Energy Efficiency
On May 6th, Habitat for Humanity Macedonia and the Municipality of Karposh officially launched a partnership that involves energy efficiency upgrades for 112 apartments in apartment building 10 on Boulevard “September 8th” in Skopje. This project is a part of Habitat for Humanity Macedonia’s ongoing Energy Efficient Homes Program through which interventions for 28 apartment units in Kavadarci have already been completed.
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Safe Drinking Water for Vasilevo
The United Nations have designated March 22nd as World Water Day, devoting this day to focusing public attention to the critical water issues worldwide, the most pressing of which is the fact that a staggering 884 million people in the world lack access to safe drinking water. At Habitat for Humanity Macedonia we wanted to mark this day by remind our friends and supporters about the important role that providing access to clean and safe drinking water has in the work that we do in the rural communities.
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Emergency Assistance for Haiti
Habitat for Humanity will help clear debris from home sites, provide shelter kits, and repair and build new houses as part of its recovery plan in Haiti.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 19, 2010) — Ricky Martin traveled to Port-au-Prince today with Habitat for Humanity International’s CEO Jonathan Reckford to visit one of the earthquake-ravaged neighborhoods in the capital city. Martin was moved by the massive devastation caused by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck last week and just as he did following the Dec. 2004 Asian tsunami, traveled as quickly as possible to the affected region.
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Volunteering
President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, visited and volunteered at HFH Macedonia’s new builds site in the town of Veles on September 11th, 2009, expressing his support to the organization’s cause of poverty housing eradication. The visit coincided with the National Day of Service and Remembrance in the US and President Barack Obama’s volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in Washington DC. read more...
Programme
HFH Macedonia initiates a new pilot-project focused solely on financing and replacement of the existing energy un-efficient windows and doors, increasing that way the thermo insulation capabilities of the homes of low income families. read more...
International Board of Directors
The International Board of Directors of the global network Habitat for Humanity International held their annual meeting in Skopje this October. In addition to the meeting, the IBoD participated in activities organized by HFH Macedonia, including the groundbreaking for the first Habitat Settlement in Veles. read more...
First Habitat Settlement
Habitat for Humanity Macedonia officially launched the construction work on the first Habitat Settlement in Veles for low-income families. Over the course of the next three years, Habitat will build 90 apartments in 11 separate builds on 4.700 sq.m. The plan for the first year is to build 24 apartments which will become available to the partner families before the settlement is fully completed. The average size of a home is planned to be 52 sq.m., and the complete investment for this settlement will be 2.7 million dollars. read more...
New project initiated
120 families in the municipality of Vasilevo, now successfully connected to the main water supply system, are beneficiaries of our new pilot project aimed towards financing the water supply and sanitation connection for underserved families. An additional 10 families in the village Rasche and 12 families in the village Mamutchevo were also accepted to the program and their connection to the main water supply system is in progress. read more...
Program financing
A new agreement for financing HFH Macedonia’s program aimed towards improvement of poverty housing has been signed with the Dutch International Guarantees for Housing Foundation (DIGH). The agreement, worth 1 million EUR and effective as of June 2008, foresees affordable loans for reconstruction and renovation of substandard homes in the next 10 years. read more...
Report
HFH Macedonia`s Roma Housing Fund was singled out as a positive example in the Report on the Condition of Housing and Health in the Roma Community in Republic of Macedonia, published by the Humanitarian and charitable Roma association "Mesecina" from Gostivar. read more...
Partnership
Newly formed alliance between Habitat for Humanity Macedonia and Collier County Habitat for Humanity has been a highlight of the event of inauguration of the Macedonian Honorary Consulate in Naples, Florida, on February 8, 2008. read more...
Recognition of our work
Habitat for Humanity Macedonia is glad to inform that the ongoing program Home Improvement Fund aimed towards improvement of the poverty housing in Macedonia through microfinance partnerships has been selected among the 3 most innovative development project worldwide, according to the evaluation done by the Global Development Network, World Bank affiliated development institution. read more...
Habitat Day 2007
For second time HFH Macedonia gathered all partner families on one place. Being National and affiliate office at same time and running programs that are covering the whole territory of Macedonia, this kind of annual event was seen as must.
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Workshop
Habitat for Humanity Macedonia under initiative of Habitat for Humanity International hosted a 5 day workshop in Ohrid 4th to 8th of June 2007.
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