Overview
The Global Village program began in 1989 in response to increasing requests for international short-term volunteer opportunities. In our first year, 12 countries invited 30 teams to participate in house-building work and to learn about Habitat in their country.
Over our first two decades, the Global Village program sent out more than 60,000 volunteers and raised more than $20 million for international home-building efforts. Those volunteers and financial donations traveled with more than 5,000 teams to work, on more than 10,000 homes in nearly 60 countries.