A Colonia Jessups resident and daughter stand in front of their one room home in Colonia Jessups. The family will participate in the Self-Help Center's -- Jessups Model Subdivision Program through which families will build their own new safe, and affordable housing in a new subdivision. The families are now attending pre-construction classes lead by the Proyecto Azteca staff. |
A young Jessups resident entertains himself in the open areas behind his home. This boy's family will build their own new, safe, and affordable housing in a new subdivision through Proyecto Azteca. |
In Colonia Jessups, developers failed to provide proper sewer or septic systems. As a temporary solution under pending litigation, the developers have provided portable rest rooms. Through Proyecto Azteca's work in Jessups, families will build new homes in a new subdivision with proper infrastructure including septic tanks, roads, water, and electricity. |
There are few creature comforts here in Jessups, one of the self help center target colonias. Electricity is available but not without the use of extension cords. |
Unpaved roads and random debris are part of the landscape of Colonia Jessups, all of whose residents are the first participants in the Hidalgo County Self-Help Center program run by Proyecto Azteca. |
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