Success Story
Finding Home: the Matthieu family
Matthieu and his family left their birth country under threat of death. It took 8 years to get to the United States. And now, this family wants a home.
The Neighbor Project has seen some incredible success stories come out of even the most difficult of circumstances—including Khai’s family’s story depicted in this video.
And below, we’ve added more stories of families who have partnered with The Neighbor Project—with you—on their journey towards homeownership. In a series we call “Finding Home,” you’ll meet people at four different stages of the journey: One still waiting for a place in our Networked Saving program, one currently living at a Networked Saving property and going through homebuyer education, one who recently purchased their own home, and one several years out of our programs and reaping the long-term benefits.
Matthieu and his family left their birth country under threat of death. It took 8 years to get to the United States. And now, this family wants a home.
For the Zamudio family, togetherness means one hour every day.
Cin and Lun Kim came to the United States from Myanmar years ago. Violence in their native land—formerly known as Burma—had made peaceful life there an impossibility.
After the waiting, after the saving, after all the hard work and the relocations and the many periods of starting over…there’s a greater chance at flourishing.