Scotia ‘Build a Home’ selects mom with four daughters

Jennifer Cipriani of Scotiabank (far left) hands over a symbolic $2 million cheque to the youngest of Althea Boucher’s four daughters as the proud mother, her other three daughters and a Habitat for Humanity representative look on.

After more than a decade of living in an abandoned factory and then a bottom flat with her four daughters, Althea Boucher will finally have a place to call her home, thanks to the contributions of Habitat for Humanity and Scotiabank.

Under the ‘Build a Home’ promotion, Boucher and her daughters earned themselves a $2 million home in Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara after being chosen by Habitat for Humanity because of their disadvantaged circumstances and inability to obtain a home without assistance.

The promised home will contain two bedrooms and should be completed by early next year for