Cut out for a better future
Habib is among more than 440 families in the Tegal Sari community who have worked with Habitat Indonesia to build safe, affordable homes.
Habib is among more than 440 families in the Tegal Sari community who have worked with Habitat Indonesia to build safe, affordable homes.
With a more spacious, stable home, Abdul doesn’t have to worry that his son will be affected by fumes from his silkscreen printing projects.
Lusiati, 72, volunteers at a center helping the elderly and young mothers in Tegal Sari, a slum community.
Other than for convenience, Warti, 70, asks her massage clients to come to her home in Gresik for another reason. “It used to be an ugly house. Now, it’s beautiful — the best house!”
The husband-and-wife team of Ilyas and Fatima runs SD Mustajabah, an Islamic school in the Tegal Sari community.
Jumali (right) is proud that her family is now living in a healthier home on land that they own.
Top golfers champion Habitat’s work to help families build or improve a place they can call home.
Living in a Habitat home has improved the health of Jung-bae from South Korea and given him precious memories.
The need for people-centric, inclusive, multi stakeholder partnerships was the resonating message at the close of the 6th Asia-Pacific Housing Forum on September 7, 2017.
It is not a lack of land, but a lack of consensus, says Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam at the opening of the Asia-Pacific Housing Forum.