From rubble to restoration: Rebuilding the Chaulagain family's future in Nepal
Four years on, the Chaulagain family in Nepal are finally rebuilding their lives after the devastating 2015 earthquake that destroyed their
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Shila Naidu, Resource Development Manager
- Sep 25, 2019
Living Out a Personal Motto
Nadim van der Ros, Founder of Be An Idea, shares his personal motivations for bringing people together to build homes under Habitat for Humanity’s Batam Build programme. As the founder of a consultancy that facilitates meaningful dialogues for positive change, it is no surprise that Nadim is passionate about making a meaningful impact in the communities around him. While the actual work he does with community organisations delivers value on a strategic level, he sees the comm
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Arman Shah, Habitat Contributor
- Sep 24, 2019
Volunteering in Asia: 5 Popular Cities For Unique Global Village Experiences
Planning your next build trip but not sure where to go? We've curated our top 5 popular Global Village destinations!
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Arman Shah, Habitat Contributor
- Sep 24, 2019
Liberation & the life that comes after: Aditi Bisen, reflections of a team leader
“We’re only there for a week, but the stories stick with you.” Aditi Bisen has gone for enough build trips to know that the physical house is not the only legacy that will stay with you. Sometimes all it takes is that one family you meet or one story shared with you to forever change the shape your life. “It’s always good to have these experiences in your back pocket when you go through hardships. It just enriches you as a person,” she said. For Aditi, that story was about th
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Jun 18, 2019
Christianne Cheong: Habitat Singapore’s youngest fundraiser
Eight-year-old Christianne had an idea: she wanted to design her very own bookmarks to sell and raise funds for charity - in particular, for Habitat for Humanity. In Christianne’s own words: “I was inspired by my friend who sold his paintings for charity. I can't make big paintings but I can draw, and bookmarks are useful. My mum read to me about a lot of charities, but I chose Habitat for Humanity Singapore because they help people all over the world. And everybody needs a g
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- May 16, 2019
Building A Sense of Community with Hampton Pre-School
In October 2018, Hampton Pre-School (Tanjong Pagar) celebrated Children’s Day with the theme ‘Music, Art, Love’. Staff and children wanted to use this opportunity to spread love to the less fortunate by raising funds for Habitat for Humanity Singapore. It was heartwarming to see how the children had put their artistic talents to work through their visual arts curriculum to collect an array of artwork including clay/wire sculptures, canvas paintings and collages. To raise fu
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- May 16, 2019
Monthly Volunteer Spotlight: JP Vermette
As a master electrician by trade, JP (pictured right in the photo above) had spent time volunteering with Habitat for Humanity Canada to build houses for families there. And supporting vulnerable families was something JP knew he wanted to continue doing even after moving to Singapore in 2017. It didn't take long for him to get in touch with Habitat Singapore and within 2 months of living here, JP found himself at his first Project HomeWorks session in December 2017. He's bee
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Yong Teck Meng, National Director
- May 2, 2019
UnLittering Our Red Dot
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 dutifully followed, pretending to be interested. I was sipping tea from a plastic cup and when I was done, I wanted to discard the cup. To my puzzlement, I simply could not find a garbage bin on the street. As we walked and walked along the main street, there was just no garbage bin to be found anywhere. I was to find out later
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Maggie Chin, Senior Programme Executive
- Apr 24, 2019
Staff Abroad: Reflections of a team leader
“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 individual volunteers on a 5-day build trip to Battambang in Cambodia. We worked alongside a young couple, Voeury and Channy, who lived with their two young sons (the youngest only 6 months old!), their elderly mother and elderly aunt. Their house, made of palm leaves and old zinc (pictured below), would leak whenever it
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Habitat for Humanity Singapore
- Mar 7, 2019
Monthly Volunteer Spotlight: Larry Tham
Meet Uncle Larry – a retiree in his mid-60s
who regularly volunteers with us in our
Project HomeWorks programme. A humble
and dedicated man, Larry chooses to spend
at least one morning a month to serve others
rather than do something for himself. In fact, since February 2018, Larry has
volunteered 13 times! We asked Larry what
motivates him to volunteer and keep coming
back. He replied, “I derive self-satisfaction
in seeing the improved living conditions of
the reside
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Sim Chunhui, Programme Executive
- Sep 18, 2015
Life as a Habitat HomeWorks Staff
When I first met Mdm Chua, I was a new staff to the HomeWorks team in end-2013. She was in her late 40s, beautiful, tall and tan-skinned with lovely eyes that were distant and sad in her humble Toa Payoh flat. Later I found out from her social worker that she suffers from depression. On my visits to her one-room flat in preparation for the session, she always made an effort to interact with us, but on some days she really struggled to pull herself out of the depths of her dep
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