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 Improve the living standards of local families when you volunteer with our Home Building Project in Chile.
For our Home Building Project, we have partnered with Habitat for Humanity to construct houses for needy families in central Chile. As a volunteer, you will be working at Habitat for Humanity building sites in the poor communities of rural towns and villages. Volunteers on this project will labor side-by-side with local residents who are working hard to improve their own living conditions.
Volunteers in Chile will be involved in both the planning and construction of houses for families in need. Depending on your capabilities, you will be able to help transport supplies, paint, and do light construction. You will also be trained in the skills necessary to build a house, including how to use construction tools and perform the tasks at hand. As a volunteer with our Home Building Project, you will be able to directly aid a local Chilean family as their dreams become reality.
As a volunteer you will be:
 Painting
Landscaping
Helping clear the site
Helping with site child-care
Working in carpentry
Performing masonry, making bricks
Pouring concrete
General construction work
(*Depending on age and physical capabilities)
Choose from the following volunteer packages:
Bronze – volunteer work + volunteer lodging,
including all meals.
Gold – volunteer work + combination of
volunteer lodging and home stay, including breakfast and dinner + 20 hours of group Spanish lessons per week
at Bridge-Linguatec's school in Santiago
No enrollments will be accepted within one month of your project start date. Please enroll in advance! |
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| Comments from Our Volunteers |
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 Michael
Duyzend |
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“I am privileged to
have the opportunity to help this family build their future.
…I looked around me and saw a hammer, nails, rebar,
a saw, a measuring tape, concrete and a level. Then I
was struck by the importance that construction and collective
work have in changing someone’s life with the use
of these simple tools.”
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Betsy
Roselund |
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“The experience was
better than I had expected, because I never would have
guessed that we could have done all the work that we have
done.”
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Jeanne-Marie
Cresalia |
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“Our time here is
a story of stories—each rooting itself in personal
interaction and lessons taught, sometimes through words,
but mostly through actions. It is amazing how much can
be communicated with eyes and motions and how with so
few words, one can touch souls and be touched.” |
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