DID YOU KNOW THAT 34% OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN COLOMBIA LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE? Help us change this reality by helping us raise money for the TECHO-US chapter for our coming trip to Medellin where we, as volunteers, will build transitional homes for the most needed, ANY contribution can make the difference to a family in need and is highly appreciated! Help us spread the word, please share the link with your friends and family. For a fair and poverty free society! TECHO is an NGO that seeks to overcome poverty in slums through the joint work of families living in extreme poverty and youth volunteers. VIDEOS: What is TECHO and what do we do? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHstbyT3lpc Why do we do it?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NEnv5V6hAXo#! For more info. Visit: www.techo.org Thank you for your support!

The Techo-NY office is working to organize a building trip to Guatemala this July. We are raising money to build transitional houses for families living in extreme poverty. TECHO is an NGO that seeks to overcome poverty in slums through the joint work of families living in extreme poverty and youth volunteers. VIDEOS: What is TECHO and what do we do? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHstbyT3lpc Why do we do it?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NEnv5V6hAXo#! For more info. Visit: www.techo.org Thank you for your support!

TECHO is an NGO that seeks to overcome poverty in slums through the joint work of families living in extreme poverty and youth volunteers.  This June a group of volunteers from Miami will be traveling to Medellin, Colombia to build transitional homes for families. But we need your help!    Any contribution builds, your contribution can make a difference. We kindly thank you in advance. VIDEOS:  What is TECHO and what do we do? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHstbyT3lpc Why do we do it?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NEnv5V6hAXo#!  For more info. Visit: www.techo.org  Thank you for your support! 

100 volunteers from across the nation will be traveling to Honduras this April to build transitional houses for families living in extreme poverty. Working along side families and Honduran volunteers, TECHO volunteers will build over 200 transitional houses in one of the largest construction project ever coordinated in Honduras. Costs covered by these funds will include travel transportation expenses to the community in Honduras. For any questions please contact: Juan Camilo Torres juan.torres@techo.org 305-860-4090 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jaj30sb8Jc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEnv5V6hAXo&list=PLzmrpVAazjA-dgXpzygVRwZutyHdKO8ns

TECHO selected twelve students from Miami Dade College North Campus to travel to Panama on May to build transitional houses with families living in extreme poverty. Working in conjunction with volunteers and residents living in slums TECHO seeks to overcome poverty in the most excluded communities through community development. Join TECHO and the volunteers as they travel to promote community development in Panama. If you have any questions please contact: Director of Community Giving Juan Camilo Torres 305-860-4090

Somos un grupo de amigos y familias de Weston que queremos ser parte de la obra de TECHO y colaborar de manera activa, nuestra meta es construir dos casas este verano en Nicaragua junto a nuestros jovenes voluntarios y reunir $5000 para la construccion de estas.

Hello, We are two curious, adventuresome and highly fortunate 19-year-olds who have just finished freshman year in the privileged bubble of Northwestern University and are now itching to explore the great wide world. As the school year wound down we decided to spend our summer vacations cycling across a continent neither of us has visited: South America. And so we will, in a few days time, be embarking on the adventure of a lifetime, as we set off from Arequipa, in Peru, to bike through western Bolivia and across northern Argentina, to Florianopolis, in Brazil: 3,000 miles in 70-days! We expect most of those days, and many of the nights, to be physically challenging, but we also hope to experience some true marvels of natural beauty. We are, however, aware that, in many of the communities we will pass through, most of the people are living in poverty. And we are, therefore, determined to ensure that our trip will make a positive difference to as many of them as possible. So we have chosen to raise as much money as we can for TECHO, a multi-award-winning non-profit organization that tackles poverty throughout Latin America. TECHO represents the voice of the people who are excluded from society - those who have been denied basic living necessities and rights. TECHO answers their call by connecting youth volunteers in the region to slum residents in order to build transitional houses and establish community development programs to ensure sustainability. Your donation will impact these communities by providing children with school support workshops, labor training for community members, houses for those without, and more. Please join us in contributing to the vital work of TECHO, and help us to make our special journeys as valuable as possible to as many of the most deserving as possible. With great gratitude, Alfie and Jacob For more information regarding TECHO please visit: www.techo.org/us

