1. BUILDING HOPE.
- Author
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Fields-Meyer, Thomas and Dennis, Alicia
- Subjects
SQUATTER settlements ,POVERTY ,CHARITABLE uses, trusts, & foundations - Abstract
The article profiles Bob Decker, a Houston cop who has devoted himself to improving the lives of the people of Mexican colonias. Decker found the shanty village of Matamoros (Mexico) after taking a wrong turn on vacation. Shocked to see such poverty only two miles from the U.S. border, Decker started the charity Paper Houses to help the people of the shanty towns.
- Published
- 2006