What does the future hold for this young boy in Tanzania?

Since the charity was founded in 1976, Habitat for Humanity has built over 300,000 homes for people in need all over the world. We estimate that we have helped in excess of one and a half million people out of appalling poverty and into safe, decent homes.

A safe, decent home is a foundation on which a life of security, hope and opportunity can be built.

It is a sad fact that over a third of the world's population will wake up tomorrow in appalling poverty. Far from secure, life for these people holds very little in the way of hope and opportunity.

A gift in your will to Habitat for Humanity can give a family the chance to build their own safe, decent home. Your legacy will not only have an immediate impact on the lives of people living in appalling conditions today – it will last for generations.

Here are some examples of how your legacy can help people living in poverty:

£524 will build a basic home for a widow and her family in Tanzania through Habitat for Humanity's Nyumba Ni Mama programme.

£1,280 will build an earthquake-resistant home in Guatemala where many of the country's poorest people can afford land only in areas prone to tremors.

£2,687 will build a safe home for a Roma family in Slovakia – a people marginalised by their own country, denied many land rights and forced to live in squalid squatter camps.

£4,525 will build a home for a family in Kyrgyzstan where ordinary people are still living in abject poverty after the collapse of Communist Russia.

For more information on leaving a gift to Habitat for Humanity in your will or becoming a HopeBuilder by leaving a legacy gift, please call 01295 264240 or email enquiries@habitatforhumanity.org.uk .