“Sowing Seeds of Life” through a Benevolent Housing Project

You could help put a destitute widow or single mother in a new home for just $4000 OR two families in a new duplex for $7000!

By some estimates, over half of the Haitian population lives on less than $2.00 a day. In the villages surrounding Operation Double Harvest live some of the poorest of the poor. Many of them are destitute widows, single mothers or struggling families attempting to raise children in homes we would consider shacks. The weathered tin or straw roof leaks, the dirt floors are unsanitary, the wood walls are termite infested, leaning or crumbling, and rodents are ever present.

Former home for a family of six		New duplex built for two families

The Benevolent Housing Project seeks to build and provide new homes for the very poor, particularly those widows and single mothers who have little to no income nor help from family members. For them, the hope of better living conditions in their lifetime isn’t even a dream.

• Recipients of a new home are carefully chosen together with local leaders.
• The buildings, approximately 25’ x 25’, are built with locally obtainable materials, primarily block and rebar, with a sturdy door and barred windows for protection and inside partitions for privacy. The structure of a home is a traditional and culturally acceptable design. Also, a flower bed and a few trees are planted to add beauty to the property.
• The result is a clean, dry, cool, painted, rodent and termite proof, low maintenance, and safe home for their family, one that will also withstand the hurricanes of the Caribbean.
• Haitian crews are trained and paid to construct the homes.
• The cost of building a sing home - $4000! ! The cost for a duplex - $7000! Where a “lot” size is available, duplexes are understandably the default design, as two needy families receive a new home for less construction costs.
• You could make a tangible difference in the life of some needy family. You could change the future of someone who is indeed desperately poor.
• If you would like to help financially, send your gift clearly marked “Benevolent Housing Project” to:                  

  Double Harvest
  55 South Main Street
  Oberlin, OH 44074

In this way you can partner with Double Harvest in accomplishing its mission – “Sowing Seeds of Life”.