The Inaugural National
Housing Symposium
Theme: Sustainable and Affordable Housing in
Pursuit of Malawi 2063
BICC, Malawi 29 – 30 July
2024
Presentation - 2024
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Our Vision
A Malawi where
everyone has a
decent place to live.
Presentation By: Victor Chambayika Mhango
National Director , Habitat
for Humanity Malawi
Our impact from 2014 – 2024
Habitat for Humanity Malawi
Registered in Malawi, 1986.
1737 +
Affiliated to HFHI.
Our programmatic areas: Houses constructed.
75,000 ++
Vulnerable Group Housing (VGH)
Disaster Risk Reduction Response (DRRR)
Supported various individuals with services.
Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Vocational skill training
Key
Advocacy
Brick-red: Areas where we
have implemented our
projects.
Bright green: Areas where we
are currently implementing our
projects.
OUR CONCEPT OF A HOME
safe, decent,
A home affordable
shelter
$8000
1.97 million permanent housing units.
Over 2 million inadequate housing units.
Approximately 4.8 million housing units
in total.
59% substandard housing units.
MALAWI VISION 2063
HFH Malawi positions housing as a key driver for sustainable
development and economic growth.
HOUSING POLICIES AND FINANCING GREEN AND RESILIENT HOUSING
01 Effective housing policies and financing
mechanisms that make it easier for 03 Environmentally sustainable and
climate-resilient housing.
people to access affordable housing.
02 IMPROVEMENT OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
04 INCLUSIVE HOUSING
Improve existing informal settlements Inclusive housing solutions for
by upgrading infrastructure vulnerable groups incl
OUR ADVOCACY WORK
Part of Home= global
campaign.
Conduction Cost of
Housing surveys.
Promoting the use of
Malawi housing
designs.
Amplifying voices of
the vulnerable
communities.
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
Promotes cheaper and
affordable construction
materials.
Social enterprise for SSB
and cement blocks.
Vocational training
skills.
Builds houses for orphaned and
vulnerable groups in Lilongwe and
Mulanje.
Our Vulnerable Group
Housing Work
Improving informal
settlements
Our Global Volunteer Builds
GLOBAL VOLUNTEER BUILDS
Mobilizes volunteers from all over
the world.
Built 1,772 houses since 2010.
Volunteers serve alongside local
people.
Location: We place them where we
are implementing our projects.
Our WASH
programming
Implementing WASH
project in Mulanje, Zomba,
Thyolo, and Lilongwe by
installing solar water
reticulation systems,
boreholes, and improved
latrines.
500+
Upgraded one borehole to a solar-powered
piped water system that is supplying water
to Chadza village.
Call to Action
A call for public-private investment in affordable
and decent housing for rural and urban
communities.
We urge local partners, including corporates,
banks, individuals, to invest and Partner HFH
Malawi in Local builds to build sustainable and
affordable shelter for vulnerable communities
We would like to reiterate the efforts for the
review of the national housing policy.
A request to all stakeholders to promote and
adopt the Malawi Housing Designs
We urge participants to make the NHS an annual
event and support it through donations,
volunteering, and partnerships to address
Malawi's housing crisis.
THANK YOU !!
