EcoCasa Nicaragua: Ecological Wooden House Initiative

Give some hope to families in need, by offering them ecological, economical and easy constructible home :)

Project visual EcoCasa Nicaragua: Ecological Wooden House Initiative
Successful
18
Contributions
14/02/2016
End date
€1.850
Out of €1.000
185 %

EcoCasa Nicaragua: Ecological Wooden House Initiative

<p> Hi! Really nice to meet you :)  We are Marion and Jocelyn, we've met in Switzerland after a few month abroad for a volunteer work. Together, we imagined this project to help families in Nicaragua.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <em>The pledge of EcoCasa Nicaragua ? </em>Give some hope to families in need, by offering them ecological, economical and easy constructible home.</p> <p> <em>The first step of that beautiful adventure?</em> A new home for the Fernandez family, in the community of Ocotal.</p> <p>  </p> <p> “First of all,</p> <p> We would like to thank for the attention you pay for this project so special for us.</p> <p>  </p> <p> Summer 2014, Marion hits the road for a 2-month volunteer work in <strong>Ocotal</strong>, a pretty city located in the North of Nicaragua. For two months, Marion had the chance to work in the preschool centre <em>Sol del Saber</em>, sharing the everyday life of women and young children from the community. That’s where she met Carmen Hernandez and her family. </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="12351225_1537394273251656_554629567_n-1450194391" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/260788/12351225_1537394273251656_554629567_n-1450194391.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p> Carmen, her husband and her two kids are facing intolerable living condition: they are living at the border of a river, under a waste disposal, without any electricity or water. </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Dsc_0202-1450194436" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/260790/DSC_0202-1450194436.JPG"></p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Dsc_0193-1450194460" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/260791/DSC_0193-1450194460.JPG"></p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Dsc_0196-1450194483" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/260792/DSC_0196-1450194483.JPG"></p> <p>  </p> <p> This situation causes different problems to the Hernandez family: the impossibility for the children to work for school, health problems, but also a certain form of social exclusion. This situation, already unacceptable got worst as the Hernandez were expelled from their field. </p> <p>  </p> <p> <u>September 2014</u>, Marion comes back home, the head full of memories and with a project for the community that gave her so much. At the university, she meets Jocelyn, a civil engineer student, who also spent the summer abroad for a volunteer work. <strong>Together, they imagined the EcoCasa house: ecological, economical and easy constructible</strong>. The EcoCasa houses are thought to be built autonomously, with local material and without a lot of machines in an economical and practical aim, so the project could take place in any situation.  Their structure made in solid wood and their platform on pilotis allows the house to withstand any kind of meteorological situation. </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Capture_d__cran_2015-12-15___16.54.10-1450194907" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/260794/Capture_d__cran_2015-12-15___16.54.10-1450194907.jpg"></p> <p> <img alt="Capture_d__cran_2015-12-15___16.53.58-1450194918" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/260795/Capture_d__cran_2015-12-15___16.53.58-1450194918.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>EcoCasa houses are thought ecological in their conception</strong> (recuperation of rainwater, local and non polluting material, …) <strong>and in their future realisation</strong> (a reduction of the transport for the material, doesn’t need big machines, …). </p> <p>  </p> <p> The project will also carry an <strong>educative campaign</strong> about ecology, the need of recycling alternative ways to live. Its aim will be to increase awareness among the community and especially the children, trough activities in class and on the field.</p> <p>  </p> <p> As mentioned, this project will begin with the Hernandez family, but we would love for it to continue with other families in need in order to bring smiles and hope for such great human living. </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p>

Allocation of funds

<p>   </p> <p> The goal of this first fundraising (1000€) will be to buy a field for the construction. If possible (if the collect goes beyond 1000$) it would also help us buy all the materials (mainly wood) and tools, vital to the realisation of the project.</p> <p>  </p> <p> Eventually, we'll need funds in order to finance: </p> <p>  </p> <p> -  the field ~1000$</p> <p> - the purchase of the wood, ~13,6m3 (negotiations in progress)</p> <p> - the purchase of sheets of metal, ~66m2</p> <p> - the purchase of 12 pilotis in reinforced concrete</p> <p> - the purchase of the assembly material (financed by private sponsors)</p> <p> - the purchase of food and drinks for the volunteers, ~50€ pro day, for 15 volunteers</p> <p> - raining water tank, ~100€</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> Thank you, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You can not imagine the message of hope that you send to this family, regardless of your participation to the project.</p> <p> Hand in hand, all together, we can contribute to a more unified, sustainable and respectful world. </p>

Rewards

€5

The feeling of a good deed :) + your name on the Facebook page of the project.

€10

Your name on the Facebook page of the project + a thank you card signed by Carmen and her family

Estimated delivery: September 2016

€20

  • 4 contributions
Previous compensation + a drawing of a children made during the campaign

€50

  • 3 contributions
Previous compensation + your name craved on one of the column of the house

€100

  • 1 contribution
Previous compensation + a framed picture of the family next to their new home

Estimated delivery: October 2016

€150

  • 1 contribution
Previous compensation + the photo album of the project

Estimated delivery: October 2016

€200

  • 3 contributions
Contreparties précédentes + un souvenir du Nicaragua

Estimated delivery: October 2016

€500

Contreparties précédentes + un carton de produits typiques du Nicaragua

Estimated delivery: October 2016

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