Global Village

This is your chance to make a meaningful difference.

Fiji Pacific Family Habitat Programme Fund the Pacific

Habitat for Humanity New Zealand’s Global Village programme makes it possible for groups of Kiwis to volunteer overseas on a housing project and directly improve a local family’s access to a decent place to live.

Habitat volunteers work shoulder-to-shoulder with families and fellow group members, have a vibrant experience immersed in a different culture and country, and then return home knowing that they themselves and the homeowners have been positively impacted long-term.

Volunteers don’t need specific building experience, just a willingness to lend a hand. Your team leader will ensure your contributions are still sturdy and make a valuable contribution to the local community.

Make an Impact

By traveling to a partner country and donating your time and effort, you have an opportunity to directly address and improve immediate housing needs. The impact of your effort extends far beyond the week-long project, as the outcome will continue benefiting the local community and families for years to come with physical shelter and protection and a stable sense of home that we all need to thrive.

Gain Experience

A Global Village experience is an opportunity to deepen your understanding of different cultures and backgrounds, while immersed in a new environment. By working closely and engaging with local communities, you will develop connections that leave a long-lasting impact, returning home with a new perspective and inspiring you to make a positive difference in your own community.

Ethical Volunteering

Global Village is centered around improving a country’s access to decent, safe housing in a meaningful way. All projects are designed alongside local communities and contribute to the host country’s existing programming to ensure the outcome is useful, culturally appropriate, and supports self-sufficiency. Our volunteers do not replace local jobs as projects only add to the building capacity of the community and would not have otherwise been completed.

2024 Programme

Eastern Region, Nepal

6th – 10th May 2024

This build project will focus on preparing or building new sustainable homes using bamboo as a locally accessible and affordable material. Volunteers may be asked to mix mortar, move bricks, prepare bamboo columns and beams, weave bamboo walls, apply mud mortar to walls, and paint.

Indicative cost: $3,250*

*Please note this does not include airfares or visa costs.

**Registrations now closed 

Hoa Binh, Vietnam

5th – 9th August 2024

This build project is working in the Hoa Binh Province, home to a great diversity of ethnic minority peoples. Working alongside these families to build a secure home to help address security and health issues. Typical volunteer tasks could include mixing mortar and concrete, sifting sand, laying bricks, tying rebar or moving construction materials.

Indicative cost: $2,800*

*Please note this does not include airfares or visa costs.

Registration close 27th May 2024 unless fully booked prior.

Manila, Philippines

19th – 23rd August 2024

FULLY BOOKED – Working in Metro Manila on a housing development program for low-income and informal settler families which will include common areas such as parks and playgrounds, you will be supporting local labourers and families with tasks that may include carrying bricks, cleaning/ clearing, applying cement plaster, painting and backfilling.

Indicative cost: $2,900*

*Please note this does not include airfares or visa costs.

Eastern Region, Nepal

21st – 25th October 2024

This build project will focus on preparing or building new sustainable homes using bamboo as a locally accessible and affordable material. Volunteers may be asked to mix mortar, move bricks, prepare bamboo columns and beams, weave bamboo walls, apply mud mortar to walls, and paint.

Indicative cost: $3,250*

*Please note this does not include airfares or visa costs.

Registrations close 12th August 2024 unless fully booked prior. 

Eastern Region, Nepal

11th – 15th November 2024

This build project will focus on preparing or building new sustainable homes using bamboo as a locally accessible and affordable material. Volunteers may be asked to mix mortar, move bricks, prepare bamboo columns and beams, weave bamboo walls, apply mud mortar to walls, and paint.

Indicative cost: $3,250*

*Please note this does not include airfares or visa costs.

Registrations close 2nd September 2024 unless fully booked prior

Email us to express your interest and be notified of newly added projects.