Construction of houses
A home is the foundation of every person’s life.
People who flee war take with them only what they can carry. Their homes and life’s work must be left behind. If, after some time, they are fortunate enough to return to their hometown, they often find only rubble. At best, their house needs repair.
In Iraq, ISIS terrorists blew up houses or planted them with improvised explosive devices. They razed dozens of towns and villages to the ground and looted everything of value. Similar things happen in Nigeria, where attackers set houses on fire during raids to make it impossible for their victims to return home.
A home is the foundation of every person’s life.
People who flee war take with them only what they can carry. Their homes and life’s work must be left behind. If, after some time, they are fortunate enough to return to their hometown, they often find only rubble. At best, their house needs repair.
In Iraq, ISIS terrorists blew up houses or planted them with improvised explosive devices. They razed dozens of towns and villages to the ground and looted everything of value. Similar things happen in Nigeria, where attackers set houses on fire during raids to make it impossible for their victims to return home.
Home means safety.
Providing shelter is one of the most important elements of humanitarian aid, both during war and after the armed conflict ends. We took action to help people get a roof over their heads. In Iraq, we built more than 70 houses and repaired over a dozen others, allowing families who had spent years living in small tents in camps for internally displaced people to move in. This enabled them to return to the places they had fled.
In Ukraine, we rebuilt the roofs of more than 170 houses in towns and villages west of Kyiv that had been occupied by Russian troops. In most cases, these were the homes of elderly and disabled people who had been unable to flee during the war or who returned shortly after liberation.
In Nigeria, we built roofs for more than 140 homes in a villages burned down by terrorists. Families began moving back and rebuilding their houses even before all the work was finished.
Home is family.
Like in the Great Job project, we buy all necessary materials locally and hire local builders, electricians, carpenters, and other craftsmen. In this way, we give them an opportunity to earn money and provide for their families.
The cost of building or renovating a house depends on many factors, such as the price of materials or the level of destruction. In Iraq, we have built houses for amounts ranging from 12,000 to 20,000 PLN (approx. €2,750 – €4,600 / $3,000–$5,000). In Nigeria, the costs are even lower—a small house can be built for 2,000 – 3,000 PLN (approx. €460 – €690 / $500 – $750). These are very modest sums when speaking of a brick house equipped with an electrical installation and a sewage system, which are the types of houses we built. For families who lost everything, however, such an expense is out of reach. Building a new house for them is a simple way of helping them return to normal life.
Home is family.
Like in the Great Job project, we buy all necessary materials locally and hire local builders, electricians, carpenters, and other craftsmen. In this way, we give them an opportunity to earn money and provide for their families.
The cost of building or renovating a house depends on many factors, such as the price of materials or the level of destruction. In Iraq, we have built houses for amounts ranging from 12,000 to 20,000 PLN (approx. €2,750 – €4,600 / $3,000 – $5,000). In Nigeria, the costs are even lower—a small house can be built for 2,000 – 3,000 PLN (approx. €460 – €690 / $500–$750). These are very modest sums when speaking of a brick house equipped with an electrical installation and a sewage system, which are the types of houses we built. For families who lost everything, however, such an expense is out of reach. Building a new house for them is a simple way of helping them return to normal life.
In total, we have built:
70+ houses
The cost of building a house in Iraq is:
from $3,000 to $5,000
over the years, prices have increased, including for materials and labor
We have repaired:
330+ houses
The cost of building a house in Nigeria is:
from $500 to $1000
In total, we have built:
70+ houses
We have repaired:
330+ houses
The cost of building a house in Iraq is:
from $3,000
to $5,000
over the years, prices have increased, including for materials and labor
The cost of building a house in Nigeria is:
from $500
to $1000
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Account number for donations in GBP
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