Carmen and family unable to access their own land

Carmen and her daughter Juana recently came to us regarding their housing situation. The family is currently renting, but are eager to start building their own home.

Carmen and her daughter Juana

The family purchased a plot of land in 2009 in the town of San Jorge.
When they purchased the land, it did not have access to the road. The owner of the land agreed to allow the family to cross his land in order to access the plot they purchased. He began the process to change the deeds to grant them this permission. However, the deeds were still being processed when the owner of the land suddenly died in an car accident. The agreement that had been made was never completed. Now the children of the owner are demanding $333 to finish the deeds and grant the family access to their own land from the road.

Carmen is the mother of five girls. As she never went to school and never learned Spanish, she doesn't work, instead, staying at home with her two youngest daughters. The husband, Paulino, doesn't have a steady job and relies on temporary work to pay the rent and feed the family. He had planned to start the construction of his own home a while ago, but has been unable to begin due to the current situation. Out of the three older daughters, only one works and has her own family to support. The family does not have enough money to pay for access to the road.

While the family has successfully paid off all the remaining costs of the land, if they do not pay for the access to the road, this land will be essentially useless. 

If you are able to support this family in any way in their efforts to own their own home, please go to the donate now page and enter FA 39-Housing in the other box.

Thank you for all your support.