Building and Giving Away 100 Houses Across Jamaica and Latin America
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In this video, MrBeast and the team set out to build 100 houses and give them to families who lack a safe place to live. The video follows the project from Jamaica through El Salvador, Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. At each stop it shows the conditions families were living in, how the new homes were revealed, and some of the extra help the team added along the way. MrBeast's stated aim is that each home would "change a family's life," and the video says the team spent millions of dollars on the houses for this video alone.
The First House: A Family Without a Home of Their Own
The video opens in Jamaica with a family that did not have a house to call their own. They are blindfolded, then told to turn around and see their new home. MrBeast says he was not expecting the reaction: the mother "freaking out" and shouting repeatedly that there is a bedroom. She says she had always wanted her son to have a bunk bed, and calls it a dream come true. When MrBeast tells her this is only the first of 100 houses, she responds with surprise.
Why Jamaica: Unsafe and Life-Threatening Housing
MrBeast explains why the project started in Jamaica. He says more than half a million people there currently live in unsafe, life-threatening conditions. The next family shows what that means. Their house sits on top of a mountain and is described as so unstable that it could collapse at any moment. The father built it himself, and he says he carried the boards and all the other materials up the mountain on his head.
The team wanted to build this family a house without spoiling the surprise. So they sent the family on a trip, which MrBeast later reveals was a decoy. The trip gave the team and its partners enough time to build the new home. When the family returns, MrBeast walks them through it. The house is fully furnished because the team noticed they might need furniture. It has electricity and a water tank for running water. One room has bunk beds for two of the children. The parents' bedroom across the hallway has a small crib, because the team had heard the family had a newborn, a baby named Tyra. The mother says things have been "really hard" and that the team changed her life. MrBeast then hands over the deed to the house.
A House Where the Roof Failed in Every Rainfall
The third Jamaican example is a family whose roof does not work. The mother explains that whenever it rains, the whole place floods, and her children get soaked and can't sleep. MrBeast tells her that "as of today, that will not happen again," and hands over the keys to the new house the team built for her. The video then says the team kept going, building one home after another for families in Jamaica, with the goal of reaching 100.
A River That Washes Homes Away
At the next destination, which the video later places in El Salvador, the threat is a river. MrBeast says it destroys hundreds of homes every year. During the rainy season it floods suddenly, sweeping away houses and anyone still inside them. He points to a refrigerator lying in the riverbed and guesses it ended up there because its owners' house was washed away, and a local confirms this. He asks whether the houses currently standing near the river, with families still living in them, will be destroyed by future floods, and is told yes.
His answer is that a couple of miles away, the team has built rows of new houses for this community. He walks along the row naming home after home to show how many there are.
Maria and Her Daughter
The first family in the new development is Maria and her daughter. Their previous home was completely destroyed by the river during the rainy season. The video says they did not even have a bed, and every day had been a struggle. Maria says God has helped her stay strong. Because the family doesn't speak English, a translator tells them to turn around and see their new house. Maria reacts with thanks, repeatedly giving thanks to God.
While walking through the house, the team realizes that Maria's family had not yet been told the house was free. Once the translator explains that they won't have to pay and that everything inside belongs to them, Maria thanks God again. MrBeast jokes to the crew that they were "crazy" for not telling the family sooner. The daughter asks if she can lie down on the bed and says she's going to sleep. Maria says she appreciates it "with all of my heart." MrBeast says moments like this are why the team makes videos like this one. He tells her he doesn't want her to have to worry about the river anymore. Another family in the development also had a newborn, so the team provided a crib for that baby too, and the father tells his son, "we have a house."
Eight Families at Once
Next, MrBeast stands in front of a row of houses with a family blindfolded in front of each one. He jokes that the team is not kidnapping them. Eight families are about to receive houses at the same time. When they remove their blindfolds, one person asks whether the houses are really free, and another thanks "Jimmy" for the house. MrBeast goes down the row with a translator, asking each family what they think. The answers include "very beautiful" and "very good."
A Soccer Field for the Community
At the end of the row, a boy asks for a photo. MrBeast offers something better and asks, through the translator, whether he wants to play football. The boy says yes. MrBeast then reveals that besides the houses, the team has built the community a large soccer field. Hundreds of neighborhood kids were waiting nearby to be surprised with their first look at it. The team also provided new soccer equipment for all of the children.
The kids then begin chanting for Feastables, MrBeast's chocolate brand, and he hands some out. He says they love Feastables there and he'll start carrying more. One child says Feastables is better than Hershey's. MrBeast jokes that he doesn't know what the child said, but if it was that it tastes good, then the child is correct.
Expanding to Argentina and Mexico
MrBeast notes that families elsewhere in El Salvador also needed safe housing, so on the way out the team built as many houses as it could. At that point, he says, they were only halfway to 100. The team then went to a small community in Argentina and built houses with the goal that every child there would have a safe place to learn and grow. After that they flew to Mexico and built more houses for several communities. The video covers these stops briefly, without individual family stories.
