Habitat doesn’t just build new houses; we also do repairs like help painting Jo and John’s house when money was tight for the couple. Now they volunteer for us.
Among the 500 attendees of May’s Latin American and Caribbean Housing Forum, in Monterrey, Mexico — co-organized by Habitat for Humanity — a family of seven stood out.
Habitat homeowner Helen Prysock recently paid off her mortgage early and burned the note in celebration. She reflects on what she calls the “blessing of homeownership.”
Habitat Ethiopia works with people like Tegegn Bogale Selegn, who are affected by leprosy, to improve their housing conditions and also to reintegrate them into the community.
