Wardi walking in an informal settlement community in north Jakarta, Indonesia

Concrete steps

Habitat for Humanity's global advocacy campaign Home Equals seeks policy changes at all levels to increase access to adequate housing in informal settlements.

Screenshot of video marking Habitat's 40th anniversary in AP

Marking 40 years in Asia-Pacific

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Japanese volunteers with future homeowners on a build in Cambodia

Creating a positive impact

Youth supporters of Habitat Young Leaders Build share what motivates them to take meaningful action.

Sreang and his wife Vanna at home in Battambang, Cambodia

Lifetime achievement

It took 10 years but Sreang helped ensure that his family and other residents of an informal settlement in Cambodia’s Battambang city could access secure tenure.

Mohan (third from left) and family at their house in Dhangadhi, Nepal

Journey to homeownership

“No one should be deprived of a home,” says Mohan, a former informal worker who is now a teacher and an advocate.

Jodu (right) with his wife Sita (left) and daughter Tenisha at their Nepal home

A Nepali family thrives

Jodu shares why building a home with Habitat has made all the difference.

Nurhayati at her home in Indonesia's West Java province

Empowering women through housing finance

A report “Her Home II” outlines challenges and provides recommendations for women accessing housing finance in Ghana, Senegal and Indonesia.

Sani and her husband Ace finished building their house in West Java, Indonesia, with housing microfinance loans under a Habitat-KOMIDA partnership

We did it!

With access to housing microfinance, Sani and Ace finally built their home. Learn how Habitat’s partnership with Indonesian microfinance institution KOMIDA changes lives.

Celebrating women's achievements

Marking the International Women’s Day in 2022, we share stories of women’s efforts to create a better and more sustainable future.

Thushanthini outside her home built with compressed stabilized earth blocks in Sri Lanka

New chapter in life

Through the EU-funded “Homes not Houses” project completed in June 2021, Sri Lankan families are building better lives.

Kitchy Dy (far left) with other volunteers in the Bistekville 4 community in Quezon City, Philippines

Small acts, big impact

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, youth supporters are finding tangible ways of supporting the cause of safe, affordable housing.

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Habitat vice president for Asia-Pacific Elizabeth "Liz" Satow

Habitat for Humanity appoints Elizabeth Satow as Area Vice President for Asia and the Pacific

September 03, 2024

She will play a pivotal role in leading Habitat’s strategic initiatives and fostering collaboration and growth within and outside the region.

Asia-Pacific youth and Habitat for Humanity join hands to implement solutions for decent housing

April 26, 2024

“I felt a sense of achievement, working with other volunteers,” said Glenna, a student who has repeatedly volunteered with her schoolmates to help the elderly declutter and clean their home in Singapore.

Winners and finalists of Asia-Pacific Housing Forum's Innovation Awards

Meet #APHF9 Innovation Awards winners

October 27, 2023

Outstanding initiatives, programs and solutions that made a difference in improving housing in communities were recognized at the close of the ninth Asia-Pacific Housing Forum.

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