Habitat EKC Builds Community Within Community
Habitat EKC has selected 6 new families to work toward becoming homeowners at Koinonia Ridge in Snoqualmie in 2009!
One selected family in particular, the Zavodovs, had a special connection to Habitat already.
In 2008 the Culai family was selected for a home in the Patterson Park development in Redmond, WA. Both the Zavodov and the Culai families are immigrants from Moldova, a landlocked country situated between Ukraine and Romania, and independently set up roots in east King County. Through area resources the two families connected and became part of each other’s new community in the States.
Iulia Zavodov has explained the serendipitous way they met: "Our kids went to the same daycare, even in the same classroom. Occasionally, I heard Carina talking to her kid in Romanian, and I asked her where she is from. During the conversation we found out we are from the same city, even from the same district of the city, I knew Carina’s neighbors next door [in Moldova], but we never met - only here, in Renton.”
When the Zavodov family was selected in January 2009, it was decided that the Culai family was the obvious choice to share the news. The ability to let great friends, and in America the closest thing to family, contribute in the selection process supports our mission to empower families, build community, and create hope.
Now both the Zavodov and the Culai families are a part of the Habitat for Humanity community, one that they can be connected to for many years to come.
One selected family in particular, the Zavodovs, had a special connection to Habitat already.
In 2008 the Culai family was selected for a home in the Patterson Park development in Redmond, WA. Both the Zavodov and the Culai families are immigrants from Moldova, a landlocked country situated between Ukraine and Romania, and independently set up roots in east King County. Through area resources the two families connected and became part of each other’s new community in the States.
Iulia Zavodov has explained the serendipitous way they met: "Our kids went to the same daycare, even in the same classroom. Occasionally, I heard Carina talking to her kid in Romanian, and I asked her where she is from. During the conversation we found out we are from the same city, even from the same district of the city, I knew Carina’s neighbors next door [in Moldova], but we never met - only here, in Renton.”
When the Zavodov family was selected in January 2009, it was decided that the Culai family was the obvious choice to share the news. The ability to let great friends, and in America the closest thing to family, contribute in the selection process supports our mission to empower families, build community, and create hope.
Now both the Zavodov and the Culai families are a part of the Habitat for Humanity community, one that they can be connected to for many years to come.
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