WHAT WE DO
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For more than thirty years, Edisto Habitat for Humanity has brought people together to provide opportunities to achieve homeownership and, in turn, create a safe community.
We work to find pathways to homeownership, build homes, increase accessibility, provide workplace readiness skills and job opportunities, and increase financial education. 
In partnership with Brush of Kindness, our volunteers and Carpenters for Christ offer exterior home maintenance assistance for low-income families, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities who struggle to afford the necessary maintenance themselves. Many of these residents have not had the ability to leave their homes for years.
See how we're helping our disabled residents. |
We partner with local, state, and federal organizations to stay ahead of dangerous weather and disasters, inform the community, provide disaster plans, and restore homes from disasters.
In 2020, we partnered with community organizations to rebuild and restore the homes of 31 families in North and Neeses whose homes were damaged by tornados. Learn more about how we help in times of disaster. 
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As part of our Financial Stability Program, we provide financial education opportunities for our local community as well as our family partners. We believe that financial education builds a more solid foundation for long-term personal success and helps alleviate barriers on the path to creating long-term generational wealth. Our community classes cover topics such as financial life skills, budgeting and credit workshops, retirement planning, and asset and family protection.
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In addition to financial readiness, we provide opportunities to introduce people to workplace skills. Working with partner organizations, Job Corps and Goodwill, we help to provide employment opportunities and work/life skills at The Homestore for their clients and programs.
The Homestore provides workplace skills and jobs for our community and partner organizations like Goodwill and Jobs Corp to help provide jobs for their clients. |
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We empower through shelter.
No matter who you are or where you've come from, we all want to live in a well-built home in a safe neighborhood. For many families, this goal would not be a reality without Edisto Habitat for Humanity, which provides a "hand-up" out of substandard housing and into a home of their own.
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Edisto Habitat for Humanity works with families, volunteers, local businesses, community partners, and donors to ensure that more people in Orangeburg County can live in affordable and safe homess
Affordable homeownership is a transformative force that creates the conditions for families to break free from stress and fear, fostering stability and confidence. Studies show that strong and stable households are the bedrock of child development and growth. When a home becomes a nurturing environment for health and safety, families can truly thrive. Homeownership not only allows families to save for the future and invest in educational opportunities but also opens doors to better job opportunities and long-term career growth, instilling hope and optimism. |
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We advocate.
Habitat on the Hill
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Through our ongoing work with Habitat for Humanity International, we advocate for change in housing policies at the federal, state, and local levels for Orangeburg County. Each year, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity International, we attend Habitat on the Hill to share the voices of our community and the reality of the lack of affordable homeownership through our five-year Cost of Home campaign. We're dedicated to finding solutions and helping create policies that will allow access to affordable homes for 10 million individuals. |
OUR PRINCIPLESDemonstrate the love of Jesus Christ.
Focus on shelter. Advocate for affordable housing. Promote dignity and hope. Support sustainable and transformative development. |
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EVERYONE IS WELCOME
Edisto Habitat for Humanity has an open-door policy. Anyone who believes that everyone needs a decent, affordable place to live is welcome to help with the work—regardless of race, religion, age, gender, political views, or any other distinction.
Habitat welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds. It also serves people in need of decent housing regardless of race or religion. As a matter of policy, Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliated organizations do not proselytize. This means that Habitat will not offer services on the expressed or implied condition that people must adhere to or convert to a particular faith or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.
Habitat welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds. It also serves people in need of decent housing regardless of race or religion. As a matter of policy, Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliated organizations do not proselytize. This means that Habitat will not offer services on the expressed or implied condition that people must adhere to or convert to a particular faith or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.
OUR EQUITY STATEMENT
At Edisto Habitat for Humanity, we are committed, purposeful, and intentional in bringing people together to build homes, communities, and hope.
Committed – unwavering in our dedication to reverse disparities in our community.
Purposeful – our actions foster an environment where employees, volunteers, donors, and partner families feel welcome, visible, heard, respected, and supported.
Intentional – We proactively remove barriers from marginalized communities along class, gender, ethnicity, identity, ability, and racial lines to counter systemic failures affecting our community.
Committed – unwavering in our dedication to reverse disparities in our community.
Purposeful – our actions foster an environment where employees, volunteers, donors, and partner families feel welcome, visible, heard, respected, and supported.
Intentional – We proactively remove barriers from marginalized communities along class, gender, ethnicity, identity, ability, and racial lines to counter systemic failures affecting our community.
