Habitat for Humanity Egypt

🏡✨ What happens when young people connect with communities, listen to families, and build with their own hands?
Real impact happens. 💙
Habitat for Humanity Egypt, in partnership with CEOSS – Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services, hosted the Manara School El Gouna Workcamp, bringing together students, teachers, local partners, and HFHE staff for three inspiring days of learning, community engagement, and hands-on construction activities in Ezbet Shehata and El Ruby villages in Minya Governorate.
Students actively participated in construction and renovation activities, including bricklaying, wall construction, plastering, and supporting on-site work, experiencing first-hand the value of volunteerism and the impact of collective action. 👷‍♂️🧱🤝
They also visited vulnerable families whose homes have been selected for reconstruction through Habitat's housing programs, listening to their stories, aspirations, and hopes for a better future. In addition, students met homeowners who had already benefited from Habitat's interventions, giving them the opportunity to witness the life-changing impact of safe and adequate housing. 🌍✨
Through these meaningful interactions, students gained a deeper understanding of the challenges and aspirations of the families they met, while sharing their own ideas for creating better housing and stronger communities. 🏡💡🤝
Because building homes is not only about construction — it is about restoring dignity, creating hope, and empowering communities to thrive.

🏡✨ ماذا يحدث عندما يتواصل الشباب مع المجتمعات، ويستمعون إلى الأسر، ويشاركون بأيديهم في البناء؟
يحدث أثر حقيقي. 💙
نظّمت هابيتات فور هيومانيتي مصر، بالشراكة مع الهيئة القبطية الإنجيلية للخدمات الاجتماعية، معسكر عمل مدرسة منارة الجونة، والذي جمع الطلاب والمعلمين والشركاء المحليين وفريق هابيتات مصر خلال ثلاثة أيام ملهمة من التعلم والتفاعل المجتمعي وأنشطة البناء الميدانية في قريتي عزبة شحاتة والروبي بمحافظة المنيا.
شارك الطلاب بأيديهم في أعمال البناء والترميم، بما شمل بناء الحوائط وأعمال المحارة ومساندة فرق العمل بالموقع، ليعيشوا تجربة عملية تعكس قيمة العمل التطوعي وأثر العمل الجماعي في دعم المجتمعات. 👷‍♂️🧱🤝
كما زار الطلاب الأسر الأكثر احتياجًا والتي تم اختيار منازلها لإعادة البناء ضمن برامج هابيتات للإسكان، واستمعوا إلى قصصهم وتطلعاتهم وآمالهم في مستقبل أفضل. كذلك التقوا بأسر استفادت بالفعل من تدخلات هابيتات، مما أتاح لهم فرصة مشاهدة الأثر الحقيقي الذي يمكن أن يحققه السكن الآمن والملائم في حياة الأسر والمجتمعات. 🌍✨
ومن خلال هذه اللقاءات الملهمة، اكتسب الطلاب فهمًا أعمق للتحديات والتطلعات التي تعيشها الأسر التي التقوا بها، كما شاركوا بأفكارهم ورؤاهم لبناء مساكن أفضل ومجتمعات أكثر قوة. 🏡💡🤝
لأن بناء المنازل لا يتعلق فقط بأعمال البناء، بل باستعادة الكرامة، وصناعة الأمل، وتمكين المجتمعات من الازدهار.

📢 Call for Applications: Community Mobilization and Awareness Raising Consultant / Company

Habitat for Humanity Egypt seeks to contract a qualified community engagement and communication company/consultant to design and implement community engagement activities in the selected area in Giza Governorate where the project will upgrade an open space and transform it into a climate resilient public space that is relevant to the residents’ needs and aspirations.

For more details on the consultancy assignment and how to apply, please visit our website: https://www.habitategypt.org/community-mobilization-and-awareness-raising-consultant-company/

📩 Submit your proposal to: [email protected]

📝 Subject: Community Engagement Consultant – Home Equals Project

⏰ Deadline for Applications is May 20th, 2026.

