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Learn how to pack like a pro from our seasoned Global Village trip leaders, and get the most out of your volunteer abroad experience.

Read several stories from Habitat’s volunteers, staff and homeowners about why they build with us.

Dr. Megan Sandel on the significant effect that housing has on children’s health and development

Guide: Learn how to refurbish an old dresser from Habitat ReStore in bold pink with a custom accessory tray.

Affordable housing advocate and Habitat homeowner Juanita Jensen shares how homeownership changed her family’s life and what we must do to ensure that families have stable, affordable places to call home.

On his first day as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento, sometime in the mid-1980s, Cliff Popejoy, an air quality scientist, decided to give the electricians a hand. Although seemingly simple at the time, that decision would go on to change the trajectory of Cliff’s life in ways he couldn’t have imagined. 

It had been a year since Ernie, an outgoing 87-year-old U.S. Army veteran, had been outside on his own. After months of this kind of physical isolation, and months of encouragement from his social worker, Ernie applied for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell’s Critical Home Repair Program.

These kids are helping Habitat build before they’re old enough to be on a construction site.