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Generous Support in Difficult Times
The high school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, usually volunteers with Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village program. With the COVID-19 pandemic going on, there was no way they could travel to the build site. Many students know how important a decent home to protect against diseases. They decided to raise and donate funds to Habitat for home construction. In these difficult times, the school collected 16,000 USD to support Habitat programs in Lebanon and India.
Housing microfinance improves quality of life, a new study shows
Mikrokreditna Fondacija SUNRISE, a microfinance institution in Bosnia and Herzegovina, partnered with Habitat For Humanity’s Terwilliger Center and MicroBuild Fund to analyze their housing loan portfolio.
Rebuilding Beirut: Supporting the most vulnerable
A devastating blast ripped through the Port of Beirut on Aug. 4, 2020 destroying entire sections of the city. Officials estimate that more than 170,000 people live in homes that need to be reconstructed. A year later, investigation findings have not been disclosed and no one has been held accountable.
women and their fight for shelter
Our photo exhibition It All Starts at Home: Women and their Fight for Shelter has been shortlisted for the Digital Communications Awards in Europe in the category NGO Campaign of the Year.
Habitat highlights adequate housing urgency at the 11th World Urban Forum
At the end of June, Habitat for Humanity International participated in the 11th World Urban Forum (WUF), the UN’s leading global conference on sustainable urbanization. It was the first time that the WUF took place in Eastern Europe, more precisely in Katowice in the South of Poland.
Tanzania Mortgage Refinance Company to Enter Housing Microfinance Market Through New Partnership with Habitat for Humanity International
Tanzania Mortgage Refinance Company (TMRC) signed a memorandum of understanding with Habitat for Humanity International today, a first step in the organizations’ joint-effort to expand strengthen the low-income housing finance sector in Tanzania.
Advancing women entrepreneurship and land rights in Zambia through the new Etex and Habitat for Humanity partnership
Etex, a global building material manufacturer and Habitat for Humanity announce a new partnership which aims to raise awareness and educate 150 women in Kabwe, Zambia in land rights and security of tenure.