Local, National, and International Involvement
Habitat for Humanity International has affiliates and chapters throughout the nation and the world. As part of the international Habitat community, Cal Habitat for Humanity is involved on local, national, and international levels. We work closely with the East Bay, Peninsula, and San Francisco affiliates in the Bay Area and take part in the Global Village and Collegiate Challenge programs each year.

Collegiate Challenge
Like to travel? Tired of doing the same job every time you go to a workday? Don't have plans for winter or spring break? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Collegiate Challenge may be just the thing for you! Collegiate Challenge is Habitat for Humanity's year-round alternative break program that gives college students the opportunity to spend one week of their school break building a home with a Habitat for Humanity affiliate in the United States. Here are the places Cal Habitat for Humanity has sent college students to:

New Orleans 2007

Kauai 2005
Cal Habitat sent a team of enthusiastic members across the Pacific on a weeklong building trip to the lovely Hawaiian island of Kauai. They learned about the different housing needs outside of California, experienced the pride in watching the daily progression of their house, bonded with other Cal Habitat members, and basked in the sun while everyone else freezes in Berkeley.

Campus Chapters Tithe Challenge
By sending funds to other countries, campus chapters with limited resources can see their efforts go much further than they would in the United States. In Spring 2004, Cal Habitat decided to tithe a total of $750 to Guatemala, the Philippines, and Zambia, which is more than what was tithed in '02-'03 by all of the Western States Campus Chapters combined ($450)! Additionally, the Global Village Zambia team donated more than $4000 to the local affiliate during their January 2004 trip.

Global Village

Zambia 2004
On January 2, 2004, 11 members of Cal Habitat (Joanna So, Tyler Duni, Brett Dalton, Janice Chang, Jackie Erbe, Melissa Ip, Jesse Le, Lisa Molinaro, Tricia Powell, Alicia Wittmeyer, and Charlene Yamaoka) traveled to Lusaka, Zambia for two weeks and worked with Habitat for Humanity affiliate Tiyende Pamodzi to build homes for families living in substandard conditions as part of the Global Village program. Besides living and working directly with local Zambian families in order to better understand global housing issues, the team had the opportunity to travel around the country and participate in cultural and recreational activities.

For more information,
http://www.habitat.org/GV/
http://www.habitatzam.org.zm
http://www.zambiatourism.com/