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    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ARMENIA SERVED A RECORD 2500 FAMILIES IN ARMENIA

    Story from Lragir.am News:
    http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/society/view/28684
    12:54 21/01/2013

    Habitat for Humanity served a record 94,618 families through new home
    construction, rehabilitation and repairs in fiscal year 2012 (July 1,
    2011, to June 30, 2012), breaking the previous fiscal year~Rs record by
    more than 13,000 families. This equates to a family improving their
    living conditions on average every five-and-a-half minutes in one of
    the nearly 80 countries around the world where Habitat works.

    Habitat for Humanity helped an additional 3,321 families establish
    legal rights to a house or land, and provided 119,068 individuals with
    construction technical assistance and financial literacy training.

    ~SI am so pleased that even in these difficult economic times, Habitat
    for Humanity is serving more families and communities around the
    world,~T said Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity
    International. ~SWe~Rre incredibly grateful for the contributions of our
    many donors, partners, volunteers and advocates, whose continued
    support has made it possible for Habitat to build homes and hope.~T

    In 2012, Habitat for Humanity surpassed its 600,000 home milestone,
    bringing the number of people served through better housing solutions
    to 3 million since the organization was founded in 1976. In 2000,
    Habitat for Humanity celebrated the completion of its 100,000th home,
    and in 2011, Habitat for Humanity reached the 500,000th milestone
    home.

    Being part of this global mission Habitat for Humanity Armenia served
    a record 1451 families through rehabilitation and repairs in 2012
    breaking the previous year~Rs record by more than 1225 families. In
    addition to housing construction efforts, Habitat for Humanity Armenia
    provided an additional 283 people with technical assistance, including
    financial literacy training and construction advice and training.

    Later in 2012 Habitat for Humanity Armenia became a member in ~SEarly
    Recovery~T, ~SWASH~T (water, sanitation and hygiene) and ~SShelter and
    NFI~T Clusters. Habitat Armenia hosted 4 Global Village teams of
    volunteers in 2012.

    Currently Habitat Armenia implements the following projects: Building
    hope in female headed households, Apartment buildings renovation, Home
    improvement microfinance for low-income families and simultaneously
    provides Housing support services to families, all in close
    partnership with its Microfinance partners: Kamurj UCO LLC, Inecobank
    CJSC, Nor Horizon UCO LLC and ECLOF UCO.

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