Isn’t that awesome!? Remember the “It all starts at home” photo petition I blogged about? Well, Habitat took the thousands of photos people submitted (including one from me, my sis, AND Kenny Roger!) and put together this sweet collage that makes up the World Habitat Day logo.
Now, as you may or may not know, this Monday (Oct. 5) is WORLD HABITAT DAY. It is a U.N holiday that occurs the first monday of October every year. The purpose is to globally unite and declare that the lack of decent, affordable housing is unacceptable. Raising awareness and advocating for change are the first steps toward transforming systems that perpetuate poverty housing.
I’d like to ask a small favor…if you believe in the basic human right to safe and decent shelter, then please take a moment to send this photo petition to congress and to Ask Congress to Make Housing A Priority on World Habitat Day! It’s quick, it’s easy, and it makes a world of difference…literally.
If you’d like to educate yourself about the problem, check out these statistics and research about poverty housing in the U.S. and around the world. It’s easiest to point to the slum conditions abroad to demonstrate the extreme (and terrible) conditions people are living in. I would highly recommend this documentary, Slum Survivors, which talks about the largest slum in the world (Kibera, located in Kenya). It provides great insight as to what it’s like to live in a slum and what substandard housing actually means. [Click the link…you can watch the whole thing online!]
To start making a difference, visit AdvocateWithHabitat.org to voice your support for an end to poverty housing both in our nation and abroad.
Larry bikes across America 