The team of volunteers from Miller Homes are now back from their volunteer trip in Malawi, full of stories, emotions and memories. This trip also marked a great achievement as not only did they manage to build the three homes that they had initially planned to, they also completed a fourth home. This is the first time… Read more »
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Corporate Volunteering in Malawi: What to Expect
In September, a team of 17 employees from Miller Homes will be joining a corporate volunteer trip to Malawi with us for a week – in order to help build homes for orphans and vulnerable children in the district of Salima. During this time, the volunteers will meet the families they are helping and encounter an entirely new… Read more »
Read moreHousing Homeless Children and Families in Malawi
One day in 2008, Bertha Likeke woke up thinking it was going to be just another day in Malawi in southern Africa for her husband and their five children. By the end of the day, her life had changed dramatically. Her husband died suddenly. And, because of local customs, Bertha and her five children were left… Read more »
Read moreBuilding Toilets & Clean Water Kiosks in Malawi
In Kauma Village, Malawi, a settlement of 33,000 people on the outskirts of the capital of Lilongwe, we have put in place a series of health and sanitation initiatives to improve lives of the locals. Malawi is one of the fastest urbanising nations in the world. High unemployment and poverty lead people to leave rural… Read more »
Read moreThe Red Roofs of Mfuleni
Paul Williams and his family have supported Habitat for Humanity for many years and in many ways. He was even kind enough, when we interrupted his holiday in the Arctic Circle, to answer a few questions about one particular South African township, Mfuleni, where he has seen Habitat make a huge difference. How did you… Read more »
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