After 50 years together and living in poverty, an elderly couple in Cancún received a sustainable home built from sargassum bricks thanks to a local entrepreneur.
For over five decades, Doña Lolita and Don Chinito have shared a life together in Cancún, carving out an existence on the margins of society. The elderly couple, both working as valet attendants at a local supermarket, earn barely enough to cover basic needs. Their modest income has long been stretched thin by rising rent, costly utility bills, and mounting health expenses.
