Saying that Habitat for Humanity builds houses would be a misstatement. A house is just an empty structure. Habitat for Humanity Zambia builds homes. Let me explain the difference. We had the privilege of visiting 2 Habitat affiliates in Lusaka, which included time meeting with Habitat residents. When we asked them how Habitat for Humanity had changed their lives, the answers all came back to family. Now, these mothers and daughters told us, they don’t have to worry about keeping the whole family together, because they can afford to keep them under one roof. Habitat could have built twice as many houses on the plot of land we visited, but they opted to give each family a garden space in the backyard...
Hi everyone! Welcome to our blog! Technology willing, we’ll be posting updates throughout our trip to work with Habitat for Humanity in Kawama, Zambia, alongside Elon University's Periclean Scholars Class of 2009. We could not be more thrilled about this experience or excited about the chance to share it with you here! To start off the blog, I want to share a reflection on service from Reverend Sam Wells, Dean of the Duke University Chapel, which I found particularly interesting. Wells identifies three broad ways for a person to try and fix any of the world’s many wrongs. They are: 1. Working for : This is the conventional, and least effective, model of social action: doing for someone what...