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Founded | 1997 [1] |
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Area served | Global, headquarters in Santiago, Chile |
Services | Housing construction and social inclusion programs |
Website | www.untechoparamipais.org/english |
Un Techo para mi País (UTPMP) is a Latin American non-profit organization led by university students and young professionals that works together with the inhabitants of precarious slums to eradicate the poverty affecting more than 180 million people in the region [2]. Their intervention model consists of three stages: the construction of transitional houses; the implementation of social inclusion programs; and the development of sustainable communities. The organization's goal is to eliminate poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean through joint work between slum residents and the university students and young professionals who work for the organization. UTPMP has a presence in 19 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. [3]
Un Techo para mi País was founded in Chile in 1997 by a group of university students. These students, along with Felipe Berríos, S.J., were appalled by the deplorable conditions in the country's slums and felt compelled to take an active role in denouncing extreme poverty, thus giving birth to the organization. Un Techo para mi País seeks to involve society as a whole in recognizing the injustices of poverty and acknowledging its responsibility to address the lack of opportunities and the poor living conditions of the most marginalized families in Latin America and the Caribbean.
UTPMP began its international expansion in 2001 and has been reinforced since 2005 by the support of the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Un Techo para mi País is currently present in 19 countries in Latin America, and its headquarters in Chile coordinates the efforts of local offices, each of which shares basic goals and methods while adapting programs to the particular challenges of poverty in each country. [1]
The organization's model consists of three stages:
These three stages aim to empower the leaders and local residents in order to transform the slums into sustainable communities, in a process accompanied by volunteers, that creates a commitment within society to end poverty in Latin America. [4]
The transitional house is a prefabricated, 18m2 modular structure. It can be built in two days and rests on bases that raise it off of the ground and protect the structure and the family from humidity, floods and disease microbes. The family agrees to participate in the construction and make a contribution equal to 10% of the value of the house.
If necessary, the house can be disassembled and moved to a different location in the event of a natural disaster. Houses vary slightly by geographical region; in locations with humid tropical weather, they are built with ventilation spaces. In the southern regions of Chile and Argentina, they have insulation to protect the families from the cold. To date, the organization has built 78,000 houses. [5]
The organization begins its long-term work in the slums during this stage. University volunteers work with the residents to carry out a diagnostic survey that identifies community needs and suggests possible solutions. The work aims to deepen the bonds created between volunteers and the communities by focusing on common objectives and demanding community participation in a formal planning process. The two principal tools used to achieve this are (i) Community Organizing Committees, meetings in which community leaders and volunteers analyze community issues, propose strategies and design action plans, and (ii) assemblies, a space in which decisions are made with participation from the entire community. In these meetings, various programs are implemented with the goal of responding to community needs identified by the volunteers and community leaders.
The social inclusion programs are:
In this stage, Un Techo para mi País implements plans and projects that aim to allow the slums to satisfy their basic needs in a sustainable manner, incorporating various actors in the process. These projects address common structural problems in the different slums in each country. By virtue of their complexity and scale, these programs require teams of professionals working together with the directors of each community. In the case of Chile in particular, the program directors, volunteers and young professionals who work for UTPMP attack the structural housing problem in the country, assessing and accompanying the families in the process of applying for public housing funds.
