Habitat for Humanity is a global housing charity. They believe that everyone has the right to live in a decent home and they aim to eliminate poverty housing all over the world.
Founded in 1976, Habitat for Humanity has worked tirelessly over 92 countries to help over 260,000 families. This year sees more than one million people waking up in a clean, safe and secure home with their previous squalid conditions no more than a bad memory. One million people who have hope, dignity and opportunity for the future.
Did you know?
- About 100 million people worldwide are homeless (UNHCS*)
- In cities of the developing world one-in-four households live in poverty
- Worldwide 1.3 billion people do not have access to clean water
- 1.2 billion people worldwide experience ‘income poverty’, meaning they live on less than one dollar per day
What does this really mean?
- About 11 million children under the age of five die each year from preventable diseases such as diarrhoea, malaria and measles
- More than 110 million children of school age are not in school
For more information, go to www.habitatforhumanity.org.uk.
* United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
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