Habitat for Humanity International began working in the Asia-Pacific region in 1983 with
a pilot program in India. The organization has built, renovated and repaired more than 34,000 homes since then. Some 170,000 people around the region today have better accommodation thanks to Habitat for Humanity.
 
In the past 12 months, Habitat India built its 10,000th house, The Philippines passed the 11,800-house mark, Sri Lanka passed the 5,000-house mark and the 1,100th home was built in Papua New Guinea.
 
Habitat for Humanity manages an Asia-Pacific mortgage loan portfolio valued at more than US$29 million.
 
Habitat for Humanity operates in 27– soon to be 30 – countries and territories: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Fiji, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vanuatu and Vietnam. Plans are in hand to become active in Laos, Micronesia and Myanmar.
 
In Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong, Habitat is involved in fund-raising, advocacy, organizing volunteers and other non-building activities.
 
The Asia-Pacific office is in Bangkok.

Habitat for Humanity International, Asia-Pacific Office

Q. House, 8th Floor
38 Convent Road, Silom, Bangrak
Bangkok 10500, Thailand
Tel : +66-(0)2-632-0415
Fax : +66-(0)2-632-0445
E-mail : info_ap@habitat.org