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Africa Housing News > Blog > Latest Affordable Housing > Women build affordable homes in Fullerton in celebration of International Women’s Day
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Women build affordable homes in Fullerton in celebration of International Women’s Day

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Last updated: 2020/03/08 at 6:37 PM
Fesadeb Published March 8, 2020
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A team of women were hard at work Thursday morning building a house for a low-income family in Fullerton, as part of a weeklong campaign organized by Habitat for Humanity.

The nonprofit organized National Women Build Week to showcase the abilities of women builders leading up to International Women’s Day on Sunday.

“This is to not only empower women, but also to call attention to the real need for affordable housing in Orange County,” said Gladys Hernandez, director of marketing and advocacy for Habitat for Humanity of Orange County.

A group of a dozen women volunteers spent the day wrapping the exterior of the four homes that Habitat is currently working on in a West Avenue neighborhood. Hernandez said the homes will be finished in August.

It takes the organization 10 months to build a home.

The volunteers were part of Habitat’s Women Build OC, a club of women builders dedicated to teaching women construction skills.

“We want to send the message that construction sites are also a place for women,” Hernandez said.

Ania Behm, who’s volunteered with the group for about three years, said she had little construction knowledge when she first started volunteering. Her first assignment was installing lighting in a home.

“I had no electrical experience and now I can install my own,” Behm said.

Due to her work with Habitat, Behm said she now knows how to use myriad construction equipment, including power tools like a chop saw.

In addition to the current houses, Habitat will also be working on four more down the street.

Behm said it’s rewarding to see the families open the door to their new home that she helped build.

“It is so beautiful,” Behm said. “A tearjerker.”

Source: Latimes.com

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