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Habitat’s milestone houses -- Habitat for Humanity Int'l 1
Habitat’s milestone houses
Much to celebrate
Since its founding in 1976, Habitat for Humanity International has built and rehabilitated more than 300,000 houses with families in need, providing shelter for more than 1 million people in over 90 countries.
More to build
According to the United Nations, about 1.6 billion people live in substandard housing, and 100 million are homeless. Thanks to volunteers and generous donations; however, a new Habitat house is completed somewhere in the world every 21 minutes, and that puts Habitat closer to its mission of eliminating poverty housing and homelessness.
Take a tour of Habitat’s milestone houses
100,000th House
New York City, New York, U.S.A., 2000
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100,001st House
Plains, Georgia, U.S.A., 2000
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150,000th House
Cluj, Romania, 2003
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200,000th and 200,001st Houses
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A. and Kanyakumari, India, 2005
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300,000th and 300,001st Houses
Naples, Florida, U.S.A. and Zacapa, Guatemala, 2008
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Learn more
Much to Celebrate; More to Build: Putting the Milestone Houses in Perspective.
Source
Miloon Kothari , UN Press Briefing by Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, November, 2005. http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2005/kotharibrf050511.doc.htm
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