Little did Stephen know that when he signed up for the Habitat financial literacy course in 2009 that he and his family’s lives would change so dramatically.
Julia is a survivor. She is HIV positive and has lost her husband and a son. But, against the odds, she has re-built her life with the support of Habitat for Humanity.
Jane is a mother of six, a farmer and a businesswoman. She attributes her ambition to financial literacy training she received from Habitat for Humanity Kenya.
Through Habitat’s Collegiate Challenge alternative break volunteer trips, young people ages 18-25 team up in groups of five or more for a week of building strength, stability and self-reliance alongside future Habitat homeowners.
Momajon and Karim were able to build their house at one go with the help of low-interest loans from a microfinance bank and construction planning from Habitat Tajikistan.
Evan and Kitte pay an affordable mortgage for their rehabbed Habitat home in East Palo Alto, where they have put in a dozen raised beds teeming with vegetables and flowers.
