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Better Home Better Life Project

Brothers Remain United

It is difficult to fully articulate the similiar to themselves and were able
difference that our work can have on to make a huge difference and deepen humble abode, experienced frequent
families in Chimbote, the growth of their own faith and knowledge while illnesses from the unsanitary conditions
those doing service work in Chimbote, they served! Friends of Chimbote is and they dwelled in constant uncertainty
and how many people are involved in blessed to be able to connect people that comes with housing insecurity.
making these projects successful. Our so that these types of transformational
home building project, “Mejor Casa relationships can take place. Our social workers identified the
Mejor Vida” Better House Better Life brothers as a family that could benefit
Program is designed to give families Cleiser (23), Luciano (19) and Junior from the Mejor Casa Mejor Vida program
stability and a genuine opportunity to (14) Llanos are three brothers who for because not only were they living in
extreme poverty in Upper Cambio
take control over their own lives and about two years have been living alone,
to give the visitors to Peru an intimate separated from their parents because Puente, but they also showed a strong
connection to a family in Chimbote. of abusive and unhealthy relationships desire and ability to work hard to better
with them. Their living conditions were their own lives. Our social workers and
This spring a team of FOCUS Mission deplorable. They shared a cramped and educational team at ACAF work side by
students from different parts of the precarious space, battled harsh winds side to select families who are likely to
United States met a family that was very that would topple the mats of their be able to use the new home as a spring

“A brother is a friend

who understands your

past, believes in your

future, and accepts

you just the

way you are.”

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