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After months of anticipation — and yet not having time to think too much about a trip I still considered far into the future — I am boarding a plane with my daughter for Ethiopia.

After a three-year hiatus, Habitat will welcome hundreds of volunteers, staff, community members and country music superstars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood to don their hard hats once again for the 2023 event in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Learn about Habitat for Humanity International’s position on climate change and housing — our beliefs, our practices and our commitments. 

A U.S. Army National Guard veteran and father of four, Moses had dreamed of and worked toward the day where he and his family could have a home of their own. He almost couldn’t believe it when the family services coordinator for Honolulu Habitat for Humanity said, “Welcome to the Habitat family.”

Today, in recognition of housing’s critical role in climate mitigation and adaptation, Habitat for Humanity has made specific programmatic commitments toward accelerating low-income families’ access to low-carbon, resilient housing solutions.

Bringing housing costs to an affordable level can make all the difference in the life and future of a family — physically, mentally, economically, developmentally.

Twenty-one families, including those of Eno’s and Erica and Neil’s, are building their homes as well as their hopes alongside a former U.S. president and first lady and volunteers at the 2019 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Nashville, Tennessee.

In fiscal year 2019, Habitat served more than 7 million people, enlisting the support of more than 1.4 million volunteers. Those are among the takeaways from Habitat for Humanity International’s annual report which was published today.

From building resilient, hurricane-proof homes in Florida to prototyping with a 3D-printed home in Virginia, Habitat affiliates in the U.S. seek innovative solutions to local, pressing needs. The 2021 Habitat House Design Contest, generously sponsored for a second year by Simpson Strong-Tie, invited local affiliates to submit their home designs across a range of categories, including equity, multifamily, sustainability and many more.