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Happy Birthday, and Thank You

This is a special shout out to Georgette Tan. Apart from helping revamp this site, Georgette came up with an amazing idea on her own initiative — for her birthday, she asked her friends, instead of giving her presents, to volunteer to build with Habitat or give a donation.  The successful birthday build is written [...]

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Joyce & Joost, The Netherlands

Hey hello, we’re Joyce and Joost from the Netherlands and we’ve been travelling through South East Asia for 9 months before we came to Kuching. After 9 months of travelling we really wanted to do something useful and stay in one place a little longer. On the internet we found out about Habitat for Humanity [...]

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Touching lives globally

Amanda Newcomb at the Kuching affiliate office. Amanda Newcomb didn’t know she would find herself in the wilds of Borneo towards the end of her 4-month internship with Habitat for Humanity (HfH) affiliate office in Singapore. When the chance to go and work in Kuching came unexpectedly, she jumped at it.

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A Boston College Intern in Kuching – Concludes

Office work, yes. I actually do have some contribution to make to the Kuching office instead of just touring around, you know. I am working on developing HFH’s profile on ammado (a kind of Facebook for Non Profit Organizations). In particular, I have been tasked with setting up an online community for volunteers and friends [...]

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A Boston College Intern in Kuching – Monkey Business

ORANGUTANS One of the best reasons to come to Kuching is the amazing amount of wildlife and eco-system you can explore. After my day of sweat and exercise at the Law house, I had the opportunity to do some sightseeing of this region. My tour guide was the fabulously knowledgeable, as well as newly elected [...]

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