About the Projects

During the first week of our honeymoon we will be volunteering with a nonprofit organization named “I Care.” This is a Durban-based organization that focuses on improving the lives of street children and children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. For more information about their work, please see their website.

The second week will be spent with Habitat for Humanity, where we will be part of a team of volunteers constructing a number of houses in an area of Durban called Sherwood. The aim of the construction is to move families out of informal settlements into permanent homes with running water and electricity. Without this project, none of the families would be able to afford a permanent house. Click here for Habitat for Humanity’s website.

In Durban, we’ll be staying with our close friends Holger and Andrea, who have worked closely with I Care for some time. They commend it as a worthy and effective organization. And Habitat for Humanity is a well-known US-based charity, operating in many parts of the world. We are particularly excited to spend a week with them, since Habitat’s program overlaps with the work that Anne-Claire does in Washington DC, with the local nonprofit Manna Inc.