Meet Jacinta and Ted from Sandy Bay, Tasmania. They gave up a week of his time last year to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity for Rock the House. This year, They will be returning to Yogyakarta to help build another 12 homes.
Meet Andrew from Kellyville, NSW. He gave up a week of his time last year to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity for Rock the House. This year, he will be returning to Yogyakarta to help build another 12 homes – and is bringing along his wife and two friends for the journey
Meet Alanna from Warana, Queensland. Last year, she gave up a week of her time to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity for Rock the House. This year, she is joining the growing number of returning Rockers who are going back to Yogyakarta to help build another 12 homes.
Meet Rozza, 52 originally from New Zealand but living in Karratha, Western Australia. Rozza is employed as a Security Officer in October 2016, gave up a week of his time to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity for Rock the House. This year, he is joining the growing number of returning Rockers who are going back […]
Last year, Habitat for Humanity Australia’s Building Community Resilience Partner, Boral sent 24 team members to Yogyakarta, Indonesia as part of our inaugural Rock the House build. The Boral team joined over 100 other volunteers from across Australia who spent one week helping build 12 safe and decent homes for families in need. This year, […]
Growing up with nine other siblings, Sreang’s parents could not afford to enrol her in school. As a result, Sreang, now 36-year-old spent most of her childhood working to support her family in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Giovanna is a recently returned Global Village volunteer. She spent a week building in Nepal for earthquake affected families in January. Here are her reflections after the build…
Each year at Habitat for Humanity Australia, we welcome roughly 400 volunteers who spend a week overseas helping families in need build a safe and decent home.
Through our Global Village program, volunteers see first hand the impact safe housing has on our partner families. Svetlana, who recently travelled to Cambodia reflects on her experience.
Whether for business or personal benefits, corporations and their workers are going hands-on in developing countries, writes Helen Hawkes.
