To raise funds we talked to some family and friends, we sent e-mails to others, and when they knew about this reality, they supported us with donations, some large, some small, which allowed us to raise money. 

We had to decide what kind of houses we were going to build.  We wanted something solid, earthquake resistant and that would last for a long time.  And we decided on the prefabricated concrete houses sold by the company Disensa, because, given they were prefabricated, the construction process would be done in a very short time.  Thus, on July 22nd, 2016, with immense joy, we delivered the first house to Keyner Celorio.

Days later, Mr. Nick Traber, Manager of Holcim, and a person very close to Holcim Foundation and Disensa, visited Portoviejo.  We did not hesitate to talk to him and tell him about our Project and so that he could see our work, we took him to see Keyner’s house.

Mr. Traber, with a broad smile, agreed to ask the Holcim Foundation’s Together for Ecuador Initiative to sign an agreement with us for the construction of the other houses.  His request was accepted and became an enormous support that allowed us to build 17 more houses. Three others were reconstructions that were financed with funds provided by our donors, and one family was helped by financially contributing to receive housing in the Acuarela Housing Complex.

On March 27th, 2021, after five years of working together, with procedures carried out before the different municipalities, for which we had the help of each of their officials, with the purchase of some land, and with the efforts of engineers, architects, and several master builders, we delivered the last of the houses to Iker Pinargote from Las Delicias in the Bolivar canton.