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TECHO
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<p>TECHO, also known as Un Techo para mi País (UTPMP) (<a href="/facts/Spanish_language/95BgYNfv">Spanish</a> for "A Roof For My Country"), is a nonprofit organization that mobilizes youth volunteers to fight <a href="/facts/Extreme_poverty/603F4wQd">extreme poverty</a> in <a href="/facts/Latin_America/Qmx9Jx2a">Latin America</a>, by constructing transitional housing and implementing social inclusion programs. It was founded by a <a href="/facts/Jesuit/n0PeYBB8">Jesuit</a> priest, and working with more than 720,000 volunteers, it has constructed houses for over 102,400 families in 19 countries in Latin American and the Caribbean and 2 offices located in Miami, Florida, US, and London, England, that work as funds hubs. </p><p>Un Techo para Chile was formerly a separate organization. As of 2012, Un Techo para mi Pais and Un Techo para Chile became one single institution called TECHO. </p>