DOMINICAN REPUBLIC health starts at home iriam, 51, lives in the Consuelo municipality, San Pedro de Macoris Mprovince, Dominican Republic, with her husband, Carlos, and the youngest of their children, Oscarly. She is a janitor at a community school and sells clothes. She describes herself as a 昀椀ghter, always moving forward. Miriam and her husband started self-building their home. However, they lacked the resources to put in 昀氀oors (for them, a primary source of disease) and install security fences and bars to protect their house, so they felt unsafe. A happy Miriam after installing the 昀氀oor and the security bars to protect her house. / Habitat for Humanity Dominican Republic. PAGE. 34 habitat.org/lac