Colombia: Homes Destroyed by a Windstorm
In Colombia, the team found a community whose homes had been badly damaged by what MrBeast calls a brutal windstorm, and later a tornado. He shows the type of house the next family used to live in and says that houses like it are clearly not livable anymore. The team built a new home for a couple, John and Ana. When their blindfolds come off, MrBeast tells them that even if it doesn't seem real, it is legitimately their house, and invites them to unlock the front door. He observes that they are in shock and says he doesn't think they believe it is theirs. They may not be saying anything, he adds, but "the tears say a lot." One of them says the house is so big, and that before, they only had a half-finished room. Now they have a home. The video says John and Ana were not the only ones in need there, and implies the team built homes for the rest of the community too. MrBeast states his view that it shouldn't be a stretch to say everyone in the world deserves a safe roof over their head.
A Broken Lock, a Motorcycle, and Bicycles
MrBeast admits that not every handover went smoothly. Shortly before one family was due to arrive, he accidentally broke the door lock. The family's furniture was still outside waiting to be moved in. The windows had bars, so he couldn't get in that way either. He and the crew say they don't know what to do and are "very screwed," and then the family pulls up. MrBeast greets them, explains that he thinks he broke the lock, and asks one of them to try. That family member opens the door right away, and MrBeast asks, half-joking, whether the crew is just dumb. Admitting he's "not quite the best locksmith," he says what mattered most was that Jose and his family now had a home. At that point they still hadn't seen any of the furniture.
The team had also heard that the family's only means of transportation had broken down, so they surprised Jose's family with a new motorcycle. MrBeast says this made him realize that many of the people receiving houses were struggling with transportation. His solution was a truck full of bicycles, one for every child in the village, and the kids thank him by name.
House 100 and What Comes Next
After the Colombian houses, one home remained. The video ends with house number 100: a family removes their blindfolds, thanks the team, and goes inside to look around. MrBeast thanks the partners who helped build the houses and the viewers. He says that without people watching these videos, the team would not have been able to build 100 houses. His closing statement is a hope rather than a commitment: if the channel keeps growing, he hopes to build 1,000 houses in the future.
In this video, we are building and giving away 100 houses, and each home is going to change a family's life. Like this family who didn't have a house to call their own. And they have no idea we just built them one.
Take off your blindfolds and turn around. Behind you is your brand new home.
Oh, I was not expecting that reaction. She is freaking out.
There's a bedroom! I've always wanted him to have a bunk bed. And my dream come true.
This is actually just the first of 100 houses we're giving away. First? I'm glad they're happy. Let's go give away another house.
With every single home we're building in this video, we're improving quality of life for families who don't have a safe space to call home. And we spend millions of dollars just on this video building these houses. Because here in Jamaica, there are currently over half a million people living in unsafe, life-threatening conditions.
Like this next family whose house is so unsafe and unstable it could collapse on them at any moment.
So you built this place? Yeah. By yourself? Yeah. I brought boards and all materials that you see. But we're on top of a mountain. So you carried all this material up this mountain? Yep. On my head.
We knew we wanted to build this family a house. So we sent them on a trip so that we had enough time to work with our partners to build them a brand new home.
You're about to witness a family that lives in this house go to living in this house. And I cannot wait to see the look on their faces.
Oh my. What you're looking at is your brand new home. The trip we sent you guys on was just a decoy so we can have time to build this brand new house for you. Do you want to see the inside? Come check it out.
We noticed that you might need some new furniture, so we completely furnished your new place. Now, on top of the electricity, you have a water tank for running water. We put bunk beds in this room for two of the kids.
Oh my. And if you go across the hallway, you'll see your bedroom. Nice. With a little crib. Because I heard you had a newborn. Tyra, that's your crib.
It's been really hard. And you guys changed my life.
Here's officially the deed to the house. Thank you guys so much.
And it's unfortunate, but some of the places these families live are extremely unsafe and, in some cases, life-threatening. That's where this family currently lives. The mom was telling us that that roof doesn't work.
Whenever the rain fall, whole place flooded all over here. Her kids get soaked and can't sleep.
And as of today, that will not happen again. We built that brand new home for you. Here's the keys. Oh my God. I got a new house.
But of course we couldn't stop there, and we were able to build home after home for families in Jamaica. And we weren't going to stop until we had built 100 houses.
But unfortunately, at our next destination, there's a river that destroys hundreds of homes every year. During rainy season, this river flash floods, washing away all of the homes and anyone unlucky enough to still be inside.
And as you can see, there's literally a fridge right there, which I assume got there because their house got swept away. Exactly. So you're saying when this floods, those houses that currently have families living in them are going to be destroyed by this river? Yes, they will.
Well, not on my watch, because just a couple miles away, we've built rows of new houses for this community. No joke. We're giving away this home, this home, this home, this home, this home, this home, this home, this home. There's a lot of homes.
So we started with Maria and her daughter, whose previous home was completely demolished by the river during rainy season. And without even a bed to sleep in, every single day has been a struggle for them.
God has helped me to stay strong.
All right, since they don't speak English, can you translate for them to turn around and look at your brand new home? Can you turn around? Here is your new house.
Oh my God. Thank you. Thank you, my beautiful God! Mommy!
