TECHO

TECHO (Un Techo para mi País)
Founded1997
FounderFelipe Berríos
Location
Area served
Latin America
Methodconstruction of transitional houses; social inclusion programs
Volunteers1,000,000+
Websitetecho.org

TECHO, also known as Un Techo para mi País (UTPMP) (Spanish for "A Roof For My Country"), is a nonprofit organization that mobilizes youth volunteers to fight extreme poverty in Latin America, by constructing transitional housing and implementing social inclusion programs. It was founded by a Jesuit priest, and working with more than 720,000 volunteers, it has constructed houses for over 102,400 families in 19 countries in Latin American and the Caribbean and 2 offices located in Miami, Florida, US, and London, England, that work as funds hubs.

Un Techo para Chile was formerly a separate organization. As of 2012, Un Techo para mi Pais and Un Techo para Chile became one single institution called TECHO.