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When families partner with Habitat for Humanity, home becomes a place of safety, security and strength.

Habitat offices nationwide have stepped up to donate tens of thousands of face masks and supplies normally used by their construction teams and volunteers to medical providers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Earlier this year, Phala, Chariya and their four children moved into a climate-sensitive Habitat home they helped build Cambodia’s Battambang province. The look of their home is similar to others in the area — but the difference is in the details.

Since 1976, the global housing nonprofit has worked alongside more than 62 million people around the world.

As Habitat celebrates 40 years of building in your community and all over the world, here are 40 facts about us.

It was 1942, and on the outskirts of the rural South Georgia town of Americus, a radical experiment began. Koinonia Farm was the culmination of the lifelong passions of farmer and biblical scholar Clarence Jordan. On that farm, among rows of pecan trees, after years of struggles caused by boycotts and persecution, the seeds for Habitat for Humanity were sown.

In this season of giving thanks, millions of families will gather at home to remember good times and to create more. That’s what a home does; it provides a stable place for families to grow strong and make memories.

The families who build Habitat homes, the volunteers who work alongside them, and an entire world of generous donors and supporters come together to lay every solid foundation.

Habitat for Humanity’s 34th Carter Work Project begins in Canada July 9. During the week that follows, hundreds of volunteers will build homes alongside 150 families, including Indigenous families, at sites across Canada.