Habitat for Humanity is a christian based ministry founded by M Fuller from Americus, GA. He has the vision that all people in the world should be able to live in decent housing, and want to eliminate substandard housing. Thus Habitat was born.
The affiliate I belong to has been in business for 11 years now and we have built or renovated 17 houses and put 17 families into decent homes.
It changes the live of the families and gives the homeowners an opportunity to be proud of their home.
We recieve no funding from government or the United Way. All our money comes from fund raising events, Like bowl-a-thons, golf outings, selling bird houses, anything we can do to raise funds to build homes, donations and the mortgages of the house we sell. We then sell these homes to quilified families at cost. What we pay for the house is what they pay. Much of the material is donated and almost all of the labor is donated by volunteers. Plus they get a interest free mortgage. So if the house costs us $60,000 to build after 20years the home owner has paid us $60,000. NO INTEREST.
We are always looking for families for these houses, and to see if you (or someone you know) qualify (check with your local Habitat office)you must live in substandard conditions, must not be able to get funding through a regular loaning institution and must be willing to put in 300 to 500 hours of sweat equity.
Habitat is a hand up not a hand out.
If you are looking for a place to do some volunteer work or would like to learn a little about construction, or do-it-yourself things around the house, this is a great place to learn.
If you'd like to know more about Habitat for Humanity contact www.habitat.org......or write me, I love talking about Habitat.
