America's North Shore Journal

Habitat for Humanity

In the year since the Indian Ocean tsunami, Habitat for Humanity has assisted an estimated 6,000 households in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand to gain permanent housing. Over the next 24 months, Habitat for Humanity plans to provide direct housing assistance to as many as 20,000 families, and to assist 10,000 to 15,000 more households with training and disaster mitigation services.

Program targets*
Jan. 1, 2005–Dec. 31, 2007
Total families to be served — 35,000
Families to receive direct housing assistance — 20,000
Additional families to be served through training and disaster mitigation — 10,000–15,000

*At the one-year mark, countries have revised their individual goals; if the new goals are met, 21,000 families will receive housing and more than 39,000 households will be served.

The first year
Funds raised — US$54 million
Funds transferred to implementing countries — US$12 million**

Families receiving direct housing assistance — 6,000

New houses — 2,800
Repaired and renovated houses — 1,200
Total completed*** — 4,000

Housing units in progress — 2,000

**Estimated total to Dec. 31, 2005; includes $8.56 million actual through Nov. 17.
***House counts through Nov. 30 plus projections to year’s end.