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ما الذي يتطلبه تشكيل مستقبل الإسكان؟ 🏡✨
في أسبوع مصر العمراني 2026 المنظم من قبل برنامج الأمم المتحدة للمستوطنات البشرية (الموئل)، اجتمع نحو 300 فرد من مختلف أطراف منظومة الإسكان لتحويل الحوار إلى خطوات عملية.
شاركت هابيتات فور هيومانيتى مصر في نقاشات متعددة القطاعات حول تحديات الإسكان في مصر، مؤكدة الحاجة إلى حلول عملية وشاملة ومستدامة تضع الإنسان في قلب التنمية.
كما شارك المهندس أشرف عيد، المدير العام لهابيتات فور هيومانيتي مصر، في جلسة نقاشية محورية 💬، مستعرضًا الرؤى حول تعزيز الإسكان الشامل، وتعميق التعاون بين مختلف القطاعات لمواجهة التحديات الحضرية الملحّة.
من الحوار إلى التعلم العملي، أكدت الفعالية حقيقة بسيطة: الإسكان ليس مجرد
🤝🌍مبانٍ، بل كرامة وفرص ومجتمعات أقوى



Habitat for Humanity
UHPH | Middle East and North Africa (UHPH-MENA)

What does it take to shape the future of housing? 🏡✨
At Egypt Urban Week 2026 organized by UN Habitat Egypt, around 300 stakeholders from across the housing ecosystem came together to turn dialogue into action.
Habitat for Humanity Egypt actively contributed to cross-sector discussions on Egypt’s housing challenges, highlighting the need for practical, inclusive, and sustainable solutions that put people at the center.
Eng. Ashraf Eid, National Director of HFHE, took part in a key panel discussion 💬, sharing insights on advancing inclusive housing and strengthening collaboration across sectors to address pressing urban challenges.
From dialogue to hands-on learning, the day reinforced a simple truth: housing is about dignity, opportunity, and stronger communities 🤝🌍

Design Competition #2 – VISIONS OF HOME: Innovative Low-Cost Climate-Resilient Solutions Towards A More Sustainable Housing Future

For many people, a home represents stability, security, and the possibility of building a better future.

Yet today, providing housing that is both affordable and resilient has become an increasing challenge. Rising costs, environmental pressures, and changing urban realities are reshaping how homes are built and lived in.

Addressing these challenges requires innovative ideas that rethink how housing can remain accessible, adaptable, and sustainable.

Through the “Visions of Home” Design Competition, UN-Habitat Egypt, in collaboration with Habitat For Humanity Egypt and UHPH | Middle East and North Africa (UHPH-MENA), invites architects, planners, engineers, designers, researchers, and innovators to share creative ideas for low-cost, climate-resilient housing solutions.

👷🏽‍♂️👷🏻‍♀️ Theme: Low-Cost Climate-Resilient Solutions Towards A More Sustainable Housing Future

💡 Competition Categories:
1. Climate-Resilient Housing Unit Design
2. Retrofit and Adaptation Solutions
3. Innovative Materials and Construction Techniques
4. Community-Scale Housing and Public Realm Solutions

🏆 Why Apply: Selected photographs will be awarded and exhibited at Egypt Urban Week 2026 event (in April) and featured across UN-Habitat platforms.

Egypt Urban Week 2026, organized in the lead-up to the World Urban Forum 13 (WUF13), will bring together national and international partners for discussions and dialogues on sustainable urban development in Egypt.

📍 Open to: Architects, planners, engineers, designers, researchers, innovators, and students across Egypt.

🗓 Submission deadline: 10 April 2026
📧 Submit to: [email protected]
📄 Competition guidelines:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bm1-gyMmQDJYyZQLs2qa7x5YaGhuX0xk

This initiative contributes to people-centred urban development, advancing SDG 11, the New Urban Agenda, the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan 2026–2029, and Egypt Vision 2030.

Habitat for Humanity
Housing Practitioners Hub- MENA

🌍 Habitat for Humanity International is Hiring: MENA Hub Senior Manager, Housing Market Systems and Financial Inclusion Programs
📍 Location: Egypt or Jordan

Habitat for Humanity International is looking for “Senior Manager, Housing Market Systems and Financial Inclusion Programs” that serves as the overall lead for Habitat programs implemented at the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region level, with the focus on housing market systems development and financial inclusion.

👉 For more details visit our website: https://www.habitategypt.org/mena-hub-senior-manager-housing-market-systems-and-financial-inclusion-programs/

🗓 Application deadline: April 16
📩 Apply: [email protected]

MENA Hub Senior Manager, Housing Market Systems and Financial Inclusion Programs - Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity International is looking for “Senior Manager, Housing Market Systems and Financial Inclusion Programs” that serves as the overall lead for Habitat programs implemented at the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region level, with the focus on housing market systems developme...