Touchstone’s Support In Cambodia Thanks to support from Touchstone, Habitat Cambodia recently completed a three-year project called Chapadeum Chivet Thmey (“New Start, New Life”) which built 17 new houses, upgraded 21 houses, built 10 latrines, trained 38 family representatives in financial literacy and livelihood skills, and provided 17 families with micro-finance livelihood start-up support. In… Read more »
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Leading The Movement For Community Led Investment
 Our philanthropy blog this month comes from Géraud de Ville de Goyet, CEO, of Barking & Dagenham Giving, who shares how a philanthropic cold spot in East London is leading the movement for community led investment in the UK.  Barking and Dagenham residents pioneer social investment decision-making for their community Barking and Dagenham… Read more »
Read moreRedefining Housing for Forcibly Displaced Families in Malawi
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 »
Read moreGrowing Home Together
One of the families who have been helped thanks to the generosity of people like you is Tat and Khon, who were supported with a new home through Habitat for Humanity Cambodia after a lifetime of poor housing. Tat lost part of one leg when he stepped on a landmine during the civil war period.… Read more »
Read moreReStore Warsaw Supports Refugees from Ukraine
Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Warsaw, Poland has been working tirelessly to support refugees that have arrived into the country by providing essential items that will help make refugees from Ukraine feel more at home in their new mid to long-term accommodations. Maciej Kosiorek, Senior Manager at ReStore Warsaw. Maciej is coordinating and organising items… Read more »
Read moreLegalising Roma Homes in Prilep, Macedonia
Thousands of Roma living in slums on the outskirts of Prilep, Macedonia’s fourth largest city, are using our micro-loans to legalise their situation. With the help from a local partner NGO they can finally become legal residents and gain access to needed services (water, electricity, schools) and home improvements. On the edges of Prilep, there’s a large Roma community… Read more »
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