Habitat for Humanity and the DeLos Santos family

Concepcion De Los Santos was confined to a wheelchair since his two daughters were in grade school.  Since then he and his family have adapted their lives to meet his needs.  His eldest daughter, Glorialyz, and wife, Ileana, earned nursing certificates and can now assist Concepcion and support the family.  Concepcion does many of the family chores and supervises projects he can no longer carry out himself.

For five years the family waited for the landlord to make their apartment handicap accessible.  They were disappointed when their landlord constructed a ramp for the wrong apartment then refused to acknowledge the mistake and wouldn't allow them to move to the apartment with the newly built ramp.

So, for the first time Habitat for Humanity constructed a handicap accessible house.  In their new home the De Los Santos family can now adapt to their physical surroundings because they can now carry on as productive members of the community.  We have "made it!" says Glorialyz.