Habitat for Health
Simple Living Centers
One page Business plan Summary
by David Cassani david@simplelivingcenters.com 913 250 8578
Habitat for Health , in Gods time, will operate as a Sister organization to Habitat for Humanity supporting the construction of Simple Living Centers in neighborhoods, supporting educational and legal tools for transitioning communities to local living food producing communities for another economic way of life, while supporting the poor and those in need in local neighborhoods.Patterned after Habitat for Humanity, there is an international organization and local non profits that operate as local legal entities.( *501C3)
- Habitat for Health International will be an international (NGO), to be localed in Salt lake City for a short time, with a mission to support matierals and tools for town transition to local healthy food producing homes and communities, food and herbs as a primary medical option, and east west approaches to simple health solutions and healthy energy producing homes and communities. They support a local education program that runs on a simple barter or $1/day cost for 2 month classes - reskilling America and local comunities for local food production and sustainabale local communities (energy, food, water filtration and basic needs)
- Local Habitat for Health offices will like Habitat for Humanity have local town wide centers. These will be in closing Pharmacies that are selling, and will be centers for the following. Simple Living Center Educational supplies. Purchase of SLC private internet connecting SLC worldwide. Status of SLC in each town. Simple Living Center wholesale or pulk purchasing options, Living food choices, Tiny home sales and service, Community supported agricultural farmer market outlet, SLC community garden surplus sales, Simple health products that replace western meds with food and Over the counter herbs.
Financial Model
- $3/month donations from members of a town for town wide fundraising. 90% stays in local SLC councils and 10% goes to Habitat for Health international to develop town wide fundraising campaigns.
- Educational of SLC in the body: funding: $1/day for 8 weeks or barter for those not able to pay: These funds are managed by local SLC Councils.
- Micro loan program managed by Local neighborhood Councils.
Simple Living Centers: Three phases
- - Begin in homes
- - Then expand to remodeled facilities managed by neighborhood SLC Councils.
- -Then built or are remodeled as permanent structures for SLC Neighborhoods.
- After meetings with Kirton and McConkie law firm in 2010, they brought up branding issues with Habitat for Humanity are significant and we will need visible international figuresconnected with this work. This is needed to BRAND with Habitat for Humanity.and become an internationally visible entity as the Lord has directed this to be.
Strategic Plans
As HfH and Simple Living Centers unfolds ... beginning in Salt Lake, Tawain, Nauvoo, Provo, wiht plans for short terrm headquarters in Salt Lake City, Habitat for Health will form a start up advistory board to secure funding to support the expansion into neighborhoods and towns with town wide fundraising and three levels of involvement.
- Those in communities that support local food security and healthier food production locally
- Those that are transitioning their homes to another way of life
- Those leading and working in councils in neighborhoods - teaching and learning with others - helping those in need.
Current East West Advisory Council