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Raising the roof: The coronavirus pandemic didn’t slow progress for Honolulu Habitat for Humanity

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Jasmine Sniffen plays her ukulele in the living room of the Sniffen family’s new home in Waimanalo, built on their plot of Hawaiian homestead land. The room also serves as an off-site place of worship. Below, workers begin the construction of the home.
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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

Jasmine Sniffen plays her ukulele in the living room of the Sniffen family’s new home in Waimanalo, built on their plot of Hawaiian homestead land. The room also serves as an off-site place of worship. Below, workers begin the construction of the home.

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                                The Sniffen family stands in front of their new home.
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The Sniffen family stands in front of their new home.

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                                Jim Murphy, executive director of Honolulu Habitat for Humanity, left, Jonah Sniffen and his father, Herb Sniffen, untie the maile lei at the entrance of the family’s new home in Waimanalo during the dedication ceremony in September. Above, the Sniffen family stands in front of their new home.
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Jim Murphy, executive director of Honolulu Habitat for Humanity, left, Jonah Sniffen and his father, Herb Sniffen, untie the maile lei at the entrance of the family’s new home in Waimanalo during the dedication ceremony in September. Above, the Sniffen family stands in front of their new home.

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Jasmine Sniffen plays her ukulele in the living room of the Sniffen family’s new home in Waimanalo, built on their plot of Hawaiian homestead land. The room also serves as an off-site place of worship. Below, workers begin the construction of the home.
COURTESY HONOLULU HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 
                                The Sniffen family stands in front of their new home.
COURTESY HONOLULU HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 
                                Jim Murphy, executive director of Honolulu Habitat for Humanity, left, Jonah Sniffen and his father, Herb Sniffen, untie the maile lei at the entrance of the family’s new home in Waimanalo during the dedication ceremony in September. Above, the Sniffen family stands in front of their new home.