Imagine raising a young family in a house made of nothing but palm leaves, with no clean water, sanitation or a locking door.
Luke Millar is Habitat for Humanity Australia's Regional Program Manager for South East Asia. He shares with us his visit to a slum as part of a recent trip to Indonesia.
Livelihood training plays an important role in our work overseas. It provides participants with valuable skills they can use to earn an income, and which they can share with others.
TV personalities Adam and Lisa, are generously supporting our work and last November travelled with a team of Australian volunteers to build safe, secure homes in Chitwan Nepal for families living in a…
Quang Nam, located in Central Vietnam is an extremely disaster prone area. Many families live in substandard homes and when storms hit, entire communities are destroyed.
Daw, a housewife and her husband U San, a casual labourer live in Phar Pain, Mon State with their three children. U San works in an orchard garden and earns 2500-3000 Kyats each…
One of the factors in tackling the poverty cycle is providing safe and decent housing.
Habitat volunteer Sue Rowsell travelled to Cambodia last year to build a home for a family affected by HIV/AIDS.
Over the years, Habitat for Humanity has helped rebuild communities devastated by disasters. Today, on the 5 year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, we're looking back at some of the families we've helped…
The 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was known as one of the most devastating disasters of recent times. The tsunami was caused by a 9-magnitude undersea earthquake that struck off the west…