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Aida (25) and her husband Fausto (26) live with their son Greyberth (5 months) in San Juan Chamelco, Alta Verapaz. Aida and Fausto are both teachers, but right now Aida is at home taking care of their son and of the home.
Prior to moving into their Habitat house, the family was living with Fausto’s family. There were eleven people in total, in a Habitat house that Fausto’s parents had solicited. They had been living in the house for five years. It had always been extremely uncomfortable due to the large number of people sharing the home, and when Aida got pregnant they started thinking about changing their living situation so their new baby would have a spacious home in which to grow up, and they wanted to live alone as a family, apart from the in-laws, and have their own space and privacy.
Living in a Habitat house they liked the design and knew the house was safe and sturdy and knew that Habitat would be able to help them they way they had helped Fausto’s parents. After applying for their own house, they were thrilled to learn that the Greig McPhee volunteer team would be coming to help with the construction and with their help, the house was finished in just 25 days.
The new Habitat house has a living room and three bedrooms. The kitchen is outside. The family loves their new home and is very much looking forward to living alone together for the first time. It will be much easier to raise their son, with space and privacy and not having to worry about whether or not his crying is disturbing others. Sharing a kitchen at times had been difficult with so many people, but now Aida will be able to prepare whatever meal she likes, at whatever time. They are so happy knowing they have a safe and decent home for themselves in which to raise their son and future family.
Aida and Fausto's final words to us "God bless you. May your dreams come true like they did for us."
