Access to safe and reliable water, sanitation and hygiene — called WASH — is an integral component of adequate housing. By connecting communities with our solutions, we help advance health outcomes, environmental conservation, women’s empowerment, economic growth and education.
Habitat has helped thousands of people obtain access to safe and reliable water and adequate sanitation, improving personal and home hygiene. Check out just a few of the successes we’ve celebrated through our WASH strategy in these case studies.
Through our comprehensive, community-led WASH strategies, Habitat has helped thousands of families improve their lives and livelihoods. See the impact of our work in just a few of the lives and communities we’ve touched.
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A holistic, community-driven approach to upgrading housing, WASH, livelihoods and disaster preparedness in informal settlements across Dhaka.
Co-creating safe, inclusive homes for the elderly and persons with disabilities in Cambodia.
Yes, most Habitat ReStores offer pickup of furniture donations, as well as other large items like appliances and building materials. Schedule a pickup today.
Habitat for Humanity teams are readying their response as Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall early Thursday in Florida, less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact on the U.S. Southeast.
Good news spreads fast in Thushanthini’s village of Navagirinagar, located in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province. So, of course, in February 2018, the talk of the town was her newly constructed Habitat home made from compressed stabilized earth blocks or CSEBs.