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Up to 10 young people or youth organizations in Asia-Pacific can each win US$4,000 to start, scale up, or replicate appropriate projects to improve housing conditions in their communities.
“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.
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.
