Specific Issue: Urban
Urban
Here's a story about how members of the Changemakers community are improving urban living in Mexico:
For thousands of Mexicans like Rosa Magaña, the dream of living in a home large enough to humanely accommodate her family hovered far on the horizon. Then an initiative by a local building supply company in Guadalajara gave her the tools to make her dream come true. “Now I have a house in which my family lives a much better and more dignified life,” she said.
The company, cement manufacturer Cemex, found a way to address the numerous barriers to home building and home expansion for the millions of families living in single room shacks of corrugated metal or cardboard.
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 | James Fennings Stern entered the green recycling machine in this competition. - 2 days ago |
| Jim Philpott entered Cooking the Planet in this competition. - 4 days ago |
| eppel_eve entered a nomination for Education Care Unit. - 19 days ago |
| Cpnuqam Réseau entered Soirées ART ● CULTURE Autochtones in this competition. - 30 days ago |
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Recent Ideas for Change:
- the green recycling machine - James Fennings Stern
- Cooking the Planet - Jim Philpott
- Soirées ART ● CULTURE Autochtones - Cpnuqam Réseau
- PROJETO SAÚDE DE OURO DE OURINHOS diminuição do sedentarismo e do stress, melhorando a qualidade de vida! - lytutuinogueira
