Hogar de Cristo, Guayaquil

Hogar de Cristo, Ecuador
Established1971 (1971)
PurposeHomebuilding with the poor along with other services
HeadquartersMount Sinai, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Director
Eduardo Vega, S.J.
Workers
47
AffiliationsJesuit, Catholic
Websitehogardecristo.org.ec

Hogar de Cristo, Guayaquil, "Home of Christ" – HC, was founded by the Jesuits in 1971 in response to a critical shortage of housing in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and in accord with the preferential option for the poor which spread in the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council of Bishops in the 1960s.

While HC continues to prefabricate homes, its activities have extended to supplying community facilities, education and worker training, health care, microcredit, and special services for abused women and children.

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