In 2018 we hade the privelage of riding together from Astoria, OR to Portland, ME. We worked on multiple Fuller Center lead build sites in citiies across the northern United States. We did home repairs to keep people in tehir homes and cleared out vacant homes with the goal of a family soon moving in. We were showered in love by churches and famailies who gave us a dry place to sleep, a warm meal, and a much needed shower. Everyday people around the globe and in our own backyard go without a safe, reliable place to sleep. The Fuller Center partners with famalies to provide affordable hosuing to all.
At this time when travel is not possible, we can still make a difference by sponsoring the home of a family in need. Local Fuller Center leaders will oversee the work and build the homes using the sweat equity of the families and other local labor.
Globally, houses of mud walls and floors combined with poor sanitation create an environment for life-threatening diseases like Chagas, severe diarrhea, cholera, typhoid, and malaria. Diarrhea alone claims the lives of more than 800,000 children every year (Source: CDC). The work of The Fuller Center for Housing seeks to address these issues.
It saddens us not to be able to take a trip, but that's not nearly as bad as the thought that families will no longer have the opportunity to have a decent place to live. Please join us in our unrelenting quest to have families have a decent place in which to call home!
Much love from quarentine across the US,
Team Chasmosis
