Medical staffers from the University of Virginia are trading in their off-time at the hospital to help a family from a refugee camp in Ghana achieve the American dream of owning a home.
A duplex under construction off Carlton Avenue in Charlottesville will soon house the Ayite family that fled a refugee camp in Ghana 11 years ago.
Nearly 100 staff members from the UVA Department of Medicine are working with Habitat for Humanity to build the Ayite family new home.
Brian Gittens, with the UVA Department of Medicine said, "We just want to give them the American dream if you will..the opportunity to have a home."
They've raised more than $10,000 to make it happen - and they need to raise about $50,000 more.
Click here if you want to learn more about how you can help the department of medicine raise funds.
