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The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October as annual World Habitat Day.
World Habitat Day 2010 will be held on October 4.
My husband CB has volunteered for our local Habitat for Humanity chapter in Corpus Christi since 2006. They build about four houses from scratch a year. He is helped to build the 16th and 17th houses since he began helping. He works four days every week, even in the heat and humidity rampant in south TX. Thus, we heartily support Habitat for Humanity efforts in the USA and around the world!
Here is more info about today's World Habitat Day:
"On Oct. 4, 2010, in recognition of World Habitat Day, Habitat for Humanity will raise awareness of the need for improved shelter and highlight Habitat’s priorities: the worldwide connection between human health and housing, and, in the United States, neighborhood revitalization. These themes echo the United Nations’ chosen theme for 2010 for events in the host city of Shanghai, China and the rest of the world: “Better City, Better Life.”
"Every week, more than a million people are born in, or move to, cities in the developing world. As a result, the urban population of developing countries will double from 2 billion to 4 billion in the next 30 years. (Kissick, et al: 2006)
By the year 2030, an additional 3 billion people, about 40 percent of the world’s population, will need access to housing. This translates into a demand for 96,150 new affordable units every day and 4,000 every hour. (UN-HABITAT: 2005)
"Habitat for Humanity hopes that by raising awareness and advocating for universal decent housing we can dismantle and alter the systems that allow for poverty housing and make an affordable, decent place to live a reality for all."For more information about World Habitat Day 2010, go here.
