Listening to Tavitha Njeri Kibiru quietly describe what she went through following the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya was chilling. In one day, Tavitha’s life went from being a wife and mother of six to that of a hunted person and refugee.
From 2017 to 2021, Habitat for Humanity led a consortium of 14 partners from seven European countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom) to engage young people and Europeans citizens in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The high school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, usually volunteers with Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village program. With the COVID-19 pandemic going on, there was no way they could travel to the build site. Many students know how important a decent home to protect against diseases. They decided to raise and donate funds to Habitat for home construction. In these difficult times, the school collected 16,000 USD to support Habitat programs in Lebanon and India.
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.
Young Poles who have aged out of the foster care find their home in seven newly renovated studios. Michal says he has never felt more grounded and is finishing his studies in history.
Julia is a survivor. She is HIV positive and has lost her husband and a son. But, against the odds, she has re-built her life with the support of Habitat for Humanity.
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Little did Stephen know that when he signed up for the Habitat financial literacy course in 2009 that he and his family’s lives would change so dramatically.
Housing microfinance “is all about being small scale, affordable and lending responsibly. And it is working,” writes Habitat’s Kevin Chetty for the online site Place.