The difference a home can make
Growing up, Tegegn was battling leprosy. The disease went away, but the stigma and discrimination remained.
Growing up, Tegegn was battling leprosy. The disease went away, but the stigma and discrimination remained.
As teachers, Joyness and her husband they struggle to make ends meet. Habitat helped the couple to build a home to rent out to increase their income.
After the death of her husband, local laws forced Bertha and her five children out of their home. Now, they consider their new Habitat home ‘a miracle’.
Robert decided to become the warmest man in town. And through Habitat’s microfinance program, he managed to do just that.
How can the practices to reduce energy poverty in Eastern Europe be applied to Sub-Saharan Africa?
Listening to Tavitha Njeri Kibiru quietly describe what she went through following the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya was chilling. In one day, Tavitha’s life went from being a wife and mother of six to that of a hunted person and refugee.
Armenia’s capital city, Yerevan, is a testimony to its Soviet past. By the looks of its sharply deteriorating housing stock, it is a place that needs a makeover.
The Kingdom of Lethoso is a dichotomy. Tourists are amazed by it breathtaking views of mountains and valleys. But 70% of the country’s population of 2 million, of which 300,000 are orphans, live in poverty.
The latest fact sheet by USAID presents statistics and evidence connected to women’s land rights and empowerment.
Job’s cheerful face and deep respect for people belie the hardships that he, his siblings, and mother had to endure. “Our future changed when my mum heard about Habitat for Humanity at a church meeting,” Job said.