Building homes for the homeless
Building houses for millions of homeless street children and refugees is one of Pearl Action Aid Foundation (PAAf)’s number one goals. To reach its target of getting rid of informal settlements, Pearl Action Aid Foundation (PAAf) has a number of plans in place. One of these is to work together with communities.
The People’s Housing Process is a programme which provides funds to communities to help them build houses.
Pearl Action Aid Foundation (PAAf) housing program is a community program that helps and assist vulnerable families to own houses for themselves. By working together to build houses the communities not only get houses, but also gain skills because they do the work themselves.
To join the Pearl Action Aid Foundation (PAAf) housing program, you must not only be registered to build houses, but also for training skills.
Pearl Action Aid Foundation (PAAf) is represented in all nine provinces and has helped vulnerable communities build 20,000 houses in Uganda, Congo, Kenya and some areas of Rwanda since 1996.
Pearl Action Aid Foundation (PAAf) housing program depends on global donors and support and savings from individuals.
Pearl Action Aid Foundation (PAAf) manages the daily and monthly savings of members, and until now 200,000 dollars has been saved from its 80,000 global donors. The money is expected to benefit over 500 000 people.
Pearl Action Aid Foundation (PAAf) helps beneficiaries to get housing and invites the local authorities for quality inspections of the building.
Signs of progress
One of the houses which Pearl Action Aid Foundation (PAAf) Housing program has contributed to building belongs to 75-year-old Kato Kimera. His shack has been pulled down and a proper house built on the site. It stands a symbol of progress in the western part of Uganda.
Kisoro community members hope to see 1600 refugees and poor families owning their own houses by the end of 2029
The success story of our program is attributed to global donors contributions and savings. They send and contribute according to what they can afford even if it is as little as 50 dollars