Shelter, housing, land management and construction
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Venture capital for low-income markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
Investing in housing, healthcare, education, basic utilities and nutrition can not only fulfill a social mission, but it can also be a profitable business venture.
Construmex: Facilitating Remote Housing Investments for US-based Mexican Migrants
Construmex, an initiative of Mexican construction and building giant CEMEX, was launched after the company’s success with Patrimonio Hoy, a socially minded business initiative targeted at low-income consumers. Since its inception in 2001, Construmex has helped more than 14,000 Mexican migrants in...
Lafarge partners with Habitat for Humanity in Honduras
The Lafarge Cementos Foundation has concluded a partnership with Habitat for Humanity in order to provide homes for disadvantaged communities in Honduras.
ArcellorMittal Foundation builds energy-efficient house in Romania
Casa Buna, a model house with four duplex apartments in Romania, is the result of a partnership between the NGO Habitat for Humanity and the ArcelorMittal Foundation. Its structure consists of prefabricated elements of light steel frames, ensuring easy, fast and low price construction. In...
Nissan to Provide Shelter for 75 Families
Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd. entered into a partnership with Habitat for Humanity India to support a project set to provide shelter to 75 socially and economically less fortunate families in Mangadu.
ArcelorMittal Foundation helps to build houses for low-income families
Low-income families from Romania, Argentina and Costa Rica are beginning to see the fruits of the partnership between the ArcelorMittal Foundation and NGO Habitat for Humanity, which was signed in April 2008.
Uganda : Project Hope and Hard Work
The importance of microcredit in Uganda has soared in the recent decade and the instrument is now seen as one of the most effective tools to tackle poverty in the country.
Chevron subsidiary partners with local charity to engage impoverished communities in Angola
Search for Common Ground, an organisation dedicated to conflict transformation, has been working in Angola's oil-rich enclave of Cabinda since October 2006. In a private-public partnership cofunded by USAID and Chevron's local oil subsidiary, SFCG has collaborated with nine impoverished fishing...
Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity 'Raise the Walls' on Three New Habitat Houses in Amarillo
More than 50 Bank of America associate volunteers and Amarillo Habitat for Humanity will join together to build three new Habitat homes in Amarillo over the next three days. The effort reflects a longstanding commitment by Bank of America to create opportunities that enrich the lives of families...
Cemex makes home improvements accessible for the poor in Mexican slums
The cement company Cemex has created a business called Patrimonio Hoy to deliver affordable products to the poor living in the slums of Mexico. After only two years, Patrimonio Hoy is serving 30,000 families. The company organises people in poor neighbourhoods into small groups to save money,...