| Mission Principles |
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| 1. Demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ. |
| We undertake our work to demonstrate the love and teachings of Jesus, acting in all ways in accord with the belief that God’s love and grace abound for all, and that we must be “hands and feet” of that love and grace in our world. We believe that, through faith, the miniscule can be multiplied to accomplish the magnificent, and that, in faith, respectful relationships can grow among all people. |
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| 2. Focus on shelter. |
| We have chosen, as our means of manifesting God’s love, to create opportunities for all people to live in decent, durable shelter. We put faith into action by helping to build, renovate or preserve homes, and by partnering with others to accelerate and broaden access to affordable housing as a foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty. |
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| 3. Advocate for affordable housing. |
| In response to the prophet Micah’s call to do justice, to love mercy and to walk humbly with God, we promote decent, affordable housing for all, and we support the global community’s commitment to housing as a basic human right. We will advocate for just and fair housing policy to eliminate the constraints that contribute to poverty housing. And, in all of our work, we will seek to put shelter on hearts and minds in such powerful ways that poverty housing becomes socially, politically and religiously unacceptable. |
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| 4. Promote dignity and hope. |
| We believe that no one lives in dignity until everyone can live in dignity. We believe that every person has something to contribute and something to gain from creating communities in which all people have decent, affordable places to live. We believe that dignity and hope are best achieved through equitable, accountable partnerships. |
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| 5. Support sustainable and transformational development. |
| We view our work as successful when it transforms lives and promotes positive and lasting social, economic and spiritual change within a community; when it is based on mutual trust and fully shared accomplishment; and when it demonstrates responsible stewardship of all resources entrusted to us. |
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| 6 Core Values |
| 1. Respect for the Dignity of the Individual |
| We cannot operate effectively unless each of us is able to treat everyone else with appropriate respect. This essential value must be at the heart of our culture and will help us focus on many important issues like diversity of our workforce. |
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| 2. Uncompromising Integrity |
| In today's increasingly complex world, INTEGRITY & HONESTY must be the hallmark of any organization or person striving to consistently achieve and maintain the respect of our publics. |
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| 3. Trust |
We must be able to work in an environment in which we trust each other. We must depend upon and trust our colleagues to do their assigned tasks without the need to check & recheck their work.
Likewise, each of us must handle our responsibilities so that our colleagues can trust we are doing our part. |
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| 4. Credibility |
Each of us must earn the credibility with others inside & outside the organization. Certainly, Habitat must strive for the highest credibility with all its external publics.
We must commit to do what we say we will do and no later than we commit to do it. |
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| 5. Continuous Improvement and Personal Renewal |
We will search out and welcome opportunities to openly celebrate the achievements of others and congratulate individuals, teams, employees, partners and donors for delivering results that contribute to Habitat’s success.
Recognition and rejoicing will be an integral part of our everyday work activity. |
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| 6. Recognition and Celebration |
| Through the work of Habitat, thousands of low-income families have found new hope in the form of affordable housing. Churches, community groups and others have joined together to successfully tackle a significant social problem -- decent housing for all. |
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