Jose and Gloria are looking forward to raising their first born in a simple, decent home instead of this shack. New partner families in Nicaragua grateful for your support Jose and Gloria Since they met as a couple, Jose and Gloria have been living separately, each one in their parents’ house. They finally managed to […]
GLOBAL HOME CHALLENGE KarliSaner LISLE, ILLINOIS Karli says a 2017 Fuller Center Global Builders trip to Nicaragua was a soul-shaping experience. She carries the images of the places and people she met as she runs, bikes and walks in this year’s Global Home Challenge. Join the Global Home Challenge! Click here to help Karli reach […]
(Photo: Countryside Mennonite Church — located near Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — sent 68 volunteers to work in Nicaragua in February 2014, a trip that put the Fuller Center Global Builders program over the 2,000-volunteer mark. On Feb. 15, a 65-volunteer team will leave on a Global Builders trip to work with us in La Florida, […]
In September of 2018, Fuller Center for Housing President David Snell released “The Tattered Passport” in paperback through Amazon. With a cover price of $15, proceeds of the book go to The Fuller Center’s work of helping people have simple, decent places to live. Today, “The Tattered Passport” was made available in a electronic format […]
(Photo: We met Cindy and Manuel, above, during our first exploratory visit to Nicaragua. They captured our hearts, and their family would become the first to move from a shack to a new Fuller Center home in Las Peñitas, Nicaragua.) Often when we think of a house, we picture walls, a roof, windows, doors and […]
(Photo: Haiti’s Geral Joseph with Peru’s Vitaliano Enriquez) Volunteers with the Fuller Center’s Global Builders program have contributed greatly to the home-building efforts in countries around the world — including such places as Haiti, Peru and Nicaragua. Representatives of those three Fuller Center for Housing international partners are in Americus, Georgia, this week helping Americans […]
For Associate Professor of Business and Economics Henrique Cezar, Fuller Center Global Builders trips are more than just a chance for his students from Vermont’s Johnson State College to practice civic engagement and do some good in the world. They also are an opportunity to expose the students to diversity and cultural differences. After leading […]
As a corporate executive, Scott Brand has seen more than his fair share of team-building exercises, meetings, retreats and seminars. Each has its benefits, but unlikely at the level a literal building experience with The Fuller Center for Housing can provide. However, the Fuller Center Global Builders trip he made to build homes in Nicaragua […]
