The Who, the What, and the Why.
The idea for this particular project was started by members of the 30 Seconds to Mars international street team, the Echelon. The band helped out with a build in their hometown of LA, and we wanted to do something worthwhile to help out as well.
It`s an international project- a little more proof that when people come together, good things can happen.
It doesn't matter how you made your way to this page, or whether you know anything about the Echelon - that simply isn`t important. What`s important is that we help Habitat for Humanity build homes for those in need.
Again, please note that despite the donation site being in the UK, it has been specified that the money go to whatever country and region needs it most. HFH will choose where the funds go once we get each house done, so it really is an international project and we need all the help we can get.
Even if you can only spare a little, "lots of littles make a lot."
Help us out by donating here (there's a donation help section as well), and check out what we have for "sale" right here on this site.
Nine things you never knew …
About Habitat for Humanity
1. HFH is thirty two years old in 2008.
2. £1235 will pay for all the materials and labour to build a HFH home in the developing world – this is less than the average stamp duty paid in the UK on home purchases.
3. HFH have built 260,000 houses since it began in 1976.
4. The last 150,000 of these were built in the last 5 years.
5. Today, HFH is building a home every 21 minutes.
6. HFH is actively building in over 90 countries around the world.
About poverty
7. More than 2 billion people around the world live in slum housing, of which just over half live in urban areas.
8. Forty percent of African urban households are living below the poverty line.
9. About 11 million children under the age of five die each year from preventable diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria and measles.
WHAT IS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY?
Habitat for Humanity (HFH) is a global not for profit housing organization which works to stamp out poverty housing and homelessness from the face of the earth and make adequate housing for all a matter of conscience and action.
HFH was founded in 1976 by one man's vision to see a world where everyone has a simple, decent and affordable place to live. 30 years on, and today, HFH works in almost 100 countries and has helped over 1 million people out of often appalling poverty and into their own simple, decent homes.
HFH have built 250,000 houses since it began in 1976, the last 150,000 of these were built in the last 5 years. Today, HFH is building a home every 24 minutes. Every £1235 HFH receives from the Hopebuilder campaign, another home can be built and another family housed in decent, simple accommodation.
More info on their site.