The Global Village (GV) programme is a series of short-term trips designed to provide an educational and spiritual experience within a cross-cultural environment. Our objectives are usually met through new relationships team members form with their host affiliates. By living and working with the host community, participants have an opportunity to personally witness and contribute to Habitat’s effort to eliminate substandard housing throughout the world.
A Great Mix of Educational, Cultural and Spiritual Experience
GV itineraries are neither fixed nor rigid. Besides building activities, other activities such as orphanage visits and local sight seeing can be incorporated when available.
Countries Available for Building Habitat has affiliates in 90 countries and many of them host short-term GV teams. Habitat for Humanity Singapore’s main focus is Asia Pacific region although we have individuals who participated in GV trips beyond this region.
The countries available are:
• Bangladesh • Cambodia • East Malaysia • India • Indonesia • Korea • Mongolia • New Zealand
• Philippines • Thailand • Vietnam
Working with Habitat and Changing Lives through GV As a Team Leader
When you sign up as a Team Leader, you will be able to choose your choice of country and time frame (subject to availability of the hosting country). You may recruit your own group of participants or request Habitat Singapore to help in the publicity for the recruitment for your team. Please do give yourself about 6 months trip preparation.
As an Individual You could sign up as an individual through suggestions and recommendations from Habitat Singapore, given there is an open team. We encourage you to sign up to our mailing list, so that you will be updated through email on our future projects and volunteer recruitment.
As a Group
Groups should call Habitat Singapore to request for available locations and dates from the appropriate affiliates. Scheduling a team should be done as early as possible for proper preparation of the hosting countries. Team size commonly ranges from 12 to 20 participants. Teams are advised to have at least 6 months for trip preparation
The Habitat Experience
Working on Habitat houses alongside team members and local residents will give you the opportunity to travel, work, eat, sleep and enjoy fellowship as a member of the host community – creating memories and friendships that last a lifetime. While in the beginning, most Global Village volunteers wanted to give of themselves to help the home partners, at the end of the day, the volunteers often feel that they have gained much more through the experience than they could ever give.
Please click here for Global Village Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
Habitat for Humanity Singapore - "A world where every child has a decent place to live in."
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