Building homes – and bridges – with Habitat
Renad Al-Souqi says volunteering with Habitat gives her the opportunity to help more families achieve stability and independence.
Renad Al-Souqi says volunteering with Habitat gives her the opportunity to help more families achieve stability and independence.
Samantha is 13 years old and has lived in 13 different places. This last one, she says, is going to stick.
Mirosław, a potato farmer in a village in central Poland, and his wife, Agata, longed for their children to have space of their own. That goal drove them to build something new with Habitat Poland and Global Village volunteers.
When cleaning, remodeling or moving, you often run into household items you no longer use, but that are still in great condition. Whether it be items like the windows you just replaced or an old TV, you may wonder, “Should I donate this?”
Habitat doesn’t just build new houses; we also do repairs like help painting Jo and John’s house when money was tight for the couple. Now they volunteer for us.
After a military career as an aviation officer didn’t happen, Colton Shaheen has found another way to soar.
President and Mrs. Carter. Making a difference. The future. These are just a few of the answers that volunteers and future Habitat homeowners gave at the Carter Work Project when asked, “What inspires you to build with Habitat?”
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