Disaster risk reduction
Recognizing that responding to disasters is not enough, Habitat and affiliated organizations around the world, especially those located in disaster-prone regions, work to reduce vulnerabilities and build community resilience.
Recognizing that responding to disasters is not enough, Habitat and affiliated organizations around the world, especially those located in disaster-prone regions, work to reduce vulnerabilities and build community resilience.
Thirty years after helping Habitat for Humanity rebuild a derelict apartment building on New York City’s Lower East Side, the first couple returned to visit some of the families who have thrived there since.
Habitat’s disaster response teams build connections, empathy and long-term recovery through their work with families affected by disasters.
Habitat for Humanity is planning for long-term recovery in areas impacted by Hurricane Harvey. See images from our early work on the ground in the aftermath of the storm.
Your financial support is a sound investment in a family’s future and helps us build much more than houses. Together, we’re helping families build strength, stability and self-reliance.
Reckford was selected from among 49 other nonprofit leaders and innovators on the 20th annual NonProfit Times Power and Influence Top 50 list.
As a child, Michigan State Representative Ben Frederick and his family finally found stability in a Habitat home. As a grownup, Frederick sought an answer to the question: “How can I, in some small way, be worthy of all this?”
Clarence Jordan’s spiritual teachings and partnership concepts provide the underpinnings that still guide Habitat’s work today.
For Jessica, there has never been anything more important than providing a safe and secure home for her two children. Seeing her youngest crawling in an unhealthy home, Jessica says, “That was my breaking point where I said, ‘I need to make a move,’ and Habitat was that move.”
Habitat for Humanity International, a leading global nonprofit dedicated to innovating new ways of building, repairing and financing safe, affordable homes around the world, and Symbiotics, the leading market access platform for impact investing, have come together to launch MicroBuild® Fund 2, a global private credit fund designed to expand and deepen the affordable housing finance ecosystem in emerging markets.