About Habitat

Habitat International Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) was founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller. HFHI was born at Koinonia Farm, a small, interracial, Christian community outside of Americus, Georgia in the United States of America. At Koinonia, Clarence Jordan and Millard Fuller developed the concept of “partnership housing.” The concept centered on those [...]

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Habitat for Humanity invites all the interested to join hands to make its vision of “A world where everyone has a decent place to live”, a reality. Volunteers are its backbone who sustain its dream and materialize its vision into action. You can help Habitat India realize that vision by becoming a Habitat Volunteer! The [...]

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40 million families lack adequate housing in India 108 million dwellings are temporary or dilapidated 60% of India’s population lives in inhuman conditions The task is huge and time is short, but with growing support from committed individuals, India has been able to initiate the rehabilitation process across the country through contributing links. You can [...]

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Current News

Habitat Youth BUILD 2013

14,000 young people in seven countries gathered for Habitat for Humanity’s largest youth volunteer build event in Asia

Over 500 of these volunteers were  from corporates and schools in India. They built and painted homes in Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Karjat (Maharashtra) so that 50 low-income families across the country have a decent place to live.

Leading up to this mega-build, volunteers in India participated in several awareness-raising events including: a mass-human formation, a conference on affordable housing, rallies to promote housing as a basic human right, a workshop on the role of youth in responding to disasters and signature campaigns.   (Read more)

 

Outreach

  • Rebuild

    Newsletter: April 2013

    Habitat Youth BUILD 14,000 young people in seven countries gathered for Habitat for Humanity’s largest youth volunteer build event in Asia Over 500 of these volunteers were from corporates and schools in India. They built and painted homes in Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Karjat (Maharashtra) so that 50 low-income families across the country have a [...]

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  • Our Work

    The extent of housing shortage as well as number of families living in inadequate housing across the world is astronomical. In India alone, about 60% of an estimated 180 million dwellings are in a dilapidated condition with the country needing 40 Million decent houses for the poor. Habitat believes that multidimensional poverty can be addressed [...]

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  • Disaster Response

    Disaster Response

    Devastating natural disasters happen around the world every year. War, conflict and civil unrest also create millions of refugees and internally displaced people. Families left homeless by disasters face uncertain futures, often confronting dire housing needs as they struggle to rebuild their lives. Habitat for Humanity India recognizes the need to provide shelter and housing [...]

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HABITAT INDIA

Habitat is a registered charitable trust registered under the provisions of the Public Trust Act Registration #700 dated 19/1/2005 in the office of the Sub Registrar of Assurance, Mehrauli Tehsil, New Delhi.

CONTACT HABITAT

Registered Office

CNI Bhavan, 3rd Floor No. 16, Pandit Pant Marg, New Delhi - 110 001
Tel: 011-23753493/94, Fax : 011-23753495, info@hfhindia.org

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