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Creating a Healing Space: How Habitat for Humanity Australia Volunteers and Habitat Women Built a Sensory Garden for Domestic Violence Refuge
Our Brush with Kindness volunteers and our Habitat Women cohort came together to create a sensory garden at the Aboriginal Women and Children’s Services (AWCCS) refuge. This refuge provides a…
Habitat and Rainbow Lodge come together through Brush with Kindness.
Habitat Australia’s Brush with Kindness program supports disadvantaged and vulnerable members of our community through mobilising volunteers to refurbish, repair and refresh crises and transitional accommodation for people facing hardship,…
Carolina’s Habitat Women Journey: Building Confidence And Realising Her Dreams
Carolina has always had a desire to join the construction industry, but like many women, she found it difficult to break into the field. Thanks to the Habitat Women program,…
Meet Elizabeth: Building a future with Habitat Women
In Australia, the construction industry is traditionally very male dominated, with only 24% of the workforce identifying as female. (WGEA, May 2024) However, initiatives like our Habitat Women program are…
What is Habitat for Humanity Australia doing about Homelessness in Australia?
This week is National Homelessness Week. With more than 1600 people pushed into homelessness each week and more than 640,000 Australian households experiencing housing stress, there is a severe and…
NAIDOC Week 2024 | A lifetime of impact on Indigenous lives, one brush, one team, one smile at a time
This year during NAIDOC week we worked alongside our corporate partners across Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane to provide Indigenous housing with much needed repairs and renovations. We mobilised 180 corporate volunteers who…
Stories from overseas
Australian NGO community celebrates 50th anniversary for one-of-a-kind Government-NGO partnership program
At Habitat for Humanity Australia, we build homes, communities and hope. Through our longstanding partnership with the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP), we have been able to extend our work…
Fire Preparation with Habitat Bangladesh
In congested informal settlements like Beguntila in Mirpur, Dhaka, fire lurks like an unseen predator, always poised to strike. Houses in the informal settlements are stitched together with whatever materials…
The Tan Ta May Family’s Journey Towards A Safer Home
High in the mountains of the Lao Cai province, lives the Tan Ta May family. Mrs May, her husband and their two young sons, live in a deteriorating makeshift home,…
Komola’s journey to Empowering her Community Through Menstrual Hygiene
In many parts of the world, menstruation remains shrouded in stigma and silence. Myths, and misconceptions leave women and girls without the information and resources they need to manage their…
This World Habitat Day we’re engaging youth to create a better urban future.
Today marks World Habitat Day, the beginning of Urban October. The focus of this World Habitat Day is ‘Engaging Youth to Create a Better Urban Future’, and the vital role…
Sumi’s Story: Finding Community And Purpose In Duaripara, Dhaka
Meet Sumi: Building Strength and Resilience in Duaripara
Duaripara, home to over 1,500 families, is a vibrant community in Dhaka, Bangladesh, facing a range of challenges like overcrowding, insufficient water…
Meet our volunteers
Habitat Australia’s Brush with Kindness program supports disadvantaged and vulnerable members of our community through mobilising volunteers to refurbish, repair and refresh crises and transitional accommodation for people facing hardship, including those recovering…
This year, we’re delighted to honour Jan and Greg, our Volunteers of the Year at Habitat for Humanity Australia. Their commitment to our Brush with Kindness (BWK) program in Queensland has been truly…
Lavinia stands in the centre amongst other Habitat Volunteers.
Volunteering is an act of selflessness, a testament to the power of community, and a celebration of individuals who make a significant impact on the…
No matter whether it’s a Brush with Kindness activity, a Bushfire Resilience day, or a weeklong Global Village program – our volunteers are at the heart of what we do. Volunteers join…
In May 2023, we were proud to relaunch our Global Village program in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. We had an amazing team of 30 volunteers join us to helping build four homes and make…
Jebby and Chelsea are two wonderful volunteers who joined us on our Phnom Penh Global Village Build in May 2023. Both Jebby and Chelsea were a joy to have on the build, and…
newsletters
Australia’s construction and trade industries have been male dominated, with women making up just 24% of the workforce. Your support is transforming that imbalance through our Habitat Women program – empowering women with…
In Australia, the construction industry is traditionally very male dominated, with only 24% of the workforce identifying as female. (WGEA, May 2024) However, initiatives like our Habitat Women program are changing the landscape…
This spring we bring you our latest Build a Better World newsletter featuring Global Village updates, the latest Bushfire Resilience news, a reflection on NAIDOC week and an exclusive Safewill partnership offer.
It is 2023 and Australia is still grappling with a complex and pressing issue – homelessness. Every year, thousands of Australians find themselves without a place to call home, facing a daunting and…
Read our latest Building a Better World newsletter. Read our heartwarming story about our youngest fundraiser Sophia, learn more about housing and climate change, innovations in India and an exciting way to engage…
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. …