Healthy Home Kit: Cristobalina Socon

Cristobalina Socon lives with her daughters and husband Carlos in the department of Sololá, Guatemala. While her daughters attend school and Carlos works in agriculture, Cristobalina takes care of her home and family. When she learned about Habitat for Humanity Guatemala, she decided that investing in a Healthy Home Kit would be a good decision for her family.

Cristobalina’s daughters daughters are 10-year-old Lendi and 7-year-old María and because of their family is utilizing the Healthy Home Kit, their overall health has improved. Cristobalina explains: “We didn’t have a water filter before and now, thanks to God, we do. We had to drink water from the spigot and when I had time I would boil it for my daughters to drink. My daughters stomachs almost always hurt.” Because their family is utilizing the Healthy Home Kit, 10-year-old Lendi’s and 7-year-old María’s no longer experience stomach aches regularly. Cristobalina explains: “We didn’t have a water filter before and now, thanks to God, we do. We had to drink water from the spigot and when I had time I would boil it for my daughters to drink. My daughters stomachs almost always hurt.”

“Before we didn’t have a latrine, either. We had to ask other people to share.”, continues Cristobalina. “Now we have a latrine that just the four of us use! And our old stove, well it didn’t work well. It filled our home with smoke. Now my new stove lets me cook really well!”

As for the volunteers who supported her family by constructing the stove and latrine, Cristobalina has happy memories. She ends by saying: “I would like to thank God for their help and for my new stove!”