$105
Safe Homes in Guatemala
A sturdy home brings safety and security to families living in poverty.
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According to recent U.N. surveys, an estimated 100 million men, women and children around the world are homeless, and at least 1.6 billion suffer from a lack of adequate housing, often living in crumbling mud-and-stick homes covered by tarps or scrap materials. Help end these hardships by providing impoverished families with the Christmas gift of safe shelter. Your gift will empower our Catholic ministry partners in developing countries to build sturdy homes or make critical house repairs. Building a home for a poor family has a life-transforming impact!
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Where: Guatemala
Safe Homes in Guatemala
$10,938 builds one home for a Guatemalan family.
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Living in a safe and sturdy home gives families the hope and safety they need to thrive. Sadly, many families in Guatemala live in unsafe structures fashioned from mud, scrap wood and plastic sheeting. Your gift can help provide a cement-block home, built to withstand storms and earthquakes. Each home will be wired for electricity and include a sanitary latrine and an exterior washbasin.
Housing Gifts
$727
Safe Homes in Nicaragua
Build safe homes with solid foundations, sturdy walls and metal roofs.
$2,834
Safe Homes in the Philippines
Provide safe homes and spiritual transformation for poor families.
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Yes! Making a gift in honor of a friend or family member is a fun and easy way to share Christmas joy. Once you complete the checkout process, let them know by sending a printed certificate or e-card.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Cross Catholic Outreach Christmas Catalog makes it fun and easy to extend the joy of Christmas to the poor. Instead of being filled with retail items, the catalog contains meaningful gifts for some of the world’s most impoverished families. Some gifts are lifesaving items such as Food or Hygiene Products, while others are large projects such as Safe Homes or Clean Water. All gifts are sent on your behalf to grateful families in developing countries.
It’s easy to shop through the Cross Catholic Outreach Christmas Catalog. Simply browse through the categories and choose an item within your budget and close to your heart, such as Women-Owned Farms in Haiti or Powdered Milk for Children. Select and sponsor one or more of these gifts, and you’ll make a meaningful impact on the life of a needy child or family overseas. It’s that simple!
Blessing the poor happens year-round. Some gifts in our Christmas Catalog are sourced locally, so there is no need to worry about international shipping. For items that require shipping, Cross Catholic Outreach works with partners in every country we serve to ensure Christmas Catalog gifts are delivered in a timely fashion.
Yes! Making a gift in honor of a friend or family member is a fun and easy way to share Christmas joy. Once you complete the checkout process, let them know by sending a printed certificate or e-Card.
Donations from this campaign will be used to cover any expenditures for the Christmas Catalog incurred through June 30, 2024, the close of our ministry’s fiscal year. In the event that more funds are raised than needed to fully fund the project, the excess funds, if any, will be used to meet the most urgent needs of the ministry.