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Habitat dedication "moving"
For most people changing phone numbers when you move into a new home is a nuisance. For single mother, Beatrice Dimvula it's a dream come true. Dimvula has lived in the same Etobicoke social housing apartment with the same phone number since arriving in Canada from Congo in 1995. "People will be so surprised when I call to tell them I have a new phone number," says Dimvula. "No one knows that I'm working with Habitat and they'll be surprised when I tell them I am a new homeowner."
Her new Habitat for Humanity home is a key component of Dimvula's plans. She is determined to make a better life for herself and 9 year old Guliana.
Dimvula currently works two jobs as a home care worker to support herself and her daughter. Five years from now, she plans to have saved enough money to go back to school and become a registered nurse and continue the work of taking care of people she so enjoys doing. It's an expensive education and she wants to be able to pay for it herself rather than having to rely on the Ontario Student Assistance Program for a loan. Her new home is a key part of this plan as she'll now be able to save for her education and still make her monthly mortgage payments.
Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit, non-government organization dedicated to the eradication of poverty housing through homeownership. Habitat addresses a segment of the population that is not well served by either the subsidized or private housing markets; the working low-income family.
For the fifth consecutive year, the Greater Toronto Home Builders Association has partnered with Habitat as a house sponsor. The home builders believe that it is vital to give back to communities and their partnership with Habitat is a natural extension of our shelter mandate.
Handing the keys to Dimvula was Mitchell Cohen, president of The Daniels Corporation. Daniels' was the inaugural winner of the Association's home builder of the year award. The Daniels Corporation donated the land for ten homes at the Lakeshore Village site. This is single-largest gift of land by a private company in Canadian Habitat's history.
The dedication ceremony was held at the Lakeshore Village site at 8 Elsinore Path near Lakeshore Blvd. and Islington Road. More information about Habitat for Humanity Toronto and the Lakeshore Village project can be found at www.torontohabitat.on.ca
December 22, 2006 in Toronto Neighbourhoods | Permalink
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