On November 6th, Habitat for Humanity finished building its 800,000th home worldwide. From habitat.org, “Since our homebuilding program began in 1976 as a way to move families out of poverty housing and into simple, decent homes of their own, Habitat’s work around the world has only sped up.” After taking 26 years to build its first 100,000 homes, Habitat has sped up dramatically and now builds 100,000 homes every year. In 2013, Habitat for Humanity has built homes in 70 countries all over the world. With an average of five people in each homeowner family, we have served approximately 4 million people.
At Habitat for Humanity of Adams-Juneau County, we are proud to have built 16 houses and will finish two more in 2014. Like every Habitat affiliate, we owe our success to our excellent volunteers. Habitat for Humanity International remarked, “We are excited to be on track to serve a million families through new home construction, home renovation or critical home repair by the end of 2015.” We look forward to being a part of this goal.