The People for People Gala is a national contest and an event rewarding social involvement of companies, citizens and non-governmental organizations. Donations, sponsoring, volunteering and fundraising are awarded.

As Woman’s Day approaches, an event dedicated to all ladies will take place in Timisoara on Saturday, 7 March 2009. They are invited to volunteer building the first protected house in the west of the country for five adults with severe mental disabilities.

Habitat for Humanity is deeply saddened by the death of Millard Fuller, the visionary whose ideas and tireless work created Habitat for Humanity. Mr. Fuller led Habitat from its founding in 1976 until his separation from the organization and his founding of the Fuller Center for Housing in 2005. He died early today, Feb. 3, following a brief illness. He was 74.

The Habitat dream is that all 150,000 poor families in Romania, irrespective of their ethnicity or religion, may have a simple and decent home and avoid living in inhuman conditions. This is a dream that costs up to 2.5 billion euro or $3.8 billion.
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Between the May 5^th and May 31^st, Habitat for Humanity Beius will host the largest volunteer, communication and advocacy event in the country.
We will build 10 homes in just 4 weeks, with the families working side by side with the volunteers to finish theirs and their neighbors’ houses. On site for the event will be politicians, corporate representatives, VIP’s, journalists, and other public figures. For the four weeks during the project, Oradea will be the National Capital of  Volunteerism, with over 500 local and international volunteers expected to participate.

Bucharest, March, 24 2008 – Through the project “Building for the Future” Petrom and Habitat for Humanity are helping 66 families in Comăneşti, Asău, Dofteana, Dărmăneşti and Moineşti. Petrom is offering the financial support needed to build six new houses and to repair other 60 houses. Petrom’s employees are working as volunteers at the houses’ repair and construction.

Between 1^st - 9^th of September 2007, Habitat for Humanity has hosted the biggest volunteering event in Europe EURO 2007 HABITAT.

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Known for his involvement with charities like his late mother, Princess Diana of Wales, Prince William paid a visit to Habitat for Humanity’s booth at the World Scout Jamboree in Essex, England, in July.

The 12-day event was held to commemorate 100 years of scouting and attracted 40,000 scouts and leaders from around the world. Prince William learned about Habitat for Humanity and poverty housing issues and participated in Habitat’s Youth Programs’ Paper House Campaign, an advocacy outreach effort aimed at youth, at the Jamboree’s Global Development Village, where scouts explore key world challenges through practical workshops.

The non-profit association Habitat for Humanity Romania, in collaboration with the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing, under the patronage of the European Commission Representation in Romania, released the project on “Euro2007Habitat Build” on July 2nd. Through this project, 650 volunteers are to build 27 houses, each representing a Member State of the European Union for families in need in Radauti, on September 1 – 9, 2007. The release was preceded by a round table on “Aspects of Poor Housing in Romania and the EU: Present and Future”. The Ambassador Donato Chiarini, Head of the European Commission Representation in Romania, and Mr. Laszlo Borbely, Minister of Development, Public Works and Housing attended the event..

This is the first time that Romania celebrates Europe Day as a Member State of the European Union. The Association Habitat for Humanity Romania wishes to celebrate this day through building events developing in Habitat affiliates all over the country.

Friday, April 13, the well-known CNN senior anchor, Richard Quest became a volunteer on the site of the Habitat for Humanity organization Cluj and he helped building houses for families in need. Besides the actual building, the charismatic reporter prepared a material on the activity of the Habitat for Humanity. The material will be included in this month’s show, “Quest to Build”. 

Wednesday, April 11th, His Majesties King Michael and Princess Margareta were guests of the non-profit association Habitat for Humanity Beius. The royal family expressed their wish to visit the first Habitat for Humanity neighborhood and they were very pleased with the houses built here.

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – (Oct. 5, 2006) – Standing in front of a block of vacant homes in North Philadelphia, Jon Bon Jovi today announced Project HOME’s Phase V Homeownership Project – a unique partnership that he has brokered between Project HOME, Habitat for Humanity, the Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation and Saturn that will undertake the renovation of 15 row houses in one of Philadelphia’s most poverty-ridden neighborhoods. President Bill Clinton attended, commending Jon Bon Jovi’s continued philanthropic efforts, the work of both Project HOME and Habitat for Humanity in the communities they serve, and Saturn for joining this partnership.

Between the 2nd and the 6th of October AVIVA (one of the leading providers of life and pensions products to Europe) and Habitat for Humanity worked together in a large project in Cluj, they built 3 houses in just 5 days. Aviva manage to outrun all the tasks and scheduled deadlines. This was an opportunity to finish other houses that have already been built and start building up a new one, the 4th.