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$2,500 USD homes built in Cambodia

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jimmyboy

bricks are 4 cents each and labor $7 a day is overpayment.

 

super cheap to build here.

 

the land- not so much.

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Parrothead

 

 

labor $7 a day is overpayment.

 

:shocked:  :shocked:

 

Noooooo doubt!!

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dicey eye

I'll be building one of those in early 2016 for Cowgirl's mother in Kampong Speau on her land. End of school year is early March. Want to be in Kampong Speau to supervise the building and dole out the $$$$$.

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pyr8at40

if this is the same as habitat for humanity in the states,  all the labor is donated by future home recipients.  if you want one of these units, you must first donate x numbers of house building hours for others and be selected for one yourself (also, the land is donated, alot of the materials, and pros supervise for free, and just nice guys help to make themselves useful)  

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Oz Jon

if this is the same as habitat for humanity in the states,  all the labor is donated by future home recipients.  if you want one of these units, you must first donate x numbers of house building hours for others and be selected for one yourself (also, the land is donated, alot of the materials, and pros supervise for free, and just nice guys help to make themselves useful)  

 

That's a very good concept!

 

I knew that it was done (and very successfully) in several parts of the world, but you surprise me when you say it's done in the US too.

 

I would have expected a scheme like that to be regarded as "rampant socialism" by those Americans whose role is to condemn anyone/anything to the left of Genghis Khan!

 

The concept has a lot of merit. Not just building houses cheaply, but potentially creating jobs for some under/un-employed and giving all the contributors a sense of usefulness, achievement, saving/asset-building and exercising their social skills while doing it.... A good thing to do, all round!

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syzmic

Ex-president Jimmy Carter is very involved in this. He's quite famous for that work.

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pyr8at40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_for_Humanity#History

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Oz Jon

Thanks for the URL lead Pirate....very interesting!

 

I'd first heard of the programme (or something similar in the UK) several years ago in an Aus TV programme

 

I hadn't heard of the name "Habitat-for-Humanity" and had no idea that such a concept originated in Georgia, USA.... Every day, something new!

 

The article (from the URL) says that that the Pres. Carter version of the organisation  was active in 2009, building in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand.

 

Does anyone know if there is still ongoing activity? 

 

A worthy scheme, well worth supporting.

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pyr8at40

please ignore the lower part....lol

 

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