The need for affordable, social housing Since 1976, we have helped 13 million individuals and families achieve strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter. We want as many people as possible to have access to safe, decent housing, which is why we have carefully developed a system of qualification and maintenance for those applying for, or in… Read more »
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Fuelling Ambitions: Improving Lives with Micro-Credit in Uganda
Why we volunteer in Romania: Addleshaw Goddard
Last summer, we chatted with Richard Yeomans, one of Addleshaw Goddard’s senior partners. He shared some great insight into the importance of corporate volunteering to the law firm’s values and their new trainees – who head out to Romania every year. Every summer for the past 10 years, top law firm Addleshaw Goddard have been… Read more »
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Volunteers build 29 homes in 10 days CALA Homes Big Build
In November 2017, volunteers from CALA Homes arrived in Cambodia to take part in the annual ‘Big Build’ project. During these 10 days, hundreds of Habitat for Humanity volunteers from around the globe joined forces to build 29 houses. In Cambodia, over ¼ of the population lives in poverty, and the housing situation is made… Read more »
Read moreOur Most Popular Facebook Posts of 2017
At the start of every year, we like to look back at our social media posts from last 12 months to see what worked, what didn’t work, and what lessons we can learn from them. We’re particularly proud of our Facebook following, which grew from 2,784 to 7,362 throughout the year! As we started to… Read more »
Read moreSocial Housing in Romania
Following the fall of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe, states once socialist underwent widespread privatisation, and homes were handed from the state to the people. In Romania, property was bought well below the market price. The number of homes in private ownership jumped from 67% in 1990, to 98% today. This may sound all… Read more »
Read moreToilet Shortage in the Slums of Addis Ababa
For us, sharing a toilet with hundreds of people is a far cry from reality. But in Addis Ababa, where more than 80% of the city’s 2.74 million residents live in slum areas, this is normality. In these areas, large communities share make-shift kitchens and toilets, which are extremely unhygienic and dangerous to be around.… Read more »
Read moreSupporting Vulnerable Children in Kenya
After contentious elections in 2007, parts of Kenya erupted in social violence. Riots flooded the streets and thousands were driven out of their villages, their homes looted and burned. There were roughly 335 families who managed to escape this terror. They fled their old lives and set up temporary bases in tattered tents near Maai… Read more »
Read moreRohingya Crisis: The Mass Fleeing from Myanmar
What happened in Myanmar? In August 2017, violent outbreaks in the Rakhine State in Myanmar forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people out of their homes. The displaced men, women and children have risked their lives crossing land and sea to reach the Bangladesh border, only to be welcomed by more threats and insecurity. The… Read more »
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