Ebenshade’s Garden Center launches “Hoop Houses for Haiti”

Esbenshade’s in Lititz, Pa., and Youth with a Mission International (YWAM) are teaming up to provide temporary housing for earthquake victims in Haiti through their "Hoop Houses for Haiti" program.

Esbenshade’s Greenhouses has designed and constructed a temporary housing structure resembling a greenhouse. The 14 x 16-foot structure can provide a temporary home for a family of five with room to spare. These custom-made homes use proven technologies and components implemented in successful greenhouse construction, including pre-fabrication for quick and easy assembly. The pieces for these homes are being customized by local volunteers at Esbenshade’s Greenhouses in Lititz.

Two hundred homes are set to leave a Florida port on Monday, February 8. Upon arrival in Haiti’s port of St. Marc, local YWAM personnel and a team of construction volunteers from the Ephrata, Penn.-area will meet the shipment of homes when they arrive. The plan is to construct 100 homes per acre.

The cost for one home, including materials and shipping, is only $300; members of the public who would like to financially sponsor a home can go to http://www.ywam.org/, a donation of any amount is appreciated. Select Haiti Relief Fund then leave a comment saying Hoop Houses.