World We Dare to Imagine- Post 3
One Home at a Time Over the summer, I built a shelter with Habitat for Humanity, an organization where volunteers come to help build affordable homes. Over one billion people struggle with inadequate housing, and of those, millions of people face homelessness. While the shelter I helped build would only house one family of those struggling for a basic necessity, I truly felt like I had made a difference. Homelessness is a systematic problem that is multifaceted, but in many cases connects back to economics. To tackle the epidemic doesn’t happen overnight, and looking at it from the lens of one person, it seems impossible. But, organizations, like Habitat for Humanity, and homeless shelters take a step in the right direction and reveal that even the aid of one person can help another person's life. Ever since I finished building the shelter, I couldn’t help but wonder how that family was doing. While housing is an essential first step of addressing homelessness, it is ...