The Water for Women (WfW) project is engaging and mobilising 18 rural communities to understand and collect WASH data, which is used to inform and prioritise plans for improving community WASH infrastructure and…
For the past few months Habitat for Humanity Australia’s volunteers have been painting and refurbishing a former convent in Brisbane called Peggy’s Place. I had the opportunity to interview the wonderful women behind…
This spring we bring you our latest Building a Better World Newsletter talking about our Bushfire Resilience Program, Updates from Ukraine and the exciting return of our overseas volunteering program Global Village. …
Meet the Lovetts - Robert, Kiera and their 3 children Connor (9), Declan (7) and Evie-Lee (3). We are aiming to help house this beautiful family and we need your support to do…
At Habitat Australia we know that planet Earth is our one and only home. Yet across our projects, the families we work with have been impacted by or lost homes due to extreme…
At the sound of sirens, three-year-old Martha ran to her mom and grandma’s side, begging them to help her get dressed and put her shoes on so she could run to the bomb…
In Fiji, a lack of consistent household-level data collected across communities is a significant challenge in developing evidence-based planning of WASH projects at district or national government level. Additionally, the government does not…
In Bangladesh, our project is building resilience in urban slums for women like Shanu. Shanu is a 40-year-old housewife who has been living in a slum for over 15 years. Shanu and her…
In Nepal in a small village, there is a 12-year-old girl named Sabina. Sabina was born with physical disability conditions that left her with paralyzed legs and a speech impediment. Sabina is cared…
Meet Barba and Les*, they have lived in the beautiful Blue Mountains for over 12 years. In 2019 when the bushfires ravaged their street, they were luckily in visiting family in Sydney however…