As part of a three-fold response in its goal to serve 50,000 families affected by the Haiti earthquake, Habitat for Humanity has assembled more than 21,000 emergency shelter kits, conducted more than 2,000 home safety evaluations and, to date, has built nearly 400 transitional shelters.

Just six months after the earthquake, Habitat is:
• Constructing about 70 transitional shelters a week—in places like Cabaret, below—providing safe, dry housing for Haitians living in unhealthy, vulnerable conditions.
• Working through Habitat Resource Centers to train and employ local workers in building efforts—
and supplying families with courses in disaster mitigation and financial literacy.
• Providing more than 21,000 emergency shelter kits, conducting structural damage assessments in affected houses, repairing homes, and advocating for land-tenure policies to protect families’ property rights as they rebuild.

Read on to learn about the strength of Haiti’s families—and how you can help Habitat help Haiti.

Habitat's Six-month report