The word etymology began with the Ancient Greek language. We can use etymology to find out what our names mean and where they came from. HFHI's goal is to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world. The homeowners' monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more houses. Habitat for Humanity is not a giveaway program.
Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses.
There are many other things that volunteers can offer besides building houses. Volunteers are needed to fix lunches for the builders, do office work, donate materials or help in fundraising. You don't even need any experience. If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are probably shy. Everyone feels shy sometime in his or her life.