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Students display spirit of altruism

Students display spirit of altruism by Georgette Tan Wilson (left) and Jin whittles a piece of board down to size. When Bambang Sudarmono, 31, learned that Habitat for Humanity (HfH) is helping to build a house in  his in-laws’s village, he went over to have a look and make some inquiries. He even found time [...]

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The People that Habitat built

The People that Habitat built By Georgette Tan It was a beautiful day to be lost in the intestinal tract of roads near Kota Sentosa. I was already an hour late to my appointment and was starting to think that it was One of Those Days. Brilliant blue skies and fat white clouds mocked my [...]

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One Morning at Kpg Senibong

Rose Wong is the latest to blog about her build experience. She joined me and two other friends at a site in Kampung Senibong last Sunday for a half day build. She’s been wanting to come along ever since I blogged about my first trip, so I’m glad she finally made it! Half a day [...]

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Habitat for Humanity begins its 300,001st house

In the midst of a housing crisis in which thousands of families are losing their homes, Habitat for Humanity is determined to continue building hope. After marking milestone growth with house number 300,000, Habitat turns toward the 1.5 billion people worldwide still in need of adequate shelter, and breaks ground on number 300,001.     [...]

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The hope for all our tomorrows

The title of this post echoes the opening line of a schmaltzy ’80s hit but, you know what, if Obama (my hero of the moment) can make a famous Ghandi quotation* his own,** I don’t see why I should be ashamed to say, yes, I have been inspired by Whitney . . . I really do believe the children are [...]

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