Rayhawk Family
Our family is looking for help to obtain land in SC to build a self sustaining homestead.
Location: South Carolina Country: United States
Biography
In the year 2000 the Raymond-Hawkinson family was established. We bound our relationship with the purchase of land and a home. In 2003 we sacrificed what we had to try to save the lives of our beloved pets who were cruelly poisoned in their own yard by illegal area hunters. We lost our car which resulted in the loss of a job, then electricity/water and eventually our home and land.
We do not regret our decision to try to save the lives of our pets.
We discovered what our family truly wanted when we had to move out of our new house and live on the 2 acres of land we had. We learned how to build tipi's, we learned how to cook over open fire, how to use dehydrated foods, rely on the sun to warm our tipi and to heat water for bathing. We had to lug our own water so we also learned a lot about water conversation and recycling. We had no septic system to use, we had to learn safe methods of waste treatment. Had the house and land not been tied up in the same mortgage we could have let the house go without batting an eye. We had found something far more stable...but the land went with the house.
That experience while so many see it as heartbreaking really wasn't. We found that we had more when we had less. Now that we have modern housing that must be powered up and hooked up to water/sewer and we rely on grocery stores and the gas to get there...we are paying far more and have far less than what we had while relying on the earth.
Our family goal is to make our income count. If we could only get a piece of land and build unconventional shelters, grow our own much healthier food and use what nature offers to us we could be doing better in life.
We wish to build our shelter to compliment the abilities of our disabled family members and not be forced into paying expensive rents for adapted rentals or have to live with my mom the rest of my days which would include paying to have her house adapted.
If you can help us get started...we can do the rest. All we need is a piece of land in an unrestricted area.
Story
To become a self sufficient family.
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Rayhawk Family's Request
Land for a
self-sustaining
homestead and animal
sanctuary for
disabled animals.
Description: Our income is not expected to raise very much because there is only one able bodied person able to work. Housing, utility, food and transportation costs will continue to rise. Our family would like to depend less upon modern housing which requires more electricity and water. We could do this by using alternative shelters, power and sanitation sources and could benefit by growing food which we regularly use such as poultry and vegetables. If we could only get a piece of land we could recycle cargo vehicles to use while building alternative structures. These would later be used as part of the whole homestead. This type of living cannot be done without the purchase of unrestricted land. Once we have land we can and wish to do the rest ourselves.
Our current documents show proof that I am disabled and on SSI, I provided proof of the shelter and power costs we now pay.
Category: Environment , Green Development
Why? The potential long term impact..
If we could reduce
the cost of living
with alternatives
shelter, utility and
food. The income
coming in will be
far more beneficial
to our family. We
don't need more
income, we need to
make the income
count.
