Rotary International partners with Habitat for Humanity

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30386
• Published date: 01 December 2017
• Date: 01 December 2017

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Rotary International partners

with Habitat for Humanity

Rotary International and Habitat for Human-

ity International have launched a new partnership

aimed at providing access to safe and affordable

housing across the globe. The partnership will

leverage collaboration between local Rotary clubs

and local Habitat for Humanity organizations,

enabling Habitat to extend its volunteer pool by

tapping into Rotary’s 1.2 million members in 200

countries and regions.

More than 1 billion people around the world

live in inadequate housing, according to the United

Nations Centre for Human Settlements. Habitat

works to address this by bringing people together

to build homes, a mission that aligns perfectly

with Rotary’s commitment to make positive, last-

ing change in communities around the world, said

Rotary General Secretary John Hewko.

Rotary members develop and implement sus-

tainable projects that ght disease, promote peace,

provide clean water, support education, save moth-

ers and children and grow local economies.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2zSyvQg. ■

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