Mary Akinbobola

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The Need for Housing in Haiti

June 21, 2011

By Mary Akinbobola

I truly believe that nobody can help and take care of a person the way that individual can take care of himself, but in order to be able to perform this monumental task an individual must be physically well. I want to enable people to help themselves by making sure that they are healthy. The most fundamental need in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle is to have basic and decent housing with a proper sewage and sanitation system. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which occurred in Haiti on...

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Haiti

August 23, 2011

My Prior Global Village Trips

July 10, 2011

About Me

My first experience with Habitat for Humanity was a Global Village trip to Cameroon in 2009, and I was immediately addicted. My team worked alongside the locals and we were able to meet some of the extremely grateful future homeowners. The two-week trip was so amazing that I went home and started to volunteer with the Greater Miami chapter building homes in Liberty City, and upon moving to Columbus I began volunteering with the local chapter of Habitat here. Last summer I traveled with Global Village to Brazil and even though my luggage did not make it there and I had to make-do and work for a week with what I had in a backpack, I am again ready to head out on another adventure to help more families. It is a tremendous honor to be part of the first Habitat for Humanity team to return to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.

Mary Akinbobola is raising money for Building Homes and Hope in Haiti
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My Goal: $2,500

Raised So Far: $1,200.00

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Habitat volunteers return to Haiti