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“I felt a sense of achievement, working with other volunteers,” said Glenna, a student who has repeatedly volunteered with her schoolmates to help the elderly declutter and clean their home in Singapore.
Improving housing at a large scale in slums and other informal settlements can have substantial economic and human development gains, according to a first-of-its kind report released by Habitat for Humanity and its research partner, the International Institute for Environment and Development, or IIED.
Habitat for Humanity welcomes 136 international volunteers to several locations in the Asia-Pacific region, where they worked alongside community members and local families building their own decent, affordable houses.
The investment marks the fifth anniversary of Habitat’s Shelter Venture Fund, which has already disbursed US$3 million in equity to 11 housing innovations.
Key findings from the newly published Asia-Pacific Forum report will be brought to the global conversations on housing and shelter amid the impacts of climate change, and COVID-19 during the 11th World Urban Forum on June 26-30, 2022, at Katowice, Poland.
At the Seventh Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction convened by the United Nations Office for DRR, Habitat for Humanity Indonesia’s National Director Susanto Samsudin delivered the following statement on Habitat’s commitment to achieve the goals of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and other critical global agendas, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda.
Housing ecosystem stakeholders from across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond gather to address the urgent need for inclusive, climate-resilient housing.
