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Last year, our drought relief efforts helped thousands of families stay in their homes. Read how we leveraged our expertise in housing and clean water systems to mobilize quickly and identify solutions.

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Graciela Martinez, a community activist and current board member of Self-Help Enterprises, is recognized as an advocate for farm labors and addressing human rights issues. Graciela, who first served as a Program Coordinator with the American Friends Service Committee – the organization that created Self-Help Enterprises, went on to become the local program’s first female director.

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Through a partnership between the City of Avenal and Self-Help Enterprises, the organization secured a $25,000 Wonderful Community Grant for two new shade structures at Avenal Rice Park.

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The project to hook up residences in East Porterville to the city of Porterville’s water system will begin in early August. Self-Help Enterprises is working with the Department of Water Resources and the contractor to connect the homes.

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Through a partnership with the City of Visalia, Self-Help Enterprises has completed the rehabilitation of the Strawberry Street Apartments located in the economically disadvantaged Visalia neighborhood known as North Visalia/Oval.

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Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors approved to continue the Temporary Water Assistance Program that places water tanks at homes where domestic wells had run dry. Self-Help Enterprises will also continue to administer the County’s program.

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Through a partnership with the City of Visalia, Self-Help Enterprises has completed the rehabilitation of the Strawberry Street Apartments located in the economically disadvantaged Visalia neighborhood known as North Visalia/Oval.

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Self-Help Enterprises joined the residents of Plainview to celebrate the grand opening of the community’s first park. The organization secured funding from the State Department of Housing and Community Development to create this public space.

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Ten families, Self-Help Enterprises, and Madera County Supervisor Max Rodriguez marked the planned construction of 10 new homes in the rural Parksdale subdivision with a ceremonial groundbreaking .

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Crews with Self-Help Enterprises will begin the project to connect approximately 40 homes in East Porterville to city water lines. The project will take about four weeks to complete.

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