Direct impact on people's lives
Joe Cross, a husband and father of two kids, is one of the most dedicated expat volunteers in Hungary. He tells us why volunteering motivates him.
Joe Cross, a husband and father of two kids, is one of the most dedicated expat volunteers in Hungary. He tells us why volunteering motivates him.
Habitat collaborates with partner microfinance institutions and helps them develop housing loans, provides trainings to homeowners on managing their loans, and offers construction assistance.
Volunteering has a unique power to build team spirit, create shared memories, and fill people with a real sense of accomplishment. It pulls us away from screens and routines and places us into something deeply human, working side by side, learning from one another, and becoming a community.
This same power has been visible across Romania over the past three years. From 2023 to 2025, Habitat for Humanity Romania organized six Hope Builds, bringing people together from Romania and beyond. These volunteer construction events unite teams, strangers, colleagues, and friends to build homes for families facing difficult socioeconomic and family situations.
Cairo will host Habitat for Humanity’s first edition of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Housing Forum, November 21-23, 2022. The three-day event will convene housing contributors and stakeholders from the public and private sectors, advocates, academics, researchers, microfinance experts and representatives from local and international NGOS from the MENA region.
We call for gender parity and commit to put young schoolgirls and women at the heart of our water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives. Without proper sanitation facilities, they tend to miss school or dropout from classes.
Residents across Central and Eastern Europe insulate their homes, cut individual energy bills and improve their building’s grim exterior through the REELIH project funded by the USAID.
Dozens of corporate professionals from all around the world. Different backgrounds. Different experiences. But united for the same cause. To help build houses with families that deserve a new beginning.
Meho, Ahmet, and Milenko realized the state was never going to sort out the problems with their condominium. So the three decided to take on this task.