The Habitat for Humanity Toronto's Women Build is about building a home or homes, with a focus on promoting women as leaders and more importantly, to provide an opportunity for women to learn new trades or skills, under the direction of both men and women skilled tradespersons.
A Women Build includes all the benefits of a regular Habitat for Humanity build, but adds a twist by focusing on the encouragement of women to get involved in what is considered an otherwise male dominated profession. Women Build is about women who build or who have always wanted to build. It is about spirit, empowerment, solidarity, fun, learning, and a whole lot of pride in working with a family to build a place they can call home.
To find out more, please visit the official Habitat Toronto Women Build website, www.helpwomenbuild.ca , email us at womenbuild@torontohabitat.on.ca or call 416-755-7353
The Women Build Blueprint:
The scope: 16 Energy Star® homes
The target: $2 million dollars
The launch: May 10, 2008 (Mother's Day)
The build (blitz): Scheduled for May 1st through May 9th, 2009. A Women Build Blitz; thousands of Toronto women and girls uniting to build homes and hope in their community.
The objective: Breaking the cycle of poverty for 16 Toronto families, and generating thousands of new donors and volunteers to increase our ongoing build capacity.
Daily Blitzes: