Habitat for Humanity’s Asia-Pacific newsroom covers press releases on our partnerships with donors and supporters. Read more about what we have achieved together.
Latest report from Habitat for Humanity finds 3 in 4 people are cutting back on essentials to afford housing. Concern about extreme weather is highest in Asia-Pacific, and in Nepal, 35% have put off home improvements that would reduce the effects of extreme weather, because of housing costs.
The campaign drives awareness of global housing need, particularly urgent in the Asia-Pacific region where access to adequate housing provides safety, stability, basic services and increasing resilience.
Improving housing at a large scale in slums and other informal settlements can have substantial economic and human development gains, according to a first-of-its kind report released by Habitat for Humanity and its research partner, the International Institute for Environment and Development, or IIED.
Habitat for Humanity welcomes 136 international volunteers to several locations in the Asia-Pacific region, where they worked alongside community members and local families building their own decent, affordable houses.
Ten Southeast Asian startups pitched their housing solutions following seven months of support and mentorship by leaders in the technology and impact investment sectors.
Thousands of low-income families in India to benefit from sustainable sewage treatment technology given a boost by funding of 19 million rupees (US$250,000).
Habitat’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter invites startups in Southeast Asia and South America’s Andean region to meet global housing challenges.
