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I build homes for poor families in Central America. When interviewing people who ask for a home I ask them to tell me their story. Repeatedly the phrase "I live a dog's life" is mentioned. A dog's life in Central America is not what it is in the U.S.. The dogs they are referring to are not fed, cared for or loved. They wonder the streets and garbage dumps scavenging for anything they can find to eat. They are abused by other dogs and humans. Hunger and disease is their life. A dog's life for a poor family in Central America can mean they a marginalized life filed with ... loneliness, embarrassment, abuse, hunger. It is a life in the shadows, dirty, susceptible to diseases, powerless, and frustrated. By building these folks a home our goal is to change lives and give families an opportunity to live a new story. In so many ways the build experience, new relationships and working together along with the new home they receive enable that to happen.

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