ABOUT US Habitat for Humanity is a leading global housing non-profit working in more than 70 countries. One of our programs in NSW supports accommodation services and disadvantaged people by mobilising teams of volunteers and corporate supporters to complete building maintenance, painting, landscaping, disaster recovery work and building projects. THE ROLE We are seeking a […]
Meet our Partner family Elizabeth who lost her home to 2019 Bushfires. Our volunteer Anne kindly wrote this story for us. Anne has been volunteering with us for over 5 years and worked on Elizabeth’s home. Elizabeth has a new normal in her life. Just in time for Christmas. After losing everything in the devastating […]
At a time when a safe and healthy home has never been more important, Habitat Australia serves 9,765 through new and improved housing. Sydney, 2020 — Despite economic and operational challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Habitat for Humanity Australia successfully adopted new strategies and safe practices to continue helping families in Australia and […]
I am pleased to present to you our FY20 Annual Report. I encourage you to click on this link and view the document. With 1.6 billion people around the world living without adequate shelter, the COVID-19 pandemic is a strong reminder of the importance of the work we do at Habitat for Humanity. In […]
For R U OK Day a group of volunteers went out on a community volunteer day to paint a women’s transitional shelter for women and children escaping domestic violence. Dave is one of the volunteers we interviewed on the day. Dave has been a volunteer with Habitat for about four years now having participated in […]
The very hands-on nature of Habitat NSW’s Bushfire Recovery Programme has been an unexpected pleasure for volunteer Kavanar, who is an architect and town planner. “I have more experience at providing plans than actual hands on work,” she says. “But I love it. Gathering all the fallen branches and then burning them, and seeing the […]
We had the pleasure of having Gracie join one of our community Brush with Kindness Days where she helped paint a Sydney based women’s transitional shelter for women and children escaping domestic violence. Gracie found out about us (Habitat for Humanity Australia) through friends who have volunteered with Habitat in Malaysia. Habitat has been on […]
Cam had been aiming to take a six-month break from his third-year University course, until COVID-19 scuppered his travel plans. Now he’s staying closer to home, volunteering on Habitat NSW’s Bushfire Recovery Programme in the Blue Mountains, less than 10 minutes from where he lives. “Even if you can make a small difference in someone’s […]
Starr and Rob have been regular volunteers for Habitat for Humanity Australia since June 2018. Mainly on the Brush with Kindness monthly maintenance programme at group homes and women’s’ refugees in Western Sydney. But more recently they’ve been staying closer to home, and outdoors, in Habitat NSW’s Bushfire Recovery Programme. “We live in the Blue […]
We are very excited to introduce our new corporate partner who despite the incredible challenges we all face with COvid19 and the factors we face managing a pandemic have made the greatest choice to change lives and partner with Habitat Australia. Benevolence Financial Group What if by simply buying a dream home, another family in […]