Founded in 2010, Mac-appella has quickly grown into a recognisable society at Macquarie University. In 2011, we were officially registered as a student society, and held our first Mac-appella Music Night, a bi-annual event which has been held at the end of every semester since. The high turnover of members each semester means that Mac-appella members find themselves constantly meeting new people who share a love of music and singing. We pride ourselves not only on giving great performances, but on our group's diverse nature, and the camaraderie which comes from working towards and achieving goals. Mac-appella performs not only at Macquarie University - where we can be seen at the Graduation Ceremonies, Student Awards Nights and often heard in the courtyard by the lucky passerby - but at Blackheath Choir Festival, at various Christmas carol events, and even at weddings! It doesn't matter if you are a new singer or an experienced artist, if you love music and singing, we'll love you! Mac-appella members are not just singers, but a group of friends, brought together through music. TECHO is a youth led non-profit organization present in Latin America & the Caribbean. Through the collaborative work of families living in poverty with youth volunteers, TECHO seeks to overcome poverty in slums. TECHO is convinced that poverty can be permanently eradicated if society as a whole recognizes poverty as a priority and actively works towards overcoming it. Therefore, TECHO pursues three strategic objectives: (1) The promotion of community development in slums, through a process of community strengthening that promotes representative and validated leadership, and drives the organization and participation of thousands of families living in slums to generate solutions to their own problems. (2) Fostering social awareness and action, with special emphasis on generating critical and determined volunteers working with the families living in slums while involving different social entities. (3) Political advocacy that promotes necessary structural changes to ensure that poverty does not continue reproducing, and that it begins to decrease rapidly. Together Mac-appella for TECHO aims to raise the cost of one transitional house for families living in poverty in Latin America. Support our cause! For more info please visit: www.techo.org/us www.facebook.com/mac.appella.mq/info

This education enhancement project was chosen by the community together with TECHO. Through improving the education infrastructure by repairing the community school, this project will have a positive impact on the community and increase children's attendance and participation in school. This project is part of TECHO's #WithHAITI campaign that marks the 5th anniversary of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. After five years of ongoing work, together with residents, the non-profit TECHO implemented a participatory needs survey in communities in La Hatt, La Digue, Onaville, Gariche Prince and Royal. The communities came together to discuss the needs of more than 15,000 people that live in these areas and they decided on priority projects in the areas of water, schools, public squares and public lighting. To ensure that the projects the community wants and needs can be executed, TECHO launched the initiative “Move with Haiti” (www.techo.org/conhaiti) which seeks to raise USD 200,000. “In Haiti we know what we want, but we also know that we can’t do it alone. We need funds and work that provide support for the development of Haiti,” declares Olson Regis, Director of Social Programs for TECHO-Haiti. Despite challenges, residents working with TECHO succeeded in setting up participatory community structures to organize themselves. Through the community organizing committees, more than 80 neighbors and more than 7,000 volunteers are continuously working together and promoting processes of self-management and empowerment. Haiti develops itself Five years after the devestating 2010 earthquake, the peripheral zones of Port-au-Prince have been developed through Haitians' self-management of community projects accompanied by the organization TECHO. TECHO's first response post-earthquake was to build transitional houses for families that lost thier homes, mainly in the Canaan area. The efforts continued over the last five years and now TECHO has worked in 18 communities implementing community organization and development programs alongside residents and community leaders. TECHO-HAITI’S IMPACT IN NUMBERS - 6 community-organizing committees in 5 communities - +7,000 international and Haitian volunteers working for the development of the country - 2,345 families involved in the building of transitional houses - 10 infrastructure projects carried out - 356 residents have graduated from skills training programs - 195 children have participated in educational programs - More than 70 community leaders have contributed to the self-management of their communities.

TECHO (www.techo.org/us), a youth-led non-profit organization that works to overcome poverty in more than 500 communities in 19 Latin American countries, has mobilized more than 800,000 youth volunteers and built over 100,000 transitional houses. This time we want to invite you to join the organization for the next building trip to Costa Rica! Gulliver students who participate will join TECHO organizers in Costa Rica, and help build houses with the families living in these communities. OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE $5,000 to donate a house! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHstbyT3lpc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEnv5V6hAXo

Querida familia y amigos, El próximo 19 de abril, además de festejar mi cumpleaños número 4ypico, voy a correr el Life Time Tri South Beach, mi primer triatlón de distancia olímpica, con la intención de juntar fondos para la construcción de casas en asentamientos, en esta oportunidad, en San Jose de Costa Rica junto a mis amigos de la fundación TECHO. En Julio de este año un grupo de voluntarios estaremos viajando a Costa Rica para construir con nuestras propias manos, junto a los futuros dueños de estas casas, la mayor cantidad de casas posibles. Cuanto más dinero recaudemos más casas construiremos y más familias tendrán un hogar decente donde vivir. Desde ya les agradezco a todos quienes colaboren, ya sea como regalo de cumpleaños, para motivarme a entrenar más duro o para ayudar a quienes más lo necesitan. Un fuerte abrazo, Santiago TECHO (www.techo.org/us), Es una organización sin fines de lucro liderada por jóvenes. Trabaja para erradicar la pobreza en más de 500 comunidades en 19 países en Latino América, han movilizado más de 800,000 jóvenes voluntarios y construido más de 100,000 casas de emergencia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear family and friends, This April 19th, besides being my fortysomething birthday, I´ll be running the Life Time Tri South Beach, my first Olympic distance triathlon, to raise money to build houses in slums for communities in Costa Rica together with my friends from TECHO. In July 2015 many other volunteers and I will travel to San Jose to build these houses with our own hands, alongside the future owners of the house. The more money we raise, the more houses we will be able to build and thus, more families will have a decent home to live in. I am grateful for your support, either as a birthday present, which will inspire me to train harder, or to help those families who really need it. All the best, Santiago TECHO (www.techo.org/us), a youth-led non-profit organization that works to overcome poverty in more than 500 communities in 19 Latin American countries, has mobilized more than 800,000 youth volunteers and built over 100,000 transitional houses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHstbyT3lpc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEnv5V6hAXo

Devastating floods in northern Chile have left at least 25 people dead, according to the country's disaster agency, and more than 30,000 people have been affected. The floods, which started on March 25, submerged entire towns and dislodged thousands of tons of dirt. TECHO is working alongside the Chilean government, ONEMI (National Emergency Office) and community leaders in order to mobilize over 1,500 volunteers to build emergency homes with the families. All the funds raised by TECHO-Chile will be used for shipping logistics and volunteer maintenance in the north, as the financing of emergency housing will be funded entirely by the ONEMI. We invite you to donate now to support the families in need. Any contribution big or small is greatly appreciated and will be sent directly to support the relief efforts. Best Regards, TECHO -US

This year I told myself that while taking a break before venturing off to law school, I wanted to take a trip that would allow me to touch someone’s life in a positive way while at the same time make a lasting memory for myself.I found the perfect opportunity to do so through a building trip in Cost Rica through TECHO. Volunteers from across the nation will be traveling this July 2015 to build transitional houses for those families living in extreme poverty, in Costa Rica. My vision is to see a world where everyone’s basic necessities are met. Im aware it won’t happen over night, but I want to start making make a difference and this building trip will allow me to feel a sense of accomplishment and purpose in my life. I’m enthusiastic and willing to make this trip happen and it is with this purpose that I ask for your support and contribution. Not only will you be helping me reach my goal but you will be part of the movement to alleviate poverty and make a difference in the world. THANK YOU, Beatriz Albisu TECHO is a nonprofit organization that mobilizes youth volunteers to fight extreme poverty in Latin America, by constructing transitional housing and implementing social inclusion programs. Working with more than 720,000 volunteers, it has constructed houses for over 102,400 families in 19 countries in Latin American and the Caribbean.