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Guangdong Project Office
The Guangdong Project Office was established in Guangzhou in January 2005 and started building in Guangdong in June 2005. Habitat Guangdong is currently working in partnership with the Guangdong and Guangzhou Disabled Persons Federations, the Shaoguan and Qujiang Communist Youth League, and the Guangdong Lions Club District 381 to provide housing solutions in poor rural communities.
The Habitat for Humanity Guangdong Project Office is committed to working with partners to eliminate poverty and substandard housing in south China and provide simple, decent, and long-term shelter for those in need. Current plans call for completing more than 1000 houses within FY07-FY09.
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Shaoguan
“Transforming Lives, Homes, and Communities”
Save & Build Project
Location: Qujiang District, Shaoguan Municipality
Home Partners: 12 low income farming families living in
substandard houses
Dates: August 2007 – March 2008
Progress to date: 4 homes to be started in August
In cooperation with Rural Credit Cooperatives, Qujiang
Communist Youth League, and local government |
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Chagen
Leprosy Rehabilitation Village Project
Location: Huazhou City, Maoming Municipality
Home Partners: 48 individuals disabled from leprosy (24
housing units)
Dates: April 2006 – September 2007
Progress to date: 80% finished
In cooperation with the Lions Club International Foundation,
and Guangdong Lions Clubs |
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Post-flood
Rehabilitation in Meizhou municipality
Location: Fengshun county and Dabu county, Meizhou Municipality
Home Partners: 55 low income farming families whose houses
were damaged by the flood in June 2007
Dates: September 2007 – February 2008
Progress to date: in the process of site investigation
and family selection
In cooperation with Meizhou Civil Affairs Bureau, Rural
Credit Cooperatives and local government |
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Guangdong
– Post-flood Rehabilitation Project
Construct 110 houses using
Post-flood Rehabilitation model of HFH to provide decent
shelters for people whose houses were destroyed by flood
in four villages in Quijiang district, Shaoguan.
Progress to date: Project
commenced from September 2006 and completed in January,
2007; in cooperation with
Communist Youth League (CYL), Rural Credit Cooperatives
(RCC) in Shaoguan, local government officials and village
staff.
RMB $850,000 as Save and Build Housing Loan allocated
to support the house building cost for 82 households.
A disaster relief grant of total RMB 200,000 was allocated
to support 28 families which had more difficulty in repaying
the loans. The farmers will repay the loans in five years,
and both the CYL and the RCC will assist in monitoring
the loan repayment throughout the project period. |
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Changliu
Village Save & Build Project
Location: Liangkou Township, Conghua District, Guangzhou
Municipality
Home Partners: 7 disabled families in the village
Dates: Phase 1, June 2005 – March 2006; Phase 2,
July 2006 – November 2006
Progress: Phase 1, 1 home finished, 5 homes 80% finished,
1 to be started soon.
In cooperation with the Guangzhou and Conghua Disabled
persons Federation |
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Shiling
Village Save & Build
Location: Liangkou Township, Conghua District, Guangzhou
Home Partners: 8 families, some with disabilities and
some without
Dates: December 2005 – May 2006
Progress to date: 2 homes 80% finished, 6 to be started
in early spring 2006
In cooperation with the Guangzhou and Conghua Disabled
persons Federation |
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Chagen
Leprosy Rehabilitation Village Project
Home Partners: 48 individuals disabled from leprosy
(24 housing units)
Dates: February 2005 – June 2006
Progress to date: planning and home partner selection
In cooperation with the Lions Club International Foundation,
and Guangdong Lions Clubs |
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Heyuan
Disabled Families Special Project
Location: Longchuan County, Heyuan Municipality
Home Partners: 12 extremely disabled and impoverished
families
Dates: October 2005 – March 2006
Progress to date: complete
In cooperation with the Guangdong Lions Clubs, and Guangdong
Disabled Persons Federation
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Xinyang
Village Post Flood Save & Build Project
Location: Qujiang District, Shaoguan Municipality
Home Partners: 9 families that lost their homes due to
flooding in June 2005
Dates: September 2005 – January 2006
Progress to date: complete
In cooperation with Qujiang Communist Youth League and
local government |
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