The Global Village program welcomes volunteers from every corner of the world to Armenia to work first-hand on short-term mission trips while also exploring a new culture.
In Armenia, Global Village volunteers work alongside families and members of the host community, creating friendships and establishing lasting bonds. Together they renovate homes and improve housing conditions of low-income families.
Volunteers are the engine that drives Habitat Armenia’s mission; their work advances the wellbeing of Armenians unable to garner the sweat equity necessary for large-scale projects, like plastering an entire home or digging a trench deep enough to hold a septic tank. The work Global Village volunteers do in a week surpasses the work a single family can complete in several months.
In the past years, microfinance banks provided families with loans in order to procure the equipment necessary for a Global Village team to assist them. Habitat Armenia, however, has established a new partnership with The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), which will fund renovation costs for selected families. UMCOR and Habitat Armenia are piloting this partnership with three teams. If the pilot is successful, then the proposal will be developed for a sustainable long-term partnership, which would ease the financial burden of those families receiving help.
