Ladner Rotarian helping change lives one small home at a time

Posted by Peter Roaf 
on Mar 15, 2016
 

 

Ladner Rotarian Patricia Sibley describes her work with Rooftops Canada over a number of years, twice in Zimbabwe and seven times in Tanzania.

Rooftops Canada is the international development program of co-operative and social housing organizations in Canada.

Rooftops Canada works with the Canadian housing sector and overseas partners to improve housing conditions, build sustainable communities and develop a shared vision of equitable global development.

Rooftops Canada's focus is on disadvantaged communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe.

 
Construction begins on a new house Local work teams build the houses
One small room + lavatory is the basic home Two bigger homes expanded over time
Semeni talks about the value of her home A woman cooks for work crew, earns money to pay for her home
Semeni takes a loan to buy land and new home for her family Having a good house, not just a house to live in, is everlasting
Patricia among her overseas friends Peter Podovinikoff thanks Patricia for her presentation and congratulates her for service above self
 
 
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