Alex Madima is disabled and can barely walk. He and his family lived in a leaking, one-room house, with no hope for a better future. Until Brush Arbor Homes and Uganda Counseling and Support Services (UCSS) built them a new house.

Watch this inspiring video of how this act of kindness not only changed Alex, but his entire community.

Click here to read more about Alex’s story, and to learn about how you can support UCSS.

Brush Arbor Homes partnered with Uganda Counseling and Support Services (UCSS) in the region of Bulike to build a home for Maria. UCSS uses a holistic approach to meet the physical, medical, spiritual and academic needs of this depressed region.

Maria is in her 60s and is barely 4” tall. Her children have all died and she has been left to care for her grandchildren. For years, the family has lived in desperate conditions; a small, round mud hut with a leaky thatch roof. They often slept on a soggy earthen floor that caused health problems.

With no resources to fix the roof, they never dreamed of a new home. It is difficult to understand how they lived like this for years. UCSS became aware of the family’s plight and contacted Brush Arbor. Maria and her grandchildren now live in a brand new home. It’s one room, with a concrete floor, metal roof, windows(!), and a locking door.

They now have a sturdy, safe place to live. The impact of this house went far beyond Maria. Word got around the community of what UCSS had done and the staff used the opportunity to minister to everyone with food, training and the love of God.

For more information on UCSS, please visit their website at www.ugandacss.org.

Brush Arbor partnered with Hope for Homes Ministries in Antigua, Guatemala, to build a new home for Maria Virginia.

Her previous home was a 10’x12′ plywood shack. During the rainy season, water would pour in on Maria, who is wheelchair-bound, and turn her dirt floors to mud.

Now, Maria is thrilled to have a new home with real floors. We are so happy to help Maria with one of life’s basic necessities – a safe and solid place to live.

If you would like to contribute to Hope for Home Ministries, send a donation to the address below.

Hope for Home Ministries
PO Box 393
Troy, OH 45373

Meet Cruz & Julia Velasques and their six children! Earlier this year, their home was severely damaged in an earthquake. Because they are very poor and couldn’t afford to repair it themselves, they continued to live in this unsafe structure. Brush Arbor was honored to be able to help build a new, safe home for this precious family.

In the past year, Brush Arbor contributed funds to build 12 homes through their Buy One Build One program, which seeks to draw collective attention to those in desperate need of basic shelter. For every home purchased, Brush Arbor makes a contribution to build a home in a third world country through partnership with various ministries. Besides the Velasques family in El Salvador, homes were built in Uganda, Bolivia and Guatemala. We look forward to the new year and the privilege of affecting more lives in the world around us.

Recently, Brush Arbor helped to build homes for two families in need in El Salvador.

The Pena family, Marcos and Laura and their four children, Lorena (12), Marcos, (10) Esau (7) and Maria (1 month) were living in a structure with no running water and only 1 light bulb.

In partnership with Loving with Mercy Ministry, Brush Arbor Homes Buy One, Build One paid for a new home to be built for the family. Here they are in their new home:

In addition, the Martinez family, Pastor Santos, his wife Lydia and their two children, Lydia (10) and Vladimir (8), were living in terrible conditions. Now, thanks to Brush Arbor Buy One Build One, they are have a home with a concrete floor and a roof over their heads.

If you would like to contribute to Loving with Mercy Ministry, send a donation to the address below.

Loving with Mercy Ministries Missionaries for El Salvador
15661 Oak Drive
Kerman, CA 93630
Click here to connect with them and see more images of their missionary work on Facebook.

Meet Javier.

He is three years old. He was born without his right leg and a portion of his right hand. His family is very poor and did not have a house, just a small room that they shared with grandparents. They really needed a decent home.

Here are some pictures where he was living:

In partnership with Hope for Home Ministries, Brush Arbor Homes Buy One, Build One paid for a new home to be built for Javier and his family.

Here are pictures of the new home with Javier and his family.

If you would like to contribute to Hope for Home Ministries, send a donation to the address below. They are in the process of trying to help the family by raising funds for a prosthetic leg for Javier.

Hope for Home Ministries
PO Box 393
Troy, OH 45373