Global Village is Habitat for Humanity's overseas volunteering program. Each year, we send roughly 300 volunteers overseas to help build a home for a family in need of safe and decent housing. Here,…
Sophie Cooke, Habitat for Humanity Australia's Regional Program Manager for South Asia, shares her experience of volunteering and leading a Global Village team to Nepal last month to help with the disaster recovery…
In December last year, Global Village volunteers travelled to Cambodia to build Sokhorn a new home. This is her story.
Having trouble deciding what to pack for your upcoming Global Village build? We’re here to help! Here are some of our recommendations of what to bring with you and what to leave at…
Want to know what it's like to build a house in Nepal? Past volunteer, Sue, tells us about her experience in Nepal.
Thinking about volunteering and building in Vietnam? Sarah, our Global Village Coordinator looks back at her first build to Vietnam 5 years ago, and shares why volunteering in this beautiful country is sure…
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More than a dozen houses built by Australian volunteers just outside Port Vila in Vanuatu survived intact, despite weathering the full force of Cyclone Pam one month ago. They are among the few…
The Build & I team travelled to Thailand last month to build a home for a family in need. Here’s what they got up to on their build (spoiler: there's lots of hard…
Habitat volunteer Sue Rowsell travelled to Cambodia last year to build a home for a family affected by HIV/AIDS.