HogaRES

HogaRES

The ten leading causes of morbidity in Guatemala include respiratory infections, diarrhea, gastroenteritis, amebiasis and intestinal parasitosis.

The high incidence of these diseases reported by the Ministry of Public Health’s Health Management Information System highlights the critical need for more hygienic environments and to reduce exposure to factors that contribute to these conditions.

Source: INE. Census 2018

NEARLY
850 THOUSAND HOMES
WITH DIRT FLOORS

Dirt floors are directly related to parasites, bacteria, gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases, feeding the vicious circle of unhealthiness and poverty.

Source: INE. Census 2018

Dirt floors

Concrete floors

Source: University of California at Berkeley, Washington University in St. Louis and World Bank study. Cattaneo, Galiani, Gertlér, Martinez and Titiunik. Housing, Health and Happiness.

HogaRES aims to develop a sustainable model to eliminate dirt floors in Guatemala. The program will replace them with concrete floors, to help reduce the qualitative housing deficit and improve the quality of life of all Guatemalans.

Sustituir 100,000 pisos de cemento anual por 10 años.

has the potential to:

Help vulnerable families or those in extreme poverty to improve their hygiene and sanitation conditions by replacing dirt floors with concrete floors.
Reduce the risk of disease in children, the elderly, and adults due to the number of pathogens that dirt floors can harbor.
Help reduce the qualitative housing deficit in Guatemala, facilitating dignified, resilient and healthy living environments.