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Thrivent Builds WorldwideFR Ambassador Trip – El Salvador
April 26 – May 4, 2014
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Our team
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Thrivent Financial
• Not-for-profit organization of Christians.• 2.4 million members.• Fortune 500 organization.• Products and services to help members
protect their financial security and provide for their families.
• Programs to help members give back to their congregations and communities.
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Habitat for Humanity International
• A nonprofit, Christian housing ministry that builds decent, affordable homes.
• Has built more than 500,000 homes through affiliates and volunteers throughout the world.
• Completes a home somewhere in the world every 24 minutes.
• Families selected based on level of need, partnership, and ability to repay their no-profit, no-interest loan.
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Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity• Mission partnership between Thrivent
Financial® and Habitat for Humanity® International.
• Since Thrivent Builds began, over $200 million dollars has been given to Habitat.
• Provides a “hand up” to people who lack decent shelter and helps them achieve greater economic independence.
• Offers many ways to get involved.
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Thrivent Builds Worldwide
• Travel domestically or abroad to work with Habitat affiliates and partner families.
• Volunteers immerse themselves in another culture.
• Build simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with the families who will live in them.
• Trips last a weekend to two weeks• Enjoy free time, local tours and outdoor
activities.
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A hand up, not a hand out
• Volunteers work side by side with homeowners to build homes.
• Homeowners put in hundreds of hours of labor building their home, as well as homes for others.
• Homeowners buy their homes with no-profit, no-interest mortgages.
• Their mortgage payments are used to build more homes.
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Where We Traveled – El Salvador
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El Salvador Housing Need
Many families struggle to meet basic needs
Nearly half of the population lives in substandard housing
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Habitat for Humanity El Salvador
A typical Habitat home for a partner family
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Thrivent Builds Worldwide El Salvador Community
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Arrival - Saturday
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Worship at a Lutheran Church - Sunday
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Our hotel for the week
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Starting to Build - Monday
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Each home has: two bedrooms, a main living room, a back
patio with a sink, and a small bathroom.
Tour of a typical Habitat home
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On the Build Site
Not a typical day at the office!
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On the Build Site
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Visit to Villa Esperanza - Tuesday
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Time with the children
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More Building
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Saying Adios - Friday
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Fun Times Together
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At the Beach!
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My Thoughts
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Help build with Thrivent Builds Worldwide!El Salvador Community costs: • Members of Thrivent Financial: $675
– Receive a $355 discount (+ travel)– It’s the power of membership in action!
• Nonmembers: $1,030 (+ travel)• Your donations will help build more homes.
– Go to www.habitat.org/donation/ and click on “Donate Online.” Before you submit your donation, please “Designate Your Gift” to the Habitat National Office of El Salvador.
Other trips online at ThriventBuilds.com!
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To learn more
• Visit ThriventBuilds.com
• Call me at [PHONE NUMBER]
• Read our team blog at http://frap13.blogspot.com
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¡Gracias!