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Date: Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:05 PM<br>Subject: Habitat Update from Habitat for Humanity International<br>To: Grace Lee <<a href="mailto:gracelee@mit.edu">gracelee@mit.edu</a>><br><br><br>
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<td colspan="2" align="left" width="height"><font color="#333333" face="FontName, times new roman, times, georgia, serif" size="4"><b>December 2009 News</b></font></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="287"><font face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.habitat.org/faces_places/hom/12_03_2009_tree_story.aspx" target="_blank">A Christmas tree becomes a part of Habitat homes</a></b><br>
A family has a home, thanks in part to the 2008 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Its lumber was used to help construct a home in New York. </font></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="287"><font face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.habitat.org/support/report/default.aspx" target="_blank">Habitat’s 2009 Annual Report</a></b><br>
Despite the struggling economy, more than 61,000 families were served in fiscal year 2009. Celebrate our successes, consider our goals for 2010 and review our financial information in this year’s annual report. </font></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="287"><font face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.habitat.org/hw/Dec_2009/default.html" target="_blank">New issue of Habitat World</a></b><br>
This month, Habitat World emphasizes the ways you can get involved in the mission of Habitat: Learn about the work of youth volunteers, connect with other volunteers using social media or travel abroad on a short-term house-building trip. True stories from Habitat volunteers around the world will motivate and encourage you to get involved. </font></td>
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<td colspan="2" align="left" width="height"><font color="#333333" face="FontName, times new roman, times, georgia, serif" size="4"><b>Get Involved with Habitat</b></font></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="287"><font face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="http://secure.habitat.org/site/lookup.asp?c=fpIQK4OyFkG&b=5607659" target="_blank">Reform foreign assistance and include affordable housing</a></b><br>
Currently, both Congress and the Obama Administration are working to reform foreign assistance. With 1 billion of the world’s poor living in slums, there couldn’t be a better time to make foreign assistance more effective and increase the focus on adequate housing. Please act now: Ask for affordable housing to be a priority of the reform. </font></td>
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<td colspan="2" align="left" width="height"><font color="#333333" face="FontName, times new roman, times, georgia, serif" size="4"><b>Habitat Success Story</b></font></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="287"><font face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.habitat.org/faces_places/intl_vol/Gichevi.aspx" target="_blank">Macedonia: The road to a simple, decent house</a></b><br>
A family’s future is starting to look up after decades of hardship.</font></td>
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<td align="left" width="132"><font face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.habitat.org/faces_places/intl_vol/dec2009_qanda.aspx" target="_blank">Q&A: How Habitat measures up</a></b></font></td>
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<td align="left" width="132"><font color="#005596" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2">Habitat’s just-released 2009 Annual Report answers questions about Habitat’s work, why it matters and how it’s funded. </font></td>
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<img alt="" src="http://www.habitat.org/html_newsletters/extra/chart.gif"> <b><font color="#005596" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2">Housing Statistic</font></b>
<p><font color="#005596" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="2">99.65 percent: The repayment rate for mortgage loans by Habitat for Humanity Egypt families at the end of FY2009.<sup>1</sup></font></p>
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<td colspan="3" height="30"><font color="#999999" face="Arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif" size="1"><sup>1</sup>Source: Habitat for Humanity 2009 Annual Report <br>
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