Habitat for Humanity helps Haiti
Three years ago, Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.0. Habitat for Humanity was able to help more than 200,000 people. Just recently the “Jimmy Carter Project 2012” took place. Though recovery has been slow and arduous, progress is visible in the new community of Santo. In February 2012, 155 families moved from […]
Watch sea-level rising
Sea-level rise is occurring much faster than scientists expected – exposing millions more people to a destructive combination of storm surges on top of sea-level rise, scientists said. Earlier this year they found sea-level rise had already doubled the annual risk of historic flooding across a widespread area of the United States. The implications are serious – […]
ART.FAIR and Habitat for Humanity
ART.FAIR, the third largest art fair in Germany, bring together art lovers and connoisseurs in Cologne from 1 to 4 November 2012. Habitat for Humanity Germany is joining this event. The international charity shows a photo exhibition of authentic situations of people in poverty dwellings. Because pictures often speak louder than words, the charity draws […]
BioLite provides warmth and power
There are many things that an individual or a community needs during the aftermath of disaster. Two essential needs are a way to heat water and food and a way to communicate with the outside world. The BioLite stove offers a way to meet both of these needs. BioLite works as both a stove and […]
Recovering Tohoku
After the Tohoku Kanto great earthquake (on March 11, 2011, at 2:46 pm local time), a magnitude 9.0 earthquake (7 shindo on the japanese scale) occurred off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. It was followed by a huge tsunami. This earthquake is the strongest ever recorded in japan, and the fourth largest recorded […]
Symbolic Gifts. Real Rescue.
Holiday gifts that save lives – International Rescue Committee is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Go to http://gifts.rescue.org/ The Rescue Gifts items in this catalog represent many of the programs, projects and tools that compose the IRC’s work every day, around the world. Enabling the IRC to deliver comprehensive and holistic help to uprooted people, gifts will […]
Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools
Disasters can be prevented Natural disasters like floods, droughts and earthquakes destroy the lives of more than 300 million people every year. Disasters can affect anybody at any time. But in most cases the poorest and most vulnerable people are affected first and are hit the hardest. Natural disasters are not uncontrollable, random events. Climate […]
