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Habitat for Humanity

We are Habitat for Humanity, one of the world’s leading housing charities. As a humanitarian organisation focused on long-term development, aid and poverty alleviation, our mission is to build a safe environment where families and communities can thrive.

About Habitat for Humanity


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1.6 billion people live without adequate shelter.

We are Habitat for Humanity Great Britain, an international charity fighting global poverty and homelessness, we believe that a decent home helps to permanently break the cycle of poverty and allows families to achieve strength, stability and self-reliance.

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. As an international charity fighting world poverty and homelessness, our 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.

Our vision is a world where everyone has a safe and decent place to live, and a world where housing poverty and homelessness are eliminated. We believe that the home is a key catalyst in helping to permanently break the cycle of poverty.

To achieve our vision, we build homes, partnerships, communities and networks; since 1976, we have built more than 1.3 million homes and served over 20 million people.

Your Impact

Housing and shelter are the cornerstones of our work, but we believe happy and healthy homes require more than bricks and mortar – they need to be part of a thriving community to really benefit the families who live there.

As such, our programmes support a range of home building and community projects, focusing on practical support that makes a real, tangible difference to the lives of those most in need.