Habitat for Humanity builds in 70+ countries and invites volunteers to participate these projects through its Global Village program. In February Greater Indy Habitat completed our fifth trip to El Salvador with 11 volunteers and in total has tithed more than 1.3 million to our sister affiliates in Central America….
Shana Lewis, volunteer coordinator, takes you day by day through our recent Global Village trip to El Salvador. Day 1: During our ride to the hostel, I was in awe of the landscape. The mountains and volcanoes, the sugar cane fields and the clear skies. It’s beautiful here. People sell…
Post written by Scott Budlong, Financial Associate with Thrivent Financial I recently got back from the Dominican Republic. I’m blessed and grateful to be a financial representative for Thrivent Financial which is the largest non-governmental donor to Habitat for Humanity in the world. So, when I went down to the…
“Mas? No Mas?” I ask Oscar as I point to a pile of rebar on the ground next to the footer my new friend Mauricio just finished digging. I’m realizing now that I should have put more time into learning basic phrases of Spanish before leaving for our trip. It’s…
Before leaving for his second trip to El Salvador with Habitat for Humanity, Chris shares what the experience of serving with others means to him. It’s been a year and half since I was in El Salvador for the first time with Global Village, and now that I’m ready to…
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What makes a house a home? I recently returned from a trip to the Dominican Republic, where I participated with several other CEOs from various Habitat for Humanity affiliates from around the country to learn about the impact Habitat is having in the Dominican Republic. We had the opportunity to…