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Habitat for Humanity - Coggle Diagram
Structure
Organizational
Staff Positions:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Construction staff/volunteers
- Marketing and public relations
Executive Committee:
- President/CEO
- Treasurer/Secretary
- Committees: Finance and fundraising
- Advisory Board
- Board of Directors
Operate mostly in North and South America, in East Asia and the Pacific, and a little in Africa
A non-profit, independent organization so they are funded by donations from individuals, corporations, foundations, and governments.
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5 main ideals:
- Microfinance
- Energy Efficiency
- Water, sanitation, and hygiene
- Disaster Response
- Advocacy for the previous 4
Have a lot of influence over public's opinions and encourages them to tell decision-makers to adopt policies and practices that shape housing and human settlements
Aims & practices
Help build, renovate, or preserve homes and provide access to affordable housing in hopes to end the cycle of poverty
Advocate for housing as a basic human right and eliminating the constraints that contribute to poverty housing.
They aim to provide lasting social, economic, and spiritual change within a community
Relating to the global challenge of climate change, habitat for humanity work with communities after natural disasters, which are much more prevalent due to global warming.
In terms of global politics and how this NGO can influence global governance in order to reach its aims, Habitat for Humanity:
-Asks legislators and housing regulators to increase support for affordable homeownership and decent housing.
-They also monitor public policies related to housing, community, and international development
-Advocates for policies that will increase access to decent, affordable housing available to people around the world.
-Accepts government funds as long as they have no conditions that would violate their principles or limit their ability to proclaim Christian identity.
Their practices have met their aims in terms of providing aid/shelter to those that need it, especially with worldwide natural disasters
Effects
Increases or maintains feelings of financial security for most homeowners, enabling many of them to have more money to spend on their families than they had previously.
Increases or maintains feelings of financial security for most homeowners, enabling many of them to have more money to spend on their families than they had previously.
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Is associated with less use of government assistance programs. Cost-benefit analysis indicates that all of these positive outcomes for the 2,200 Habitat homeowners amount to a reduction of government assistance needed by $6.4 to $9.3 million annually.
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Case studies
Africa:
Toilet Building: When residents from the Dida-Yaokro and Chickwawa communities constructed toilets, their health improved, the school attendance increased and the environment got cleaner.
Expanding Water Access in Tanzania: Sangara village residents in Tanzania pioneer a new solution that allows them to expand their water network. Their water points now pump water by solar energy.
Middle East
Green Homes Heal Community Rifts: The Green Homes project is engaging Jordanians and Syrian refugees to work together on making their homes energy efficient. Building Solar Panels etc.
Helping refugees: The refugee program will serve 38,500 individuals directly affected by the Syrian conflict. They will help them to upgrade their homes and communities and gain valuable job skills.
Housing stabilization project: Habitat`s intervention will rehabilitate and weatherproof buildings and upgrade water and sanitation facilities for 7,500 people in Lebanon.