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Clare Cullen's Experience as Team Leader in Romania  We took our hard hats home with us. For me, my hat is a reminder of the wonderful builders we worked with. It’s a memory of the family we helped build a home for, the hardworking team, and the tiny bit of Romania...

Law Society of Ireland's Global Village Trip to Malawi  Helping families build strength, stability, and self-reliance Although we did a lot of preparation prior to travel, nothing could have prepared us for the warm welcome we received at the site. It was truly moving...

A Celebration of International Women's Day Written by Anne Shaffer Myers, Global Advocacy Campaign Director, Habitat for Humanity International Today holds significance for many reasons, and rightly so — today is International Women’s Day. With thoughtful...

Our Pamwesu Project in Zambia: Women's Empowerment Since 2007, Irish Aid has co-funded Habitat for Humanity’s Pamwesu project in the Lusaka and Ndola provinces in Zambia. This project aims to promote equitable development and human rights amongst women, orphans and...

Keeping Girls in School in the low-income areas of Lilongwe, Malawi As this year’s International Women’s Day strongly calls for #PressforProgress for gender parity, we take one example from Habitat EMEA region that has committed to putting young schoolgirls and women...

Thriving in Decent Shelter I rank No. 1 in the class No matter who we are or where we come from, we all deserve to have a decent life. Every single one of us deserves the opportunity for something better, and we all deserve to know we have the power to take care of...