Nearly 2 billion people around the world live in slum housing and over 100 million are homeless. Habitat for Humanity is needed to help eliminate poverty by providing simple, decent shelter to those in need. Beaches Habitat is one of more than 1,700 US and 550 international affiliates of Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) that combined have built more than 350,000 homes throughout the world. Habitat affiliates are independent, nonprofit organizations that are organized by local citizens and operate with local boards and local volunteers. Volunteers provide most of the labor, and corporate, faith-based and individual donors provide the money, materials and labor necessary to build Habitat homes. Each affiliate tithes a certain percentage of their unspecified donations to a sister affiliate elsewhere in the world. Since 1992, Beaches Habitat has donated 10% of all undesignated dollars (more than $260k) to Habitat for Humanity Costa Rica, helping move more than 80 families into new homes.
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