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12/16/2013

As a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian ministry that builds with people in need of safe, decent and affordable housing, regardless of race or religion, Habitat for Humanity welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds.

Habitat has more than 1,500 local affiliates in the United States and more than 70 national organizations around the world. The ministry has helped to build or repair more than 800,000 homes and serve more than 4 million people worldwide since it was founded in 1976.

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Habitat for Humanity Celebrates Its 800,000th House!

11/6/2013

On Nov. 6, 2013, Habitat celebrated its 800,000th house built, rehabilitated and repaired. The milestone was marked as Habitat announced that — for the first time in the organization’s history — more than 100,000 families had been served in a single fiscal year. That means, thanks to you, we’ve helped an estimated 4 million people around the world since 1976.

Staff and volunteers, including past and current members of Habitat’s international board of directors, raised the walls of Lawanda Phillips’ house in the Atlanta neighborhood Verbena Place, where ultimately 52 houses will sit.

Spurred by the conviction that affordable housing helps break the cycle of poverty, Habitat is on track to reach a new milestone of 1 million families served through new home construction, home renovation or critical home repair by the end of 2015, and to put millions more families on the path to improved shelter.

Read more here.

Habitat Celebrates 30 Years of Building with the Carters!

9/9/2013

When this year's Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project begins on October 6, it will be the 30th time that Habitat's most famous volunteers have given a week of their time to help build and improve houses.

Don't miss Habitat World's special online presentation of 30 stories in 30 days — starting with the very first project and working our way toward this year's event, we will share a story each day, supplemented with photos and videos from then and now.

Help us thank the Carters for three decades of building homes, communities and hope!

- from Habitat for Humanity International

Habitat for Humanity - Rooted in the Civil Rights Movement

2/20/2013

Interesting fact: Habitat for Humanity has roots in the civil rights movement. Habitat was birthed out of an interracial, Christian community in southern Georgia named Koinonia. In the midst of segregation, Koinonia was a place where blacks and whites lived and worked together. They were paid equally. They farmed, ate, worshiped and held youth camps together. This was a radical idea at the time and consequently they were firebombed, shot at, received death threats, had their property damaged, were excommunicated from churches, and suffered under economic boycotts as the KKK rallied against them and many members of the community rejected them. Their response, "We won't be the first Christians to die for what we believe." In 1976, Millard and Linda Fuller founded Habitat for Humanity during their time at Koinonia. Since then, our ministry has helped build and repair more than 600,000 homes worldwide and has served more than 3 million people. You can watch a short video about it here:

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See the map of the 70 countries #Habitat serves in worldwide

Habitat for Humanity Celebrates Its 800,000th House!

Habitat Celebrates 30 Years of Building with the Carters!

Habitat for Humanity - Rooted in the Civil Rights Movement

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