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Participa en nuestro certamen de artes visuales por el agua

Participate in our visual arts contest for water

July 27, 2022

Habitat for Humanity International convenes visual artists from Latin America and the Caribbean to the Visual Arts Contest for the Regional Day of Action: Youth and Women’s Narratives for Action - For Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean. For this contest, people over 15 years are invited to present an artwork with the theme: The lack of access to water and sanitation suffered by young people and women in Latin America and the Caribbean as a cause of inequality in urban and peri-urban areas.

Iniciativa busca sustituir 100 mil pisos de tierra por pisos de concreto en América Latina y el Caribe

100,000 floors to play on

April 28, 2022

Habitat for Humanity and the Inter-American Cement Federation (FICEM) have launched the initiative “100,000 floors to play on,” with the objective of replacing 100,000 dirt floors with concrete among Latin America and the Caribbean’s most vulnerable populations by 2028. Depending on the needs of each household, the project will also offer solutions such as access to water and improved stoves, in order to build a healthy and dignified environment for families’ sustainable and inclusive development.

Annual Report FY2021

April 27, 2022

Resilience. This word defined Habitat for Humanity in 2021. During this year, as an organization, we had to be more resilient than ever. Understanding that the pandemic was going to stay longer than projected and, therefore, we had to adjust.

Déficit cualitativo de vivienda en El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras supera los 3,9 millones de casas

Qualitative housing deficit in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras exceeds 3.9 million houses

February 11, 2022

Homes built with poor quality or scrap materials; dirt floors; mainly lacking potable water, toilets, or showers; and situated on land that isn’t theirs—these are the characteristics of more than 3.9 million Central American households in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Habitat for Humanity advocates for inclusive, resilient housing at COP26 climate change conference

November 02, 2021

Habitat for Humanity International is calling on delegates at the world’s premiere climate change conference to ensure efforts to reduce carbon emissions don’t raise the cost of housing while also helping the most vulnerable families adapt their homes to withstand rising seas, extreme temperatures and increasingly intense weather events.

Habitat for Humanity International and UN-Habitat renew partnership to address need for affordable housing around the world

October 21, 2021

As the world strives to recover from the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, calls to make safe and affordable housing a priority in local and national social and economic recovery efforts are growing. Understanding the critical role home plays in the lives of families around the world, Habitat for Humanity International and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme recently renewed their long-standing partnership to collaborate and promote the global need for affordable housing.

Habitat for Humanity report: Construction is vast source of jobs in emerging markets

October 05, 2021

The construction industry — led by homebuilding — is a large, often-overlooked source of jobs in emerging market economies, according to a report released by Habitat for Humanity to mark World Habitat Day.

Habitat for Humanity begins emergency kit distributions, readies recovery plan

August 25, 2021

Habitat for Humanity has started emergency kit distributions in communities hit hardest by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti’s southwest peninsula while also mapping out a strategy to help families rebuild in the region.

Habitat homes in Haiti earthquake zone proved to be resilient and safe

August 25, 2021

While Habitat has yet to complete detailed assessments of more than 1,800 homes we built or improved in partnership with families here after Hurricane Mathew’s devastation in 2016, early assessments indicate that roughly 98% of them are safe after the earthquake, free of any significant damage.

Habitat Haiti staff continues working in the earthquake zone despite adversities

August 25, 2021

Habitat Haiti staff members in the region have been deeply impacted by the earthquake themselves. Jean, a Habitat field engineer stationed in Les Cayes, has had a fear of earthquakes since surviving the 2010 one that killed roughly 250,000 people in and around Port-au-Prince.

Habitat for Humanity prepares a disaster response strategy in Haiti

August 25, 2021

Habitat for Humanity is preparing a disaster response in Haiti, which will be a long-term strategy, using the approach of Pathways to Permanence as well as the strong relationships with local communities, the government and international partners that the organization have.

Oxelia still has a safe place to call home in Haiti

August 25, 2021

Like many residents of Haiti’s southwestern peninsula, Oxelia was at home on August 14, 2021, when the 7.2 earthquake hit. “We screamed and ran outside into the street,” says Oxelia, who lives in the small town of Corail, in the department of Grand’Anse.