The organization has a long history of responding to disaster situations , such as earthquakes in Peru ( 2007 ) , Haiti ( 2010 ) and Chile ( 2010 ) . TECHO was one of the first organizations to start building houses after the 2010 Haiti earthquake , and it was awarded a grant from the Inter-American Development Bank to build 10,000 houses there . Building began in Canaan , Haiti in 2010
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
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