Thrivent Builds Worldwide

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Thrivent Builds Worldwide El Salvador Community
Trip DATE NAME
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Our team

• PHOTO OF TEAM

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Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

• Faith-based, not-for-profit organization.
• Nearly 3 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.
• Mission is to eliminate poverty housing.
• Has affiliates throughout the world.
• Builds decent, simple, affordable homes.
• Habitat for Humanity has built more than 300,000
  homes.
• Providing shelter to more than
• 1.5 million people.
• Completes a home somewhere in the world every 24
  minutes.

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Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity

• A multi-year, multi-million dollar alliance
  between Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and
  Habitat for Humanity International.
• 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 one to three 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
One-third of the population lives in substandard
housing
Many families struggle to meet basic needs
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Habitat for Humanity El Salvador
A typical Habitat duplex for two partner families
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Tour of a typical Habitat home
Two families share each duplex. Each side of the
duplex has two bedrooms, a main living room, a
back patio with a sink, and a small bathroom.
Some have nice gardens and fences.
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Thrivent Builds Worldwide El Salvador Community
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Arrival Friday

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Our accommodations at Hotel Sahara
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Orientation - Friday

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Building with local Salvadoran volunteers -
Saturday

• PHOTO BUILDING WITH LOCALS, ETC.

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Our construction staff

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Worship at a Lutheran Church - Sunday

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Welcome activity - Sunday

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On the build site - Monday

• PHOTO FROM BUILD SITE

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On the build site - Tuesday

• PHOTO FROM BUILD SITE

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Dinner at Carymar - Tuesday

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On the build site - Wednesday

• PHOTO FROM BUILD SITE

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Intercultural activity - Wednesday

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On the build site - Thursday

• PHOTO FROM BUILD SITE

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Dinner at Los 44 - Thursday

• PHOTO FROM DINNER OUT

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Saying adios - Friday

• PHOTO FROM FAREWELL LUNCH

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Off to relax! - Friday

• PHOTO FROM BEACH, COFFEE TRAIL OR COLONIAL TOWN

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Saturday

• PHOTO FROM BEACH, COFFEE TRAIL OR COLONIAL TOWN

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Heading home - Sunday
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Our thoughts

• PHOTO OF TEAM WITH FAMILY

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Help build the Thrivent Builds Worldwide El
Salvador Community!

• 25 trips available from January June 2010
• Members of Thrivent Financial
• Receive a 355 discount - 695 ( travel)
• Its the power of membership in action!
• Nonmembers 1,050( 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.

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To learn more

• Visit www.thriventbuilds.com
• Call me at PHONE NUMBER

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Gracias!

• FAVORITE PHOTO FROM TRIP