When most people think about Africa’s cities they name capitals — Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Lilongwe, Kigali and Abuja. There’s good reason. Projections show Africa will have the world’s fastest growing cities over the next 30 years.
Sitting here in Quito at Habitat III it is hard not to be amazed—amazed at the work that is being done and the staggering size of need that still needs to be addressed. Habitat III is about commitments and action.
Africa will have some of the fastest growing cities in the world over the next 50 years. Unless something is done, and done soon, millions more will flood into unplanned cities and live in already overcrowded informal settlements and slums.
Habitat for Humanity Hungary joins the partner Symbiosis Foundation to dedicate a home for youth living with autism and disabilities in Miskolc.
2,455 families to benefit from the house building component of a Euro 14 million grant
Architecture students develop project proposals for urbanization of buildings and public spaces in a Skopje neighborhood
In partnership with the University of Warsaw and the University of Silesia, Habitat for Humanity Poland carried out research to examine feasibility of a social rental model and pilot test it.
Partnership between Habitat Kenya and Samsung South Korea builds a new secondary school in rural Kenya.