Donations are OPEN by appointment only. Click here to find out more.

Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity
Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity
  • Home
    • Online ReStore E-Store
    • About the Restores
    • ReStore Donations
    • Contact the ReStores
    • Apply for a Habitat Home
    • Home Repairs or Painting
    • Mortgage & Rent Help
    • Energy Efficiency Program
    • Additional Resources
    • Homeowner Requirements
    • Residency
    • Equal Opportunity
  • COMMUNITY RESOURCES
    • Wild Rivers Habitat
    • Habitat International
    • Why Habitat is needed
    • Habitat Houses
    • Staff
    • Contact Us
    • Financial Information
  • Easy ways to give
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
    • Attitude of Gratitude
    • Business Sponsorships
    • Newsletter
    • Media Kit
    • #SHARETHELOVE
    • Beyond the House: 2018
    • Annual Appeal 2018
    • Annual Report 2017
    • Annual Appeal 2017
    • Construction Site Supvr
    • Habitat VISTA
    • Program Coordinator
    • Job Application
  • COVID-19 Updates
    • Home
    • ReStores
      • Online ReStore E-Store
      • About the Restores
      • ReStore Donations
      • Contact the ReStores
    • Housing Help
      • Apply for a Habitat Home
      • Home Repairs or Painting
      • Mortgage & Rent Help
      • Energy Efficiency Program
      • Additional Resources
      • Homeowner Requirements
      • Residency
      • Equal Opportunity
    • COMMUNITY RESOURCES
    • About Habitat
      • Wild Rivers Habitat
      • Habitat International
      • Why Habitat is needed
      • Habitat Houses
      • Staff
      • Contact Us
      • Financial Information
    • Easy ways to give
    • Get Involved
      • Donate
      • Volunteer
      • Attitude of Gratitude
      • Business Sponsorships
    • Media
      • Newsletter
      • Media Kit
      • #SHARETHELOVE
      • Beyond the House: 2018
      • Annual Appeal 2018
      • Annual Report 2017
      • Annual Appeal 2017
    • Career Opportunities
      • Construction Site Supvr
      • Habitat VISTA
      • Program Coordinator
      • Job Application
    • COVID-19 Updates

  • Home
  • COMMUNITY RESOURCES
  • Easy ways to give
  • COVID-19 Updates
image147

Housing must become a priority

The World is experiencing a global housing crisis. By 2020, it is estimated the world slum population will reach almost 1 billion. Lack of clean water and sanitation claim the lives of more than 1.8 million young children every year. In the United States alone, 45.5 million people are living in poverty. Minimum wage is not keeping up with the rising cost of living and many workers struggle to afford decent housing. Decent, stable housing provides more than just a roof over someone’s head.

  • Stability for families and children
  • Sense of dignity and pride
  • Health, physical safety and security
  • Increase of educational and job prospects​

 Clean, warm housing is essential for prevention and care of diseases of poverty like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, diarrhea, and malaria. Children under 5 in Malawi living in Habitat for Humanity houses have 44 percent less chance to contract malaria, respiratory or gastrointestinal diseases compared to children living in traditional houses. The percentage of people without access to decent, stable housing is rising and increasing the housing supply across the globe is essential. Adequate housing is vitally important to the health of the world’s economies, communities and populations. If we are to succeed in the fight against poverty, we must support the expansion of housing both as policy and as practice

Learn how Habitat is making a difference

Habitat for Humanity International’s Annual Reports
image148

Copyright © 2018 Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity - All Rights Reserved. 

  • Online ReStore E-Store