Habitat for Humanity International

Are you or someone you know interested in serving the Kaua'i community as an AmeriCorps Service Member? Kaua'i Habitat is excited to announce we have an opening for an AmeriCorps National Volunteer Services Coordinator. Serving as an AmeriCorps National member with Habitat offers many benefits. To view some of these benefits click here.  Those interested in applying for the AmeriCorps...

Hawai'i Habitat for Humanity Association, Inc. and Kaua'i Habitat for Humanity are excited to announce the July 1st launch of the Hawai'i Village Build program. This program will replace the discontinued Global Village program, that once brought much needed volunteers from other states to Hawai'i to build homes. Habitat for Humanity International’s travel and build program, Global Village, contributed a sustainable...

Kaua'i Habitat for Humanity is among the 84 Habitat affiliates and Habitat for Humanity International to receive a transformational gift from American author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Habitat for Humanity Maui also received a portion of the $436 million of unrestricted giving. Kaua'i Habitat received $5.75 million and Habitat for Humanity Maui received $3.5 million of the generous donation, that...

  Interested in serving the Kaua'i community as an AmeriCorps Service Member? Kaua'i Habitat is happy to announce we have been awarded four AmeriCorps National Construction Crew Leader positions for the 2021-2022 service term. Applicants will need to apply through the HFHI/AmeriCorps website at https://www.habitat.org/about/careers/americorps/construction-crew-leader-2021-22-6691br. Resumes and cover letters, as well as questions may also be sent to Chelsea Crapser at...

Beginning as a week in 1995, and expanding into an entire month in 2002, National Homeownership Month in June shines a light on supporting the American Dream of homeownership. Homeownership leads to increased financial security, improved physical health, and educational attainment in families while decreasing children's behavioral problems and reliance on government assistance. It has also been shown to reduce levels...

More than 30 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly took an important step in promoting the idea that everyone deserves a decent place to live by declaring that the first Monday in October would be World Habitat Day. This day Habitat for Humanity and it's partners around the world join together to communicate the message that adequate shelter is...

We kicked off a five-year advocacy campaign this week aimed at finding solutions to help create policies in all levels of government that will help improve home affordability. After all it is through shelter that we empower! Find out how you can help by visiting Habitat for Humanity's Cost of Home webpage. News of our new campaign already hit The...

SPECIAL UPDATE Kauai Habitat for Humanity begins long-term flood recovery work around the island Aloha to our dear supporters, Twenty five years ago community need and generous donations helped establish our affiliate here on Kauai in the aftermath of Hurricane Iniki. We mobilized then to further the island’s long term recovery through construction of affordable homes for families in need. Since then, we have...

Kaua‘i Habitat staff and homebuyer Lance Kauwe had a blast building with Team Dow AgroSciences on Wednesday, August 2. Over a dozen employees from Dow came out to install roofing material and siding on the future home of Lance and Jaime Kauwe. Mahalo to The Dow Chemical Company for the generous house sponsorship and Team Dow AgroSciences for building homes...