Miami, FL. The event, which took place at the restaurant Novecento, last Wednesday, March 23rd, gathered important tennis players, such as Juan Mónaco, Gabriela Sabatini, Nicolás Lapenti, Guillermo Cañas and Juan Ignacio Chela, among others, who, along with entrepreneurs and the Latin-American community in Miami supported the work of Un Techo para mi País.

Thanks to the effort of the participants, the organization was able to raise funds for an emergency house for 25 families living in extreme poverty in the continent.

“We are working together with families that have never asked for gifts, only opportunities. As young people that have had access to these opportunities we have the responsibility to work with them and give them the minimum: a roof,” said Rafael Achondo, 26, Director of Development UTPMP.

The dinner is part of some of the work that the organization has been carrying on in the United States, where UTPMP has a team focused on raising funds.

The event was possible thanks to the support of Novecento, DHL, LAN, Kepel&Mata, ASSIST-CARD, Goldman Sachs, Bodega del fin del Mundo and Newlink-Group, who actively participated in the dinner.

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Some of the world’s greatest tennis players will come together in Miami, FL at Novecento in Brickell for a dinner to raise fund for  ”Un Techo para mi Pais.”

The event, “Break Point: Let’s win the match against poverty” will count with the presence of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, David Ferrer, Feliciano López, Fernando Verdasco, David Nalbandian y Juan Martin Del Potro, amongst many other and will take place on March 23rd.

Various artists who support the organization will join the tennis stars in selecting where to direct the donations which will turn into life changing transitional houses for Latin American families living in extreme poverty.

Between December 15 – 19 all Google Chrome users, from anywhere in the world, would be able to collaborate with Un Techo para mi País. To participate, you only have to follow these steps:

1. Have a gmail account.
2. Download Google Chrome.
3. Download “Google Chrome for a Cause Extension”. This extension will tell you how many time have you opened during the day.
4. Once you have Google Chrome and the Cause Extension installed, sign in your gmail account and browse the web and each tab you open will accumulate points. At midnight, or the first time you open Google Chrome the next day, the extension will ask you  which cause you wish to support. Choose “Square feet for Shelter” to support Un Techo.
5. Browse with Google Chrome and open tabs everyday until december 19.

For every 100 tabs, you will be donating 1 dolar, which you can share with your friends and invite more people to do it.

“Casa en el Aire” (house in the air) is an emergency house from Un Techo, which is constructed in a 39 feet high structure in the middle of Buenos Aires.

“We have to do this so you are aware”

Starting today, September 13, until September 18th, four volunteers will live in this house, with the objective of creating awareness about how unattainable a home can be for thousands of families that live in slums in Argentina. This initiative is the official launch of Argentina’s 2010 campaign, which will end with a National Street Fund-raising on September 17th and 18th. You can follow  news about the House in the Air through UTPMP Argentina’s Facebook or Twitter.

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