Thank you. No problem. Come check out the inside. Oh, you want to give me a hug? Come on. Oh! How beautiful!
And while walking through their new home, we realized they didn't even know the house was free yet.
Oh, you haven't told them it's free? No, no. Yeah. Tell them. It's free. You're not gonna pay. All of this is yours. Thank you, God!
Congrats on your new home. You're crazy for not telling them it was free.
Can I lay down? Yes, you can lay down. I'm going to sleep.
What do you think of it? Can I give you a hug? What'd she say? Can she hug you? Of course. Thank you!
This is why we do videos like that. Look how happy they are. I appreciate this with all of my heart.
I don't want you to have to worry about the river anymore. This is your brand new home. Enjoy the new home, little man. We heard they had a newborn, so we also got him a crib. Son, we have a house.
See that row of houses behind me with the families blindfolded in front of them? We are not kidnapping the families. We're giving them all houses at the same time. Eight families' lives are about to change forever.
Attention, everybody. Remove your blindfolds and turn around and look at your brand new home. Congratulations!
For real? It's free? Thank you for the house, Jimmy!
I got to go down. I need to see the reactions. What do you think of the new place? Thank you. Congrats.
Can you ask them if they like their new house? Do you like your new house? Yes! Yeah. You like the new house? Let's see if they do. What do you think of it? Very beautiful! Thank you! Thank you!
I hope you like it. And now we're at the end of the row. What do you think of your new home? Very good. Can I get a picture? Yeah, come over here.
I have something way better than just a picture. Can you ask him if he wants to play football with me? Wanna play soccer with him? Yeah. Well, that's convenient because not only are we giving this community houses, but we're also giving them this giant soccer field.
But we're also giving them this giant soccer field. And the best part is, I have hundreds of kids waiting over here. We're going to surprise them. And this is the neighborhood's first look at their brand new soccer field.
Let's play some soccer. Enjoy your new soccer field. Go have fun.
And of course, a new field had to come with brand new soccer equipment for all the kids. Make sure you guys have a lot of fun on the soccer field.
But I don't know if the soccer field was enough because all of the kids started demanding Feastables.
Feastables! All right, here's some Feastables. They really love Feastables here. I will start carrying more Feastables.
Feastables is better than Hershey's!
I don't know what he said, but if he said it tastes good, then he's correct.
But of course, outside of this community, more families across El Salvador were in need of safe houses. So on our way out, we built as many houses as we possibly could.
But we're only halfway there because a small community in Argentina needed our help, and we built house after house to ensure that every single child in this community had a safe place to learn and grow.
But we still weren't done. So we even flew all the way over to Mexico, where we continued to build house after house for all of these communities.
And when we arrived in our next destination in Colombia, we found a community whose homes were ravaged by a brutal windstorm.
The next family used to live in a house like this. I say used to because a tornado destroyed it. And clearly these houses are in no way livable. And so of course we built John and Ana a brand new home. And now all we have to do is give it to them.
This family has no idea they're about to get that house. Right there is good. Okay, take them off.
Congrats. I know it might not seem real, but this is legitimately your house. You want to unlock the front door?
They're all in shock. And to be honest, I don't even think they believe this is their house. They may not be saying anything, but the tears say a lot.
Congrats, man. Congrats. This is yours.
It's so big. It's so big! Before, we only had a half-finished room! We have a home! We have a home!
But John and Ana weren't the only ones that needed help in Colombia. So you probably already know what we did for the rest of this community.
Don't you love it? Look at that smile.
It shouldn't be a stretch that everyone in the world deserves a safe roof over their head.
But not every house we built went quite so smoothly.
I accidentally broke the lock to the door. Their furniture's still outside, which we are going to move in there. The family just pulled up. We put bars on the window so I can't get in. I don't really know what to do. We're very screwed.
All right, guys, the family's here. It looks like we're out of time.
No way! Are you serious?
Hey, how's it going? Come on over. I think I broke the lock. I can't get the door open. Here, can you try? Maybe I'm just dumb.
What? Wait, how'd you do that? Are we dumb? All right, boys, come on in.
And while personally, I'm not quite the best locksmith...
Do you want to see it? They totally haven't seen any of the furniture yet.
What mattered most is that Jose and his family now had a place to call home. You don't have to worry about a home anymore.
And we also heard their only means of transportation broke down. And so, one more surprise. We also got you guys a brand new motorcycle.
Here you go. Thank you. Thank you. No problem. Yeah.
Now they have a brand new home and way to get around. And this got me thinking. While giving away all these houses, I noticed a lot of people were struggling with transportation. And I got a solve in this truck. Open it up.
We got bicycles for every single one of the kids in this village.
Thank you, MrBeast. No problem, man. Thank you, MrBeast! Thank you, MrBeast!
After all of these houses we built in Colombia, we still had one home left to give away. And finally, house 100. Take your blindfolds off and look at your new home.
Thank you! Congrats. Congrats. Thank you very much. Go check it out.
Shout out to all our partners that helped build these houses. And also shout out to you guys because obviously if you didn't watch these videos, we wouldn't have been able to build 100 houses. And if the channel continues to grow, I hope to do 1,000 in the future.
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