Highlight Noble Organizations - Habitat for Humanity India

As some of you are aware, I introduced an initiative 2 weeks ago tried to form a team of ambassadors to help to tiny knots to form to involve folks which are interested in helping others in the Sulekha community. I have got some good responses but still hunting for more people who like to help in the sulekha community to share the needs of others.

Today, I am starting another initiative to Highlight some non profit organization who dedicate themselves for the noble cause to benefit our communities growth.

First one which came to mind is, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY is a global, not-for-profit christian organization seeking to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world. Founded in 1976, Habitat works through volunteer labour and donations of money and materials, to build simple and decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families. Houses thus built are ‘sold’ to partner families at no profit, financed with affordable, no-interest loans.

The homeowners’ monthly mortgage payments (mortgage length varies from five to 10 years) are used to build still more Habitat houses. Habitat has built over 200,000 houses across the globe, providing more than a million people in nearly 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter. Habitat is a worldwide, grass-roots movement. It operates through more than 2,100 active affiliates in 100 countries.

In India, more than 60 per cent of the country's estimated 180 million dwellings are temporary or in a dilapidated condition. Burgeoning population means India needs some 2.5 million new homes each year, just to keep pace. Currently, there is a shortfall is more than 41 million homes. That, homelessness is an acute problem needs no emphasis.

Habitat for Humanity began working in 1983 in Khammam, Andhra Pradesh. Since then, it has built over 10,000 houses and provided shelter to over 100,000 people. Today, it has emerged as one of Habitat's largest country programmes anywhere in the world. With offices in Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai, and affiliates working in the south, east and west, Habitat for Humanity India Trust is intensifying its work. New partnerships are being formed with corporate supporters

Habitat India Highlights

• A pilot project with Hindalco Industries, part of the giant Aditya Birla Group, built 24 homes in 2003-2004. Up to 300 more families could be assisted in the next three years.
  
  


• In October 2004, HFH Cuttack, in collaboration with the New Stewart School campus chapter, organized the "Across the Border Build" program. Young people from affiliates in India worked alongside youngsters from Bangladesh.
  
  


• Students from the American School of Bombay, American Embassy School, New Delhi, and Kodaikanal International school participate in builds each year.
  
  


• Partnerships with dozens of churches at the affiliate level are involved in “Building on Faith” events each year.
  
  


• Affiliates in Bangalore and Kanyakumari have each built 1,000 homes.
  
  


• Special resources centers are planned for Bangalore and New Delhi to share expertise in house design and construction as well as fund-raising, and volunteer and project management, with partner organizations and volunteers.

You involve yourself with noble cause by helping them in lots of different ways if they is a project near you..

Please visit them at http://www.habitatforhumanityindia.org/ for more details..