About us
One in five people across the world live in slums and substandard housing, locking them into a grinding cycle of poverty. This lack of housing negatively affects their health and well-being, educational prospects, and ability to make a living.
Habitat for Humanity’s vision is a world where everyone has a safe place to call home. We believe that a decent home helps to permanently break the cycle of poverty and allows families to achieve strength, stability, and self-reliance.
We believe decent homes are the heartbeat of strong communities and so we also fight for land rights for women, upgrade urban slums and informal settlements, improve access to water and sanitation, and help communities become more resilient in the face of natural disasters.
Working in nearly 70 countries, we support the most marginalised and vulnerable in society, and welcome people of all religions and none to partner in our life-changing work. By working hand in hand with communities, since our founding in 1976, we have helped more than 59 million people build or improve the place they call home.
You can find out more about what we do here: https://www.habitatforhumanity.org.uk/what-we-do/
How your gift could help:
£10 could help pay towards a secure door to help keep a family safe.
£15 could contribute to the cost of clean water access for a household.
£30 could support training for a local builder in disaster-resilient techniques.
£50 could help fund a handwashing station for a family with no running water.
£100 could support the repair of a leaking roof keeping a family warm and dry before the rainy season hits.
£250 could contribute to repairing a family’s home after a natural disaster.
£500 could support a community-led housing project that transforms lives for generations.