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three women in the kitchen

Closing the housing gender gap and building hope one microloan at a time

Enida, 30, was born just before the outbreak of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She grew up in a one-room household on a hilltop of Baščaršija, one of the oldest neighborhoods of Sarajevo, with her brother and parents. For 23 years, the family occupied a 25 square meter space with one window and no dedicated bathroom nor kitchen.

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Affordable housing in developing countries

Housing is one of the basic human needs: the World Health Organization defined it as a “residential environment which includes, in addition to the physical structure that man uses for shelter, all necessary services, facilities, equipment and devices needed or desired for the physical and mental health and social well-being of the family”.

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children fleeing war in Ukraine

Daddy, what is war?

“My son often asks: daddy, what is war? But how do you explain to a child what war is and why it started? Neither do I understand why this had to happen. What I do know, is that I didn’t want my family to experience any more of it. So we left.”

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Habitat and WASH

Access to safe and reliable water, sanitation and hygiene — called WASH — is an integral component of adequate housing. By connecting communities with our solutions, we help advance health outcomes, environmental conservation, women’s empowerment, economic growth and education.

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Global summit gathers top sheltertech startups and scaleups, with eyes to transform the affordable housing sector

February 24, 2023

Sheltertech startups and scaleups were the talk of the town today at the ShelterTech Global Summit, taking place for the first time in Johannesburg, South Africa. As the culmination of the sub-Saharan Africa accelerator program by global non- profit organization Habitat for Humanity, the event saw a resounding call to action for the advancement of sheltertech innovations to address the growing demand for affordable and sustainable housing products and services.

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