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HFH Philippines Hands Over 700 New Homes In Cagayan De Oro City And Is Due To Complete More Than 500 Others

MANILA, 7 May 2012: Philippine President Benigno Aquino III was the special guest at the recent handover of 700 new Habitat homes in Cagayan de Oro city to families affected by last December’s Tropical Storm Washi, known locally as Sendong.

The families had spent months living in tents, a few minutes away from Habitat’s Calaanan site in Misamis Oriental province in the Northern Mindanao region.

Students Raise Over One Million Baht And Volunteered On Habitat Build In Lopburi Province

BANGKOK, 10 April 2012: When the Interact Club of Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok built with Habitat for Humanity Thailand in early March, it was different from earlier builds.

This time, nearly 170 student volunteers and teachers helped to repair homes in flood-affected Lopburi province. The volunteers included students from sister schools in Bangkok and Myanmar.

Habitat Distributes Tools And Kits To Clean Up And Repair Homes; 6,000 Homes To Be Built By July

BANGKOK, 17 February 2012: When Tropical Storm Washi struck the Philippines on 17 December 2011, Habitat for Humanity Philippines responded immediately.

“Tropical storms and typhoons are commonplace in the Philippines, but Washi was a surprise because it struck northern Mindanao, an area unaccustomed to tropical storms and heavy rain”, said Charlie Ayco, CEO of HFH Philippines.

BRATISLAVA/BUCHAREST (February 17, 2012) – Over the last three weeks, a massive cold wave from Russia affected the entire region of Central and Eastern Europe. Parts of Ukraine, Slovakia and Romania recorded the lowest temperatures. At the same time, massive snowfalls hit south-eastern areas of Romania.

Op-ed signed by the Haiti NGO Coordination Committee, which includes ACTED, published on 11.01.2012 on Le Monde newspaper website.

Tackling immediate shelter needs a priority

Living up to its reputation, earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons and flooding struck the disaster-prone Asia-Pacific region in 2011. Habitat for Humanity is committed to providing relief to people affected by disasters, recognizing shelter as a basic human right, and responded to many of the major disasters in the region this year.

More than 7,000 homes were lost or damaged after severe tropical storms, and nearly 13,000 people living in temporary shelters Habitat for Humanity Guatemala continues to raise funds for disaster recovery.

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (December 12, 2011) – On October 12, Tropical Depression 12E landed just off Guatemala’s Pacific coast. The storm and its heavy residual rains passed through Mexico and Central America, leaving tragedy in its wake.

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (November 23, 2011) – Habitat for Humanity International recently released its “Shelter Report 2012 - Build Hope: Housing Cities after a Disaster.” The report, which is now available in Spanish, highlights the urgent need for safer urban housing conditions to improve resilience and recovery after disasters.

New York City (November 1, 2011)– Springs Global US, the home furnishings company with offices and factories worldwide, is partnering with Habitat for Humanity to help create additional decent and affordable housing opportunities in partnership with low-income families. The partnership will include a range of cause marketing programs, in-kind product donations and employee engagement.