Building Houses

The cost of a new home is only $2,500!

Many households consist of extended families living together in unsafe and unhealthy dirt floor shacks.

Rainbow provides interest free loans with payments as low as $6.00 a month for simple concrete block homes with concrete floors, metal roofs, energy efficient stoves, water, and a latrine. Houses are built on sufficient land for fruit trees, a vegetable garden, and a play area for the children.

A typical housing project has 20-30 houses. Groups of families build these new homes working together at least two days each week. Land is purchased by Rainbow Network, and homes are built at one time. All housing recipients assist in building all the houses until construction is finished. Once all houses are complete, a drawing is held to determine which house each family will receive.