Above: Kayissan Ajavon-Mabudu and her daughter Ghislaine Mabudu, 16, help move roof trusses for their Habitat for Humanity home, one of two being built on Taku Drive. The Mabudus are from Togo, West Africa, and were living in a refugee camp when they decided to move to Anchorage more than a year ago.

Habitat for Humanity Anchorage is a nonprofit Christian housing ministry dedicated to building homes for and with low-income partner families.

Left: Volunteers from Flagstaff, Ariz., paint doors at the Taku Drive home. They are among a group who made the trip to Alaska to help build the homes.