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Un Techo para Chile was founded in 1997 by Jesuit priest Felipe Berríos, along with a group of university students.In 2001 it began expanding to other countries under the name Un Techo para mi País.
A standard mediagua, such as those installed by the housing foundation Un Techo para Chile ("A Roof for Chile") is of 6.1 metres (20 ft) long by 3 metres (9.8 ft) wide, which is designed to house a family of 4. There is also a model of half the area of the former, for single people and couples.
According to the Catastro Nacional de Campamentos report from the non-profit TECHO-Chile, the number of campamentos in Chile has risen 51.7% from the period between 2020-2021 and 2022-2023. [1] This report explains that 91.9% of families living in campamentos cite high lease costs as a relevant reason for living there, while 79.3% of families ...
Precaria is a concept suggested in the framework of the international campaign of the non-governmental organisation Un techo para mi país (TECHO), in English "A roof for my country", that designates allegorically an imaginary country which would be inhabited by all the poor people from Latin America, for pointing out the magnitude of this critical situation as opposed to the constitutional ...
Chile ayuda a Chile (Chile helps Chile [1]) was a charity telethon being held from March 5 to March 6, 2010. The event was broadcast from Teatro Teletón in Santiago, Chile. [2] The telethon's aim was to raise money to help those affected by the 2010 Chile earthquake that struck the central-southern Chile on 27 February of that year. [3]
In 2012, González became Chile's first transgender deputy mayor when Graciela Ortúzar left her office to campaign elsewhere. [5] In 2014, she invoked the anti-discrimination law against Ortúzar, [ 6 ] who was sentenced by the Supreme Court of Chile in 2017 to pay a fine, a ruling described as historic by González and LGBT rights groups .
As a commune, Teno is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Sandra Valenzuela Pérez ().
Medical supplies sent by Argentina had arrived in Chile—the first batch of international relief aid the country has received after Saturday's devastating earthquake, Chile's Defense Ministry said Sunday. [2] On March 1, Chile requested Argentina the sending of three field hospitals, including a similar one deployed in Haiti. [3]