficiary family is Marvín Baca and Jeny Alejandra, who with their little son Noel, currently have a house that suffers from leaks and wind coming through holes in the walls.

Their neighbor Amilton Oseas Flores, his wife, Eva Clarivel, and their little son, Esteban, who suffers from respiratory problems, shared their experiences about the difficulties of their daily lives. They currently live in a borrowed house, which does not have running water or access to a sewage system. During rainy season, the house is even more vulnerable to weather conditions, and access roads become extremely muddy.

Reyna Suyapa Ordoñez, her children José Luis and Belkis Xiomara, and her 15 month-old granddaughter, Katerine Daniela, share a similar story. They all live in their 25 square meter house, which lacks the basic services necessary for a dignified life.

Parallel efforts are underway in the other countries of Central America for the same purpose. In the end, 26 new homes will have been built in the region for approximately 200 people who currently lack access to a decent dwelling place.

In this regard, CABEI Executive President Dr. Nick Rischbieth emphasized that the Bank’s institutional strategy, "Competitiveness with Social Integration and Development," establishes a priority of working to improve the quality of life of Central Americans through the sustainable development of the territory and its resources, and the balanced economic and social development of the region’s nations.