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Improving the Housing Standards
Decent Housing is Health!
Decent Housing is Health is our renown program which endeavors to improve the housing standards of low-income individuals in rural Africa. Many of them their houses are uninhabitable. The houses are substandard; they are built out of poor materials; mud, reeds and possess a health hazard. According to Sarah ,dusty floors harbor vectors such as jiggers. Jiggers are dust or sand fleas found in Sub-Saharan climate that burrow into victims’ flesh and lay pea-size eggs and multiply posing a health threat. Habitat for Humanity (2013), points out that, "Clean, decent, and stable housing is important. It does not only put a roof over someone’s head but also families can provide stability for their children, a family’s sense of dignity and pride growth, health, physical safety and security, and also it leads to an increase in educational and job prospects."
Housing Budget
PHASE I
4000 Bricks $360.00
Steel $86.00
Timber $194.77
Iron sheets $280.00
Cement 60 bags $664.62
Sand $291.70
PHASE II: Roofing and Closing
Timber $90.68
Nail $84.55
Doors 2 pcs $207.00
Windows 2pcs $147.69
Labor 30% $778.75
TOTAL $3,393.53
Total Cost for 1 house is
$3,393.53. We plan to build
50 houses per a year,
Therefore the cost of 50
houses is $129,790.50
The low-income individuals in Africa live in houses which are uninhabitable. The houses are substandard. They are built out of poor materials such; mud, reeds or grass and poses a health hazard.