BRASIL this changed our lives ransforming precarious housing into safer and healthier homes in the middle of a Tpandemic is an urgent task. In Brazil, 30 million people do not have access to safe drinking water in their homes, and 47% of the population do not have access to a sewage system. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Habitat Brazil has focused a signi昀椀cant part of its work on improving water and sanitation facilities in vulnerable households to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 among the lowest- income population in the country. Talita, 36, was one of the bene昀椀ciaries. She lives in the community of Boqueirão in São Paulo, Brazil, with her husband and three children. She fears the spread of COVID-19 because her children and herself su昀昀er from respiratory diseases. Talita, 36, São Paulo, Brazil. / Habitat for Humanity Brasil. PAGE. 18 habitat.org/lac