VICENTE, 9 ARGENTINA. n El Saladero de Ingeniero White, a Her help goes beyond feeding 150 neighbors. neighborhood. Thanks to her neighborhood in Bahia Blanca, lives Silvia, a At the pandemic’s beginning, Silvia participated direct contact and leadership, I community leader with a big heart, along with in the workshops on safe housing, health Habitat Argentina has been more two of her grandchildren. improvements, and home care that Habitat Argentina o昀昀ered online to reduce the risk of e昀昀ective in approaching families Her desire to 昀椀nish building her house spreading COVID-19 among vulnerable families. needing adequate housing in this encouraged her to join Habitat for Humanity Argentina. By the end of 2020, she had After completing the safe housing workshops, community. completed the last bedroom and expanded her she shared what she had learned with her dining area for a merendero (community dining neighbors. room) to keep her mother’s legacy alive. Thus, she became a strategic Habitat partner At “La Norita,” the name of the merendero, Silvia who promoted workshops among families in and other neighbors cook meals for 70 families her neighborhood to improve her community’s in the neighborhood. protection against the virus. “I wanted my dining room and, at the same Today, Silvia not only provides time, to help people. I wanted a space where I could cook with others and for others. Women direct help to her neighbors from the neighborhood come to cook with through “La Norita,” but she is me on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays and take meals to their homes,” said Silvia. also an invaluable person in her KATHERINE, 10 ARGENTINA. Annual Report - Latin America and the Caribbean, 2021 PAGE. 15