Habitat AmeriCorps profile: Faustina Ward Osborn
A common theme throughout Faustina Ward Osborn’s life has been her work to improve her community, in the U.S. and in her home country of Guyana.
A common theme throughout Faustina Ward Osborn’s life has been her work to improve her community, in the U.S. and in her home country of Guyana.
Becoming a Habitat for Humanity homeowner with an affordable mortgage empowered Ronessa to build financial independence and launch her own successful business.
“Every day I when wake up in this house and I sit in the back warming up my car or I sit in the front or I’m shoveling a sidewalk, I just look up at it and sometimes still can’t believe that I own this. This is mine!”
Since 2010, Habitat Jacksonville has repaired 125 houses in the New Town neighborhood as part of our holistic Neighborhood Revitalization approach.
To Mardee Tangian, home means everything. Since 2018, Mardee has volunteered with Habitat Philippines to bring that vision of a world where everyone — families like hers, their neighbors and residents everywhere — can benefit from the stable foundation that solid homes and communities provide, especially in the face of disaster.
Habitat kid and UGA senior wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell dreams of engaging kids in his newest passion — reading.
Single mothers like Telma and Milady benefit from affordable housing policies created with Habitat Honduras’ help.
Ana Rosemary’s family moved into a safe Habitat El Salvador home after Hurricane Mitch.
Formerly homeless as a child, college student Devon Harrison volunteers with Habitat and helps a family achieve the stability she knows is so important.