habitat

Founded in the United States in 1976, Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing.  Habitat for Humanity has a vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat works with people of all backgrounds, ethnic groups and religions to build decent houses in partnership with families in need.

Habitat for Humanity has built, renovated and repaired nearly 300,000 homes around the world, providing more than one-and-a-half million people in thousands of communities in countries and territories across six continents with safe, decent, affordable shelter.

Habitat for Humanity Vietnam

Habitat’s work in Vietnam is undertaken through a branch office of Habitat for Humanity International that was established in October 2001.

Habitat Vietnam specializes in the implementation of sustainable community-based shelter, water and sanitation. The organization is committed to integrated community building solutions in Vietnam. It aims to improve living conditions and reduce poverty through partnerships with local organizations that address sustainable livelihoods, education, environmental issues, and in some cases legal issues, to ensure all causes and effects of poverty are addressed.

To meet pressing housing and development needs in Vietnam, Habitat developed a five-year strategic plan to serve 18,000 families by 2011. This will be done through core business models of housing microfinance, vocational and technical training, technical support in shelter, water and sanitation and transformational community development.

Habitat for Humanity Vietnam operates programs in Hai Duong, Vinh Phuc, Kien Giang, Tien Giang, Dong Nai and Ho Chi Minh City, with more locations to come. More than 4,000 low-income Vietnamese families have partnered with Habitat for Humanity Vietnam to improve their housing and living conditions.

Our goals:

Habitat for Humanity Vietnam helps people in need by building and renovating houses to achieve the overall vision of "A World where Everyone has a Decent Place to Live"

Our strategic plan for 2006 – 2011 is:

-       To exponentially increase the number of families served

-       To help lead the transformation of systems that impact affordable housing

-       To mobilize new capital to the global affordable housing market

-       Habitat Vietnam and its covenant partners will be diverse, motivated and high performing.