Habitat for Humanity India is extremely happy to extend its loving greetings and hearty welcome to you all for participating in Global Village Program in India. We appreciate your efforts in spending your time, energy and money to bring about a change in the housing scenario of our country.
It is my proud privilege to share some facts on Habitat for Humanity India with you. HFH India is a people oriented non-profit housing organization, affiliated to Habitat for Humanity International USA. HFH India is a registered Trust. The National office is situated in Mumbai. During the last 20 years Habitat in India has built over 17,000 houses for families irrespective of caste, creed and language. Structurally, we operate through the four Habitat Resource Centers located at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. At present, we have 4 satellites and numerous partner NGOs across the country. As we build partnership with the homeowners to provide decent shelter, we were also drawn to respond to natural disasters, like earthquake in Gujarat and Tsunami on the East Coast of India. Jimmy Carter Work Project (JCWP) was a prime event of the year 2006. Our hope to reach many more needy families has been nurtured through JCWP. It was also a milestone in our road to reach 50,000 families in the next five years.
Partnership is at the very heart of the mission of Habitat for Humanity. The entire ministry revolves around partnerships – between home partners and Habitat, the haves and the have-nots, churches and home partners, churches and Habitat, businesses / NGOs and Habitat – the list is ever-expanding. As spelt out in the Goal of this organization, all the above partnerships serve to “place shelter on the hearts and minds of people in such a powerful way that poverty housing and homelessness become socially, politically and religiously unacceptable in our nations and world.” This is what HFH India is also aiming to achieve.
We consider each member of Global Village teams visiting our satellites and partners through our HRCs as important partners who make valuable contribution to achieve our goal of achieving an “India without Shacks”. We are touched by your generosity to be part of our mission and we hope that we will have a long-term friend and well wisher in you.
We once again welcome you to our country and hope you will have a memorable experience.
Yours in HFH India Service
Mahesh H. Lobo
Director - Volunteer Program
Habitat for Humanity, India
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