Traditionally victims of displacement take years to get a secure home of their own. A partnership between Nostos Homes and Habitat for Humanity in Malawi is challenging this status quo by building a community of modular homes in less than a week. The homes have brought hope and laughter back to Phalombe, Malawi, an area… Read more »
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Home Equals
What is Home Equals? Home Equals is a five-year global advocacy campaign dedicated to achieving policy change, at all levels, to ensure that people living in informal settlements have equitable access to adequate housing. Together, with partners, governments and communities, we can create lasting change so that people living in informal settlements have safe and secure homes. Currently, the… Read more »
Read moreHelping Residents Rebuild After Tropical Cyclone Freddy
Saranapala’s New Home
Saranapala’s Story Saranapala, has been visually impaired since birth; however this has never stopped him from striving to build a better life for himself and his family. Saranapala and his wife Indrani live in Nayanalokagama, Sri Lanka with their son, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren aged 14, 12, and 6. “I was depressed for many years,… Read more »
Read moreWorld Environment Day 2023
The 5th June 2023 marks the 50th annual World Environment Day. Since it was established by the United Nations Environment Programme, every year has marked growing awareness of the critical need to take action to protect our environment, along with increasingly complex problems, and most devastatingly, more and more tangible evidence of the impact environmental… Read more »
Read moreWe Lived Under Cardboard
Meet 8-Year-Old Carmelita Carmelita lives in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Until a few months ago, her biggest fear was rain. When her family arrived in Tamaulipas, they obtained a piece of land. It had no electricity, no water, and not home built upon it. The family quickly set about building a shelter for… Read more »
Read moreChanging Lives in Dominican Republic
How We Help In the Dominican Republic the housing shortage is growing annually by an average of 50,000 to 60,000 homes. This means that tens of thousands of people are living homeless or in makeshift housing that is unsafe and does not meet basic requirements for inhabitants. The occurrence of hurricanes and other natural disasters… Read more »
Read morePhilanthropy and Business
Philanthropic giving is most often associated with individual gifts, but it is much broader than that, with different mechanisms for giving, including donations from corporate Foundations. Here, Zara Idris, ESG & Foundation Manager, shares more about the work of the Lords Group Foundation. Lords Group Foundation was established by Lords Group Trading in 2021, building… Read more »
Read moreTwistBlocks in Kibera
Life In Kibera Located in southwest Nairobi, Kibera is one of the world’s largest informal settlements. Most of Kibera’s roughly 250,000 residents live in densely packed homes constructed from mud and sheet metal. The majority of houses are built on unstable ground and lack adequate access to clean water and sanitation services. Many families do not… Read more »
Read moreTippy Taps in Fiji
What is a Tippy Tap? Tippy Taps are an inexpensive and simple devices that people can use to wash their hands. It works by placing one foot on a pedal or lever which in turn tips water from a container. The water that is dispensed can then be used by people to wash their hands… Read more »
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