Founded by Millard Fuller and his wife Linda in 1976, Habitat for Humanity (HFH) International is a non-profit Christian housing organisation with a mission to eliminate poverty housing worldwide by building simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner families themselves and volunteers.
Habitat for Humanity builds for people of all backgrounds, races and religions to provide needy families with a simple and decent place to live in.
To date, HFH has built more than 220,000 houses, providing for more than 1,000,000 people in more than 3,000 communities in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and throughout the Asia-Pacific region with safe and decent shelters.
Mission Statement
Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with God and people everywhere, fromall walks of life, to develop communities with people in need by building and renovating houses, so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which every person can experience God’s love and can live and grow into all that God intends.
Habitat for Humanity Singapore started in 2004 with only one full-time staff. By end 2008, HFH Singapore is fully staffed with a full-time National Director and a team of 7 persons. Since its inception just crossing its second year anniversary, HFH Singapore has mobilised various teams of volunteers for building projects and disaster response to these countries, China Mongolia, India, Indonesia - Aceh (tsunami), Batam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand.
