Family Stories

Fatu came from Liberia to Tucson as a refugee eleven years ago.Everything she does is to provide her children with a better life.

“If you don’t serve mankind then what are you doing in this world?” says veteran homeowner Joseph Bailey Jr.Joseph has completed over 150 sweat equity hours in just six months of being in the [...]

Thanks to her mother, all of Abril’s childhood memories are in one house growing up.

“Before the war, life in the Congo was easy. We worked. It was good. But then we couldn’t stay,” said Singaye, who after a long journey moved to Tucson with his wife Esperance and their five [...]

Elizabeth had not had heating in her home for the last 11 years. She recalls her house getting as low at 32 degrees – literally freezing. Elizabeth would have to bundle up in her husbands’ old [...]

Growing up Richard moved over 20 times with his family. But he wanted something else for his children. Richard had known about Habitat for Humanity a long time and had even volunteered for [...]

It isn’t every day a reporter from London stops by one of the poorest neighborhoods in all of Tucson.And what he discovered in Amphi was Habitat building more than just houses. He saw how [...]

Patricia is an 87-year-old Airforce Veteran living in Tucson. She told our volunteers how thankful she was for their help repairing her home.

Currently, Adriana and her two sons, RJ and Gabriel, share one room in her parents' home. The boys sleep in bunk beds one side of the room and Adriana crams her bed on the other side.“I had [...]

As a 7th grade teacher at Mansfield Middle School for the past thirteen years, Elizabeth is no stranger to hard work, patience, and resilience. But Elizabeth, Cesar, and their four teenaged [...]