Welcome to Sea