Meet our Partner Families
By November 2011, Hanover Habitat will have built 38 homes for residents of our community; providing a safe, stable environment in which families break the cycle of poverty. Studies show that homeowners, as compared to renters, are better equipped to build a strong family through community engagement, ensuring the success of their children and future generations. Hanover Habitat is proud to share the stories of some of our most recent homeowners, and invites our community to share in the celebration of their successes.
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Home Sweet Home
Brandy is an amazing woman. She juggles a busy career as the Senior Manager of a local chain of salons with caring for her four children, who range in age from 10 to 3 years.
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Brandy didn't think that she would ever be able to afford to buy a home, but then she heard about Hanover Habitat for Humanity through her son's HeadStart teacher. "I knew it was definitely the way to go. I was always worried about renting, and it is hard to feel like it is really your home. Renting was just a way to get by but not a way I could ever get ahead and give my kids the stability they need."
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Burleys' New House and
New Hope
"I don't know that I could pull through another winter in this house." This is the first thing that Ms. Burley tells me in a soft-spoken voice as we sit down for an interview. We are in a room that appears to double as a living room and a bedroom. This is the home that she has grown up in, and it is the only home she has ever known. It is quite literally falling down around her.
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A New Life for Ler Htoo,
Lay Htoo and Family
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The Htoo family have lived in Hanover County for three years, in a house with a leaky roof, drafty windows and unaffordable heating bills. Combined with these daily struggles, the Htoo's are also refugees from Burma. Prior to arriving in America four years ago, the Htoo family and many minority groups in Burma were persecuted, partially because of their Christian beliefs. A love for and faith in Jesus Christ made the Htoo family a target of the military government in Burma, forcing them to flee into a refugee camp for ten years before coming to America almost five years ago. Now permanent residents, they have been in Hanover County for three years and in that short period of time have worked hard and become eligible for a Habitat home. We began their home before Thanksgiving.
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A New Home for the Holidays
Keisha Smithers was 16 years old when she began volunteering at Hanover Habitat for Humanity. She worked every Saturday, and to this day still remembers how to install windows. The home she worked on was very special: it was for her and her mother. At the time, Keisha and her mom had been living in a house with no running water for over six years. Moving into their new Habitat home was like a dream come true in ways both big and small. In particular, Keisha recalls that their new home finally made her feel comfortable enough to invite friends over to spend the night.
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Meet Our Families