This process includes advisors in the selection of land, community participation in the project design, and supervision in the construction of the homes. The involvement of young professionals and community leaders in programs of this size promotes the critical evaluation of public policies that affect vulnerable families, creating spaces for the proposition of improvements and alternatives. [7]
UTPMP also has a history of working together with the international community and governments in the wake of disasters, although the organization's primary goal continues to be the development of sustainable communities through social inclusion and the construction of transitional houses. In the wake of the January 12th, 2010 Haiti earthquake, UTPMP was the first organization on the ground building houses in the country. Through an agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank providing funds, the organization aims to construct 10,000 houses in the next four years. [8]
In the wake of the March 2010 Chile earthquake, the organization built 23,886 houses and mobilized 85,989 volunteers for the constructions. [9]
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Founded | 1997 [1] |
---|---|
Area served | Global, headquarters in Santiago, Chile |
Services | Housing construction and social inclusion programs |
Website | www.untechoparamipais.org/english |
Un Techo para mi País (UTPMP) is a Latin American non-profit organization led by university students and young professionals that works together with the inhabitants of precarious slums to eradicate the poverty affecting more than 180 million people in the region [2]. Their intervention model consists of three stages: the construction of transitional houses; the implementation of social inclusion programs; and the development of sustainable communities. The organization's goal is to eliminate poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean through joint work between slum residents and the university students and young professionals who work for the organization. UTPMP has a presence in 19 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. [3]
Un Techo para mi País was founded in Chile in 1997 by a group of university students. These students, along with Felipe Berríos, S.J., were appalled by the deplorable conditions in the country's slums and felt compelled to take an active role in denouncing extreme poverty, thus giving birth to the organization. Un Techo para mi País seeks to involve society as a whole in recognizing the injustices of poverty and acknowledging its responsibility to address the lack of opportunities and the poor living conditions of the most marginalized families in Latin America and the Caribbean.
UTPMP began its international expansion in 2001 and has been reinforced since 2005 by the support of the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Un Techo para mi País is currently present in 19 countries in Latin America, and its headquarters in Chile coordinates the efforts of local offices, each of which shares basic goals and methods while adapting programs to the particular challenges of poverty in each country. [1]
The organization's model consists of three stages:
These three stages aim to empower the leaders and local residents in order to transform the slums into sustainable communities, in a process accompanied by volunteers, that creates a commitment within society to end poverty in Latin America. [4]
The transitional house is a prefabricated, 18m2 modular structure. It can be built in two days and rests on bases that raise it off of the ground and protect the structure and the family from humidity, floods and disease microbes. The family agrees to participate in the construction and make a contribution equal to 10% of the value of the house.
If necessary, the house can be disassembled and moved to a different location in the event of a natural disaster. Houses vary slightly by geographical region; in locations with humid tropical weather, they are built with ventilation spaces. In the southern regions of Chile and Argentina, they have insulation to protect the families from the cold. To date, the organization has built 78,000 houses. [5]
The organization begins its long-term work in the slums during this stage. University volunteers work with the residents to carry out a diagnostic survey that identifies community needs and suggests possible solutions. The work aims to deepen the bonds created between volunteers and the communities by focusing on common objectives and demanding community participation in a formal planning process. The two principal tools used to achieve this are (i) Community Organizing Committees, meetings in which community leaders and volunteers analyze community issues, propose strategies and design action plans, and (ii) assemblies, a space in which decisions are made with participation from the entire community. In these meetings, various programs are implemented with the goal of responding to community needs identified by the volunteers and community leaders.
The social inclusion programs are:
In this stage, Un Techo para mi País implements plans and projects that aim to allow the slums to satisfy their basic needs in a sustainable manner, incorporating various actors in the process. These projects address common structural problems in the different slums in each country. By virtue of their complexity and scale, these programs require teams of professionals working together with the directors of each community. In the case of Chile in particular, the program directors, volunteers and young professionals who work for UTPMP attack the structural housing problem in the country, assessing and accompanying the families in the process of applying for public housing funds.
This process includes advisors in the selection of land, community participation in the project design, and supervision in the construction of the homes. The involvement of young professionals and community leaders in programs of this size promotes the critical evaluation of public policies that affect vulnerable families, creating spaces for the proposition of improvements and alternatives. [7]
UTPMP also has a history of working together with the international community and governments in the wake of disasters, although the organization's primary goal continues to be the development of sustainable communities through social inclusion and the construction of transitional houses. In the wake of the January 12th, 2010 Haiti earthquake, UTPMP was the first organization on the ground building houses in the country. Through an agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank providing funds, the organization aims to construct 10,000 houses in the next four years. [8]
In the wake of the March 2010 Chile earthquake, the organization built 23,886 houses and mobilized 85,989 volunteers for the constructions. [9]