Shebuilds 2021
SHEbuilds is a collaboration between Rebuilding Together corporate and community leaders who are dedicated to advancing the housing and community issues affecting women.
The Memorandum of Understanding should make clear what the role of the various partners in the program.
The initiative has been so far spearheaded by Dr. Sylvia Acosta (YWCA), Nicole Ferrini (City of El Paso) , Leila Melendez (Workforce Solutions) and Roger De Moor (Rebuilding Together) . We are in process to build a network of ambassadors for the program.
SHEBuilds Program El Paso
Partnership between:
⦁ YWCA,
⦁ Workforce Solutions,
⦁ Dept. of Community Planning plus Development of the City of El Paso
⦁ Rebuilding Together El Paso.
Purpose of the Program
Women-led and women focused, SheBuilds provides critical repairs for women-headed households and women-focused community spaces to empower women to maintain safe and healthy home. Helping women make a difference in their communities and build a supportive community network.
Women and older adult homeowners make up the core of Rebuilding Together's clents. In 2020, 70% of individuals who received services from Rebuilding Together El Paso were women and 70% were older adults (Rebuilding Together, 2018). Women over the age of 65 also experience poverty in larger numbers than men, with women making up nearly two-thirds of older adults living in poverty (Justice in Aging, 2018).
Program Description and Background
SheBuilds is a collaboration between Rebuilding Together corporate, and community leaders who are dedicated to advancing the housing and community issues affecting women. Programming includes participation in a home or community center renovation led by women, home repair trainings on how to maintain safe and healthy homes, leadership training, and mentoring to encourage community empowerment. Participants learn basic carpentry and plumbing skills, electrical safety do’s and don’ts, and other on-the-job training. All while working on these repair projects to improve the health and safety of their own living conditions. Learning how to complete home repairs independently not only saves money but builds confidence in self-sufficiency. SheBuilds brings women together to support one another and encourages them to be changemakers in their own communities.
Launch project for SHEBuilds program takes place at the YWCA .
Below is an impression of what will be done for woman in one of their facilities :
The initiative has been so far spearheaded by Dr. Sylvia Acosta (YWCA), Nicole Ferrini (City of El Paso) , Leila Melendez (Workforce Solutions) and Roger De Moor (Rebuilding Together) . We are in process to build a network of ambassadors for the program.
SHEBuilds Program El Paso
Partnership between:
⦁ YWCA,
⦁ Workforce Solutions,
⦁ Dept. of Community Planning plus Development of the City of El Paso
⦁ Rebuilding Together El Paso.
Purpose of the Program
Women-led and women focused, SheBuilds provides critical repairs for women-headed households and women-focused community spaces to empower women to maintain safe and healthy home. Helping women make a difference in their communities and build a supportive community network.
Women and older adult homeowners make up the core of Rebuilding Together's clents. In 2020, 70% of individuals who received services from Rebuilding Together El Paso were women and 70% were older adults (Rebuilding Together, 2018). Women over the age of 65 also experience poverty in larger numbers than men, with women making up nearly two-thirds of older adults living in poverty (Justice in Aging, 2018).
Program Description and Background
SheBuilds is a collaboration between Rebuilding Together corporate, and community leaders who are dedicated to advancing the housing and community issues affecting women. Programming includes participation in a home or community center renovation led by women, home repair trainings on how to maintain safe and healthy homes, leadership training, and mentoring to encourage community empowerment. Participants learn basic carpentry and plumbing skills, electrical safety do’s and don’ts, and other on-the-job training. All while working on these repair projects to improve the health and safety of their own living conditions. Learning how to complete home repairs independently not only saves money but builds confidence in self-sufficiency. SheBuilds brings women together to support one another and encourages them to be changemakers in their own communities.
Launch project for SHEBuilds program takes place at the YWCA .
Below is an impression of what will be done for woman in one of their facilities :
