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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.

Samita rebuilt her house after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal

Opening the door to lasting solutions

Earthquake-affected Nepali families, who rebuilt their homes with Habitat, cite better health and educational prospects among positive changes.

Volunteers shoveling gravel during a May 2019 build in Nepal

Going beyond builds

Young volunteers share how they stay engaged amid a pandemic.

Mahadevi (right) and her daughter Praveena at the steps of their house in southern India

From surviving to thriving

Meet two families whose lives have been transformed through safe, secure housing more than a decade after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Homeowner Selvam (center) with her mother-in-law Vadivelu and her mother Anandamma at the door of her house in Sri Lanka

The home makers

Through the European Union-funded “Homes not Houses” project, conflict-affected Sri Lankan families are able to cope in a time of pandemic and look to the future

Thiyagalingam operates the machines at the EU project's block yard in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Every hand that makes a difference

The European Union-funded “Homes not Houses” project in Sri Lanka provides support for livelihoods beyond masonry.

Mango leaves tied to a door post in Sri Lanka signalled the auspicious start to construction.

Displaced during Sri Lanka’s 30-year civil war, the families who partnered with Habitat in the EU-funded “Homes not Houses” project are able to provide a secure, comfortable home for the future generation.

Ashish and his family outside their home in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Life-changing

Ashish has gained stability and social standing after two decades of living in a Habitat home in Bangladesh.