What is Habitat for Humanity International?
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, non-sectarian housing organization, demonstrating the love of Jesus Christ in partnership with families in need, without discrimination according to religion, race or tribe. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

The concept for Habitat for Humanity was forged in the river port city of Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, when the founder, Millard Fuller, and his wife Linda began a low-cost housing project in the early 1970s. The construction of the first house in October 1974 blossomed into a movement, which now works in more than 60 countries worldwide.

While HFHI is headquartered in Americus, Georgia, USA, the area office for Africa and the Middle East is located in Pretoria, South Africa. The area office provides training, technical expertise and support in fund-raising to the national organizations in the region. However, the actual work of Habitat is carried out at the community level by affiliates that have been officially approved by the HFHI Board of Directors. The International Board of Directors (IBOD) are volunteers from around the world who share a deep concern for the problems of poverty housing.