Office work, yes.
I actually do have some contribution to make to the Kuching office instead of just touring around, you know. I am working on developing HFH’s profile on ammado (a kind of Facebook for Non Profit Organizations). In particular, I have been tasked with setting up an online community for volunteers and friends to [...]
ORANGUTANS
One of the best reasons to come to Kuching is the amazing amount of wildlife and eco-system you can explore.
After my day of sweat and exercise at the Law house, I had the opportunity to do some sightseeing of this region. My tour guide was the fabulously knowledgeable, as well as newly elected President of [...]
I feel like I have been given a crash course overview of Kuching, Malaysia and the Habitat for Humanity affiliate office here. I cannot say anything negative about my experience here, well except for the heat, but everything else exceeded my expectations.
On Saturday morning, I arrived at the build site for Law Moi Nui’s family, and [...]
Hi! I am a graduate student at Boston College in the United States and have had an internship with Habitat for Humanity for four months. I spent three and a half months working at the Habitat for Humanity (HFH) affiliate office in Singapore. I transferred to Kuching for my last week of the internship in [...]
26 March 2008
Today saw a number of fruitful sessions in which we explored and developed the fundraising lessons learned on Day One. After a moving devotion speech in which Peter Gape related the story of why he is with Habitat, the participants split into smaller workshop groups. Here is a brief summary of two such [...]
The Philippines Experience by Marcia Yogore
Marcia presented a slideshow on the different types of houses built in the Philippines, and also their use of innovative new technologies such as Concrete Interlocking Blocks, etc.
To raise funds, HfH Philippines has to “sell” tangible products. Their core competency is in building. They must show ideas in a [...]
25 March 2008
I arrived in Singapore late yesterday (at midnight, which makes it this morning) to attend Habitat’s Asia Pacific Resource Development Conference held at Fort Canning Lodge. I would have got here earlier if not for the grinding wait at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, thanks to a horde of F1 fans. Here we are, [...]
With the overwhelming generosity of donors (I will add a new page to list out their names), and the unflagging efforts of Habitat’s international and local volunteers, we are pleased to announce that Dapat and his family will have their new house paid for.
The Flickr page is up as well, do mouse over to the [...]
On 20 August 2007, a fire gutted the 11 year old, two-bedroom timber home of Dapat Anak Ajek in the Batu Kawa Resettlement Scheme, Kuching, Sarawak.
Wife Deha is the breadwinner of the family, with a steady job at a chicken rice restaurant, working shifts of up to 12 hours.
Dapat takes care of their four [...]
This blog has been updated with “Media Coverage” (The Borneo Post 1st October 2007) and “How You Can Help” — click on the 2 new pages to the right. And help! We need all the support we can get. You know it’s time to get involved — let’s tackle poverty housing together, one nail at [...]