ELEVATE AFRICA

Building communities into Godly intended plans

HOMES
PROJECT
INTRODUCTION

Elevate Africa a non-profit organization based in Moamba District in Mozambique.

Our calling is to inspire progress in poor rural communities in the district. In the commu ities where
we are based is established in the heart of a very poor community, after building such a beautiful
centre we started to see the differences between our center and the houses of the people in the
community whom we are serving. It hit upon our hearts as we pass through the dusty roads every-
day in their misdst while we go to work in a centre which is like any normal office block, but in the
eyes of our neighbours it feels like we have built a palace.

The pictures on the right side shows the inside and out of a typical reed house that many families call
a home in the heart of Moamba. A complete family with father , mother and children are living in
these conditions. This small reed house serves most of their home needs from entertaining visititors,
cooking when its raining outside, and sleeping when its dark. What you are seeing their its kitchen,
seating, dining and bedroom at the same time.

Some of the girls that we have houses at our dormitories on the center are actualy coming from
these houses where they are coming from. after we hae given them a room with all the basic ameni-
ties but during the holidays wen they go back home they are going to sleep in the same squalid con-
ditions, and we felt that we could stretch ourselves a little bit. We can do our best to teach them all
we can, but if the home conditions where they are going back to live are in this condition we fear
that the education may not make a difference. We want to create an environment where they can
be natured to grow and do better with the input that we are investing in them by helping create a
better home environment.

We feel that a home like this is not conducive for naturing talent and excellence in academics, for
our girls and all the other memebrs of the community at large. Many children attending school are
actuly coming from these reed houses. But we are not saying that there are not a few beautiful
houses in existence, the difference is overwhelming though.
We would like to invite you to join us in yet another opportunity to change the lives of a few more
people, this time around we are putting a roof over their heads and walls around to cover them.

Join us for the 100 Homes Project 100 homes motto

Thank you! here
 2.5m

2.2m

BACK ELEVATION

6m
3m

FLOOR PLAN

3D RENDERING

FRONT ELEVATION SIDE ELEVATION

 CONSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR 100 HOUSES
MATERIALS QUANTITY UNIT COST SUB TOTAL USD RATE
BLOCKS 600 MZN 35.00 MZN 21,000.00 $323.08
CEMENT 60 MZN 480.00 MZN 28,800.00 $443.08
RIVER SAND (0.25TONNE) 1 MZN 5,000.00 MZN 5,000.00 $76.92
PIT SAND (0.5TONNE) 1 MZN 8,000.00 MZN 8,000.00 $123.08
3Q STONES (0.25TONNE) 1 MZN 6,000.00 MZN 6,000.00 $92.31
ROOFING TIMBER 5 MZN 1,000.00 MZN 5,000.00 $76.92
ZINC ROOF SHEETS 12 MZN 2,800.00 MZN 33,600.00 $516.92
DOOR FRAMES 2 MZN 5,000.00 MZN 10,000.00 $153.85
DOORS 2 MZN 2,000.00 MZN 4,000.00 $61.54
WINDOWS 2 MZN 5,000.00 MZN 10,000.00 $153.85
MZN 131,400.00 $2,021.54

CONSTRUCTION LABOUR MZN 25,000.00 $384.62

TOTAL COST PER ONE HOUSE MZN 156,400.00 $2,406.15

MULTIPLY BY 100 MZN 15,640,000.00 $240,615.38

The picture shows the model of the house that we chose to
built since it the simplest most common brick model in the
community.

This is a cost effective model with all materials sourced local-

ly . We think this could serve at least a small family with a
few kids at least there a bit more space for sitting and dining
which is separate from the bedroom, allowing a space for
privacy for the parents.

There as well some elderly people who are living in the com-
munity whom we do not have enough room to accommo-
date at the center and with this project that’s how we are
trying to cover them also and give them a more decent place
to call home.
 Reed, tin and plastic
made houses in the
Livivine neighborhood
in Moamba