While the impact of a Habitat for Humanity home on families and communities is undeniable, housing need continues to be a real and persistent issue in Canada, where one in seven children still lives in poverty and four million people live in core housing need. As a country, Canada once prided itself as a world leader in affordable housing - however recently, the United Nations has declared that Canada is facing a national emergency on poverty, welfare, homelessness, and housing.
With 69 Habitat for Humanity affiliate offices across Canada, and over 63,000 willing volunteers devoted to the cause, our organization has the presence needed to serve the majority of the Canadian population in housing need. And in order to increase our organization’s impact, we must focus on building more homes than ever before. But today, many of our affiliates struggle to find the land, products and financial donations needed to allow them to continue their work.
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Habitat for Humanity’s key activities include: Ultimately, the ability of our affiliates to serve more families each year does not come down to just the wood and nails required to build homes, but rather to developing their capacity in each and every one of these key areas. It is for these reasons Habitat for Humanity Canada has created the 360 Built Smart Partnership, a program that has identified each of these activities as a pillar, and will drive support to our affiliates for capacity building relating to each. |
Transforming Communities, Coast to Coast - An Introduction to the 360 Built Smart Partnership |
Investing in these key activities of Habitat for Humanity Canada, which research has proven lead to long-term social paybacks, will strengthen our organization nationwide, allowing for more Habitat projects to be initiated than ever before.
