This year, Habitat for Humanity marks an extraordinary milestone: 50 years of building strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter. Since 1976, Habitat has worked alongside families and communities across the world, helping more than 65 million people build or improve the place they call home. It is a powerful testament to what is possible when… Read more »
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Opening the door to opportunity
In rural Siem Reap, Cambodia, Pai Tun and his wife, Nhoung Oeuy, know what it means to live behind a door that never truly opened. Both wheelchair users, the couple faced daily challenges in a home that was never designed for their needs. Narrow doorways made it difficult to move from room to room. There… Read more »
Read moreRebuilding After Fire in Dhaka: Sahana’s Story
Donate Now When disaster struck her neighbourhood in Dhaka, Sahana didn’t run away…she ran towards the danger to help her community. As a mother, neighbour and community leader, she’s working to rebuild not just homes, but hope. Fire came to the narrow streets of Duaripara, a slum area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with thick smoke… Read more »
Read moreServing Poor Communities in Bago and Yangon
Projects in Myanmar Our work in Myanmar is currently primarily focused on people living in vulnerable communities within rural Bago and urban Yangon. Since the military takeover in February 2021, more families than ever in Myanmar have been plunged into extreme poverty. Through a combination of humanitarian and development approaches, our work in Myanmar is supporting… Read more »
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