And organizations like Habitat for Humanity make that dream possible for many low-income Americans.
The house was built by Habitat for Humanity for a woman in Beaumont, Texas.
This entire team has worked with Habitat for Humanity to rebuild neighborhoods in New Orleans.
AmeriCorps members serving with Habitat for Humanity New Orleans and Habitat for Humanity Baton Rouge participated.
But nothing seems to faze Bob Meri(ph), the development and church relations coordinator for New Orleans's Habitat for Humanity.
Habitat for Humanity, an NGO, is building durable houses of bamboo in Nepal.
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Mr. BOB MERI (Development and Church Coordinator, New Orleans's Habitat for Humanity): Okay.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is getting involved by spearheading the Joplin Challenge in association with Habitat For Humanity.
One of her brides, says Ms. Weiss, corralled her girlfriends into painting a Habitat for Humanity dwelling for a poor family.
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See if he really is hammering those nails in the Habitat for Humanity houses or if it's only a photo op.
He said the affected neighborhood, home to many Hispanic residents, included more than 60 houses built by the group Habitat for Humanity.
All six victims were found in the same area, a Habitat for Humanity neighborhood called the Rancho Brazos subdivision, the sheriff said.
Charities benefiting include Habitat for Humanity, UNICEF and Ronald McDonald House Charities.
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Ms. REAH MCCAUGHLEY (Habitat for Humanity Volunteer): Our aunt is Rosa Parks.
We were team supervisors for two months for college students who volunteered on their spring breaks for Habitat for Humanity in Anniston, Alabama.
Now Habitat for Humanity, with help from musicians Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis, has launched an ambitious housing development called Musician's Village.
To his credit, Gingrich has maintained contact with his district, with regular town hall meetings and with house-building efforts for Habitat for Humanity.
Warner Bros. also works with global organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the World Wildlife Fund and Doctors Without Borders.
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As a volunteer for the architects of the charity Habitat for Humanity, he will help put up simple houses for those who desperately need shelter.
Each student completes over 200 community service hours -- stewardship projects include working with the Ohio State School for the Blind and Habitat for Humanity.
Habitat for Humanity house number 66, a new four-bedroom, two-bathroom home that had yet to be occupied, was among the buildings blown away by the storm.
C..but maintains ties to his hometown, raising money for Habitat for Humanity to build homes in the community through an annual golf tournament in San Diego.
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Well, Habitat for Humanity, one of the most effective nonprofit organizations in the country, has to spend that much to build as many homes as it does.
Carney was a Nortel executive but resigned after a while spending time as an electrician helping build houses for Habitat for Humanity in Redwood City.
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Ms. TIANA SCOTT (Habitat for Humanity Volunteer): The best thing, absolutely best, was the dedication of the houses, and when they all had their keys and were jingling them.
It was supposed to be dedicated Saturday, with a single mother of five moving in, said Michelle Kennedy, a Habitat for Humanity staffer who was helping with the tornado response.
Then we started investing in kind of what we thought of as not startups but speed-ups, organizations like Habitat for Humanity and Special Olympics, trying to expand their efforts.
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As the extent of the disaster became evident, Connick signed on with Habitat for Humanity to serve as honorary chair of "Operation Home Delivery, " an effort to rebuild housing for families along the Gulf Coast.
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