From 2015 when the Gorkha Earthquake first hit, to 2018, over 45,829 families were helped by the projects put in place by Habitat for Humanity. This immediate disaster response relieved many, by distributing shelter kits and permanent housing equipped with safe water and access to sanitation facilities to the families in the region. Disaster relief:… Read more »
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Supporting Working Women in Nepal: Weaving Bamboo
The Story of Weaving Bamboo This project aimed to empower and support working women and mothers in Nepal, all while providing eco-friendly and sustainable housing in the country. Many went on to establish their own small business afterwards or join one of the bamboo-related businesses set up in the process. The video below is a… Read more »
Read moreRebuilding Slums in Cambodia
Why we rebuild slums in Cambodia Battambang, Cambodia is home to a large informal settlement located in the Garden Area State Land, a piece of land ring-fenced by the local government to build a park. Most residents are refugees who fled from Cambodia to Thailand because of various reasons. Now, they are starting to return… Read more »
Read moreHousing and Shelter: Our Charity’s Work in Great Britain
Habitat for Humanity was set up by just two people 40 years ago, and the shelter and housing charity branch in Great Britain (our local affiliate) was established in 1995. Worldwide, 827 million people living in cities live in slums and over 100 million people are homeless. In the past 40 years, our international aid programmes have helped… Read more »
Read moreVisiting Palestinian Families: Our Impact in Lebanon’s Refugee Camps
Here are the stories of a few Palestinian families living in Lebanon’s refugee camps who have benefitted from the support of our local operation to renovate their homes. The camps we’ve worked on in this project were Shatila, Burj Hammoud and Beeka, most of the work involved extensive house repairs and renovations as well as… Read more »
Read moreCOVID-19: Our response in Nepal
To date, there have been 702,097 cases in Nepal, 9,922 of them being fatal. It is further reported that Nepal experiences roughly 2,000 new daily cases, with around 32,000 actively infected people in the country. Whilst these numbers may not compare to some other more critical hotspots, the short supply of vaccines, and the insufficient… Read more »
Read moreHurricane Matthew News Update: Aftermath in Haiti
Lost In thIn the past few days Hurricane Matthew went past Haiti, Jamaica & the Dominican Republic to push a historic and destructive storm surge to the coasts of northern Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. The UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) preliminary evaluations are ongoing, however, access to other areas remain difficult. Other NGOs… Read more »
Read moreHow We Help Refugees in Lebanon: Housing for the Crisis (Part 2)
We’ve been working in Lebanon since 2001 on a range of shelter issues from helping refugees deal with the housing crisis to providing vulnerable Lebanese families affected by disability or conflict with: Housing repairs Construction and upgrades Housing micro-finance Water and sanitation projects. This is an update on our current project to support the Syrian and… Read more »
Read moreImpact of the Refugee Crisis in Lebanon: Who Needs the Most Help? (Part 1)
Helping refugees in Lebanon is no small task. The refugee crisis has had a huge impact on the country and its population, which welcomes refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and more. Since 2011, the Syrian conflict has devastated communities across the country causing the displacement of 8 million Syrians. It has prompted the exodus of more than… Read more »
Read moreUpgrading Palestinian Refugees Camps in Lebanon (Slum Rehabilitation)
The main objective for this slum rehabilitation project has been to upgrade the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon to provide safe and healthy homes to poor and vulnerable families who have been living in camps for years, and often decades. An important focus of this project was put on families taking care of: Orphans Vulnerable children Women-headed households… Read more »
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