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Special Reports on Habitat’s Work in the Asia-Pacific Region

Carter Work Project Special: Six Months Later. Making an Impact. Changing Lives
Half a year has passed since the 2009 Carter Work Project attracted thousands of volunteers to Habitat build sites across Southeast Asia and China. Read a special newsletter on what has happened to the families in those communities since then. [1](Published June 2010).

   

Emerging Stronger: Five Years After the Indian Ocean Tsunami
A comprehensive look at how Habitat for Humanity has helped some 23,500 families rebuild their lives in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The work continues. (Published January 2010) Read report [2]

   

Building Homes, Changing Lives
KOICA, South Korea’s leading government aid agency, joined with Habitat for Humanity Vietnam to build or renovate homes and improve water and sanitation services for more than 2,000 households in southern Vietnam. (Published 2009) Read the English version. [3]

   

Poverty Housing in the Developing Nations of the Pacific Islands
How and why so many people in the developing nations of the Pacific live in poverty housing conditions - and what can be done to improve matters (Published April 2009) Read report(pdf) [4]

   

Bangladesh Cyclone: Rebuilding After Cyclone Sidr
Cyclone Sidr brought misery to struggling families in one of the poorest countries of the world. Find out how Habitat for Humanity transformed lives through its transitional shelter strategy. (Published February 2009). Read report(pdf) [5]

   

Pakistan Earthquake: Challenges and Innovations After the 2005 Earthquake
See how transitional shelters were erected, then dismantled and rebuilt into permanent homes; with the help of mobile saw mills and Korean volunteers in a remote corner of Pakistan. (August February 2008) Read report(pdf) [6]

   

A Right to a Decent Home: mapping Poverty Housing in the Asia-Pacific region
A major review of the issues that keep millions of people living in slums and substandard housing and a look at a range of solutions (Published January 2007) Read report [7]


Source URL: http://www.habitat.org/asiapacific/know_more/special_reports.aspx

Links:
[1] http://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/ap_Six_Months_Later.pdf
[2] http://www.habitat.org/asiapacific/Know_more/five_years_after_the_asiatsunami.aspx
[3] http://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/ap_2009_KOICA_Project_Booklet_Vietnam_Eng_1.pdf
[4] http://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/ap_HFHAP_Pacific_Report.pdf
[5] http://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/ap_HFH_Bangladesh_Cyclone.pdf
[6] http://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/ap_Pakistan_Earthquake.pdf
[7] http://www.habitat.org/asiapacific/Know_more/poverty_housing_in_asia_pacific_report.aspx