World Habitat Day October 6th
October 1st, 2008 at 3:30 pm | posted by Chris.ScottCheck out this post from Habitat for Humanity’s Jeanette Stoltzfus about World Habitat Day next Monday!
-Chris Scott
As UN-Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon stated, “There are many other billions of people suffering from lack of affordable housing– all the facilities which make our lives decent. We must work together and generate the political will to have a smooth implementation of the Millennium Development Goals and I will work very closely, and harder than before.”
Monday, October 6th is World Habitat Day 2008, which makes this an ideal time to address the global housing crisis and think about the more than 1.6 billion people who suffer from some sort of shelter deprivation. Habitat for Humanity is engaged and we need you to join us.
Without access to adequate shelter, clean water or sanitation, upwards of 10 million people die each year from preventable diseases. In some parts of the world, entire families face forced eviction from property or land they own. But clean, decent, stable housing for everyone is not beyond reach if, starting today, we get energized and get involved…
- Partner with Habitat by building, educating, or advocating on World Habitat Day.
- Plug into events in your area .
- Plan your own event.
- Learn about secure tenure.
- Read about the history of World Habitat Day and other events taking place around the world.
- Even though billions worldwide face tremendous odds when it comes to housing, our next President can do something to greatly improve those odds. Join Habitat for Humanity in urging Senators Obama and McCain to, as President, make the U.S. a world leader in the battle for better housing for all.
- Email us at worldhabitatday@habitat.org with your questions, comments or suggestions.
On October 6th 2008, raise your voice, along with Habitat, and take a stand for everyone in need of adequate housing in cities, towns and rural communities in the U.S. and around the world.
-Jeanette Stoltzfus, Habitat for Humanity International
October 5th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
In 2008, isn’t the time right for the United States of America to re-focus attentions and resources to aid and assist the needs of our Domestic poor, and finally begin to give less to those in foreign lands?
October 5th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
It’s extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can’t find $25 billion dollars to saved 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.
-Bono