A special note from our National Director

Life is indeed fragile, vulnerable and even short. So make the most of it by doing things that have impact and significance.

New Year, New Message! Our National Director Mr Yong pens an encourage note for the new decade ahead on living a life of significance.

Planning your next build trip but not sure where to go? We've curated our top 5 popular Global Village destinations!

In the midst of the festivities celebrating Singapore's 54th birthday, we are all gripped by the massive turmoil going on in neighboring Hong Kong. The unpre...

The first time I visited Japan, I was with all the women in my life, i.e. my wife and two daughters. They were gleefully shopping around Tokyo while I dutifu...

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” — African Proverb. From March 31 to 6 April 2019, I got the chance to lead a team of ...

When I was considering if I would agree to start the Habitat for Humanity Singapore office as a volunteer back in 2004, one of the things that I was fascinat...

When I first started Habitat for Humanity Singapore, some one from my church asked me about how Habitat works. I told him that we bring together volunteers r...

Last week I was in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, attending a Habitat for Humanity International meeting, celebrating the 35th year of Habitat's involvement in Asia-P...

In early October, our colleague, Maggie Chin, visited Cambodia to learn about the progress of a home-building project there supported by a Singaporean donor....

We have a certificate hanging at our office door commemorating the official opening of our office on March 11th, 2004 by our founders, the late Millard Fulle...

In the Bible, the name Nehemiah refers to a historical person who led the effort to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, laid in ruins during the rule of Artaxerx...

On Saturday, 8 July 2017, Habitat for Humanity Singapore held our very first Home Sweep Home programme. We gathered more than 1000 people to clean up the hou...

I am writing right before Good Friday and Easter, and I was a bit curious as to how my other Habitat affiliates mark these festivals. So I simply typed in th...

My staff just reminded me that our birthday is coming up this Saturday, and it will be our 13th birthday! This certainly brings back fond memories of the ear...

Entering into 2017 has to be one of the strangest experiences in my life, and I suppose it must be so for many people as well. Firstly, 2016 zipped by at lig...

When we think about Christmas, specifically the Nativity of Jesus, we often have this pretty imagery of a cute baby surrounded by barn animals, swaddled comf...

They say that time flies when you are having fun. This must explain why I simply cannot wrap my mind around the idea that our annual Bare Your Sole walk on 1...

On Saturday, 25th June 2016, we held our first Unlitter Red Dot collaboration at a school. 37 students, teachers and parents (to my pleasant surprise) from N...