CROC, MEXICO: Home Building Project

PROBLEM:

Nuevo Leon, Mexico: ninety-four percent of the total population occupy urban areas, one million of which are home-owners, and 98% have all utilities (running water, sewer systems and electric power). The remaining 2% is mostly the small indigenous population which is isolated and lives in the mountain regions.

Croc, Nuevo Leon, is part of that 2% that still has many people living without running water, sewer systems, safe electrical power, toilets, and safe structures to live in.

SOLUTION:

I went to Croc, Mexico, two years in a row. The second year, I went as a leader, taking a group of about 12 youth volunteers to participate in YouthFront's mission to build one house every week in the summers over the course of several years.

RESULT:

Collectively, over the course of several years, the YouthFront program built dozens of houses in the small community of Croc, Mexico, providing families with running water, toilets, and safe electrical power.