Mauk, Indonesia, is home to 90,000 people, with an average of four to five individuals per household. Around 35,000 live in extreme poverty. This project will help build decent, climate-resilient housing to help improve the lives of people living in extremely poor conditions.
Over the next year, InSinkErator, a Whirlpool Corporation brand, will donate a Badger 1 Model Garbage Disposal for each new Habitat home construction or rehabilitation as well as critical home repair projects including kitchen sink replacements.
A tsunami is a series of large ocean waves created by major earthquakes, underwater volcanic activity or landslides into the ocean. It may take a tsunami hours or mere minutes to reach shore, so it is important to be well-prepared and know how to respond quickly and effectively.
Alongside Habitat El Salvador, this Habitat family built a sturdy, affordable home that relies on wind, vegetation, the sun and even the heat to reduce their energy needs and costs.
From around the world, children share what their Habitat for Humanity homes mean to them through hand-drawn illustrations of family life and their unique neighborhoods.
Habitat has worked with communities in Quang Nam province for over 15 years, and it’s home to marginalized groups with great needs. This project will focus on building and showing examples of good, affordable latrines to help alleviate the sanitation issues these households face.
“Habitat educated me,” says Yondella Hall. “I didn’t know leaking and standing water could affect my health.”
Learn how poverty is defined, why affordable housing can be difficult to find, how housing relates to health and more.
Read about a study showing how safe, decent housing makes a difference in childhood development, health and learning.