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World Habitat, in partnership with UN-Habitat, today announced that Habitat for Humanity’s MicroBuild Fund has received a 2023 Silver World Habitat Award.

A concrete floor in a house provides safety, comfort, health, and empowerment for the family that lives there. This was taught to us by María Natalia from Guatemala, who now has a concrete floor in her home instead of a dirt floor. She makes a living weaving traditional Guatemalan embroidery. Today, she carries out her economic activity from the comfort of her home. She does it without pain in her knees due to the stones and irregularity of the dirt floor, nor does she inhale dust, nor do her textiles get dirty.

Her story is part of Habitat for Humanity’s latest Annual Report 2022, which summarizes the results of the organization’s work, conducted in the fiscal year 2022, in more than 70 countries.

Un piso de concreto en una vivienda brinda una condición de seguridad, comodidad, salud y empoderamiento para la familia que la habita. Así nos lo enseñó María Natalia desde Guatemala, quien hoy tiene en su casa un piso de concreto en vez de uno de tierra. Ella se gana la vida realizando tejidos tradicionales guatemaltecos.

J.M. Huber Corporation, a global manufacturer of engineered materials that serves a broad range of industries, announced today it is renewing its partnership with Habitat for Humanity International.

Over the course of its partnership with Habitat, MaxLite has donated $13 million in energy-efficient lighting products and funding to help Habitat homeowners lower their home energy costs and make housing more affordable.

El 50% de la población en nuestra región vive en una casa que no es segura ni resiliente al cambio climático. En el #DíaMundialDelHábitat nos unimos a la ONU para crear conciencia, educar y movilizar a las personas.

Queremos que nunca se nos olvide que la vivienda es un derecho humano fundamental al que 1.800 millones de personas no tienen acceso. ¡Alzamos la voz para cerrar la brecha, no dejar a nadie, ni a ningún lugar atrás!