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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.

Habitat for Humanity surveys homes amid destruction left by deadly earthquake in Haiti

August 17, 2021

“Our teams have started surveying neighborhoods in the affected areas to help assess damage to homes, in coordination with the government and other humanitarian agencies,”. Jean Frenel Tham, national director of Habitat for Humanity Haiti

More than two million individuals impacted by Habitat for Humanity in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2019

April 07, 2020

From July 2018, to June 2019, with our work in Latin America and the Caribbean, we managed to impact the lives of 2,008,060 individuals along with the 37,046 volunteers, who donated their time and effort to build homes hand by hand with the allied families of our organization. We invite you to read the 2019 Latin America and the Caribbean Annual Report, which contains stories of the work that we do with families throughout the region, who, in alliance with us, worked to empower themselves with a decent and affordable home that changed their lives.

Mister Hilario, just like many other people in Peru, use his house as a place to work and also shares it with the family of his children

The report allows to know that families build their houses in a seven-stage process

January 21, 2019

Mister Hilario, just like many other people in Peru, use his house as a place to work and also shares it with the family of his children. Only in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho, in Lima, Peru, more than 95 thousand families live in a similar situation. This fact derives from the study performed by the Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter from Habitat.