Habitat AmeriCorps profile: Dylan Cahir
“My time in AmeriCorps has really reinforced that helping people is what I want to be doing.”
“My time in AmeriCorps has really reinforced that helping people is what I want to be doing.”
Volunteer abroad with Habitat for Humanity and take part in a cross-cultural experience. Take a look at our international volunteer projects.
In 1991, five volunteers opened Habitat for Humanity’s first-ever ReStore in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Today, there are more than 1,000 ReStore locations across six countries, all contributing to Habitat’s vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Check out these projects to see how amazing transformations like these help more families achieve strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter.
Asaad, Nagham and Bashar live in a Habitat home on a quiet street in Des Moines after emigrating from Iraq in 2003.
With a focus on lifting up and bringing lasting change to communities, Habitat works with local partners to implement solutions as unique as the neighborhoods themselves. Take a closer look at neighborhood revitalization work in Muncie, Indiana, and Philadelphia to see how residents are leading the change.
College and high school students are spending their spring break working alongside Habitat families in need of decent and affordable housing.
As part of Habitat for Humanity’s ongoing hurricane recovery efforts, generously supported by AbbVie, Habitat works with local businesses to help families in Puerto Rico repair homes affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Learn the ways Habitat for Humanity’s first global advocacy campaign, Solid Ground, influenced land policies and systems to help people around the world have access to decent homes.