Habitat for Humanity is all about people. People in hard hats, people who live in affordable houses, people who spend their hours and days working together because they share a vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
“My time in AmeriCorps has really reinforced that helping people is what I want to be doing.”
For more than three decades, decent housing has made a difference for Habitat families worldwide. The sky truly is the limit when a family lives under a roof they helped raise.
As part of its advocacy efforts, Habitat Brazil took part in our global advocacy campaign Solid Ground to strengthen the housing rights of millions of Brazilian families like Carmen’s.
Among the Carter Work Project 2024 volunteers were current Twin Cities Habitat homeowners, who understand firsthand the challenges of unstable housing. This year, they’re excited to continue to give back and help their future neighbors build homes, community and hope in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Katie Caro, Learn and Build Experience alumna and Emerson College theater studies major, shares her life-changing experiences as a teen volunteer with Habitat for Humanity.
Ask Habitat volunteers here about their motivation for volunteering, and you will frequently get as many answers as there are — well — volunteers.
Sarah Bond-Yancey, volunteer and staffer, shares the incredible life-changing results of her involvement with Habitat for Humanity.
James lived through the bad times in the Memphis neighborhood of Uptown, and his hope for better times became a reality when the 2016 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project set to work with his neighborhood.
For these two volunteers, volunteering at a Habitat ReStore means sharing their love of crafting.
