{"id":7987,"date":"2017-06-19T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T23:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/06\/19\/news-1768\/"},"modified":"2017-06-19T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T23:00:27","slug":"news-1768","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/06\/19\/news-1768\/","title":{"rendered":"Bounding Together With the Hope of a Better Future. Schneider \u201cWomen Build\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Iram Shah| Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:45:40 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am honored to be part of Schneider Electric\u2019s<\/strong> first \u201cWomen Build<\/a>\u201d with Habitat for Humanity in Chicagoland<\/a>, along with other volunteers. I am particularly happy because this cause is very dear to me \u2013 helping women and their families to build strength, stability and independence through housing. The houses built and repaired by \u201cWomen Build\u201d volunteers provide safe, affordable places for families to call home for decades.<\/p>\n

\"\" <\/p>\n

Schneider Electric\u2019s involvement with Habitat for Humanity and the \u201cWomen Build\u201d project is much more than a financial arrangement\u2014it reflects our commitment to diversity and inclusion<\/a>. Furthermore, Habitat\u2019s vision “A world where everyone has a decent place to live<\/em>\u201d perfectly aligns with Schneider\u2019s perspective on energy \u201cWe believe that access to energy is a basic human right. W<\/em>e want everyone on our planet to have access to safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable energy…. that’s what we call\u00a0Life is On<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Schneider Electric is proud to be a Legacy Partner with Habitat for Humanity. Since 2000, Schneider has donated more than $24 million worth of electrical equipment to build homes in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The products that Schneider Electric donates include A\/C disconnects, arrestors, circuit breakers, safety switches, load centers and metering.<\/p>\n

Through this \u201cWomen Build\u201d project we are helping two families build homes that everyone can take pride in\u2014 our employees, the volunteers, the communities, and of course the partner families. The two partner families we are helping are: Kierstin, mother of two girls, and the Perez family, a Dad and his fianc\u00e9, proud parents of a 3-year-old daughter and 1 year old son.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cHabitat for Humanity is giving me and my daughters the stability we have always wanted and needed,<\/em>\u201d said Kierstin. While Mr. Perez reflects: \u201cOne of my goals in life is to continue my education and provide a prosperous home for our children in a peaceful environment.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Just in Chicago, about 420,000 of Chicago\u2019s working poor live in substandard housing in the metro area. Half of these people live in downtown Chicago, and if you add those who are homeless and people facing foreclosures, nearly 1 million people are homeless, at risk of foreclosure, or living in inadequate housing. Our partner families, Kierstin and the Perez family, are proof that housing is more than just a roof over somebody\u2019s head. Decent affordable housing provides stability for families and children. Owning a home provides a family with a sense of pride, and families in homes tend to have increased educational and job prospects.<\/p>\n

Though my story and journey, from Pakistan to the US, may be different than the Habitat partner families and yours, we are all bound together — men and women from various backgrounds, creeds, ethnicities, and preferences — as human beings, with common interests and the hope of building a better future.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your support of Habitat for Humanity and our first Women Build Day!<\/p>\n

Coming soon!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In July, 75 Schneider Electric employees will participate in Habitat’s 34th annual Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project<\/a>, a week long event where volunteers and future Habitat homeowners will join the Carters in building 150 homes across Canada to mark the country\u2019s 150th anniversary of confederation. Watch President Jimmy Carter<\/a> sent a special message of thanks to the honorees, sponsors and guests.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The post Bounding Together With the Hope of a Better Future. Schneider \u201cWomen Build\u201d<\/a> appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Iram Shah| Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:45:40 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am honored to be part of Schneider Electric\u2019s first \u201cWomen Build\u201d with Habitat for Humanity in Chicagoland, along with other volunteers. I am particularly happy because this cause is… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n

The post Bounding Together With the Hope of a Better Future. Schneider \u201cWomen Build\u201d<\/a> appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[12389,12388],"tags":[12705,12706,12707,12708,12672,12709],"class_list":["post-7987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scadaics","category-schneider","tag-diversity","tag-diversity-and-inclusion","tag-habitat","tag-habitat-for-humanity","tag-life-at-schneider-electric","tag-women-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}