Habitat for Humanity

what is habitat for humanity and how does it work?

Transcript

1. Habitat for Humanity Our vision: a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
2. About   nonprofit and nongovernmental ecumenical Christian organization   builds simple, decent and affordable housing   not a giveaway program  
3. History   founded in 1976 by Millard Fuller and his wife Linda   built more then 300,000 houses worldwide   providing safe, decent shelter for more than 1,500,000 people worldwide   A new habitat house is completed somewhere in the world every 24 minutes
4. Their Mission   Develop communities with people in need by building and renovating houses   Decent and affordable houses for everyone
5. How it Works   Houses are built with voluntee labor and donations of money and material   homeowners contribute ‘sweat equity’ in their houses by working in partnership with other volunteers (min. 500)   pride in ownership   development of skills and knowledge   sold to families at no profit
6. How are Families chosen?   Usually by their annual gross income and number of family members   Living conditions (overcrowded/substandard)   Families pay some down payment ($1000 in the USA) and then make monthly payments for the house ($350-430 in the USA)
7. Homes built United States of America Central Vietnam Ghana Bulgaria And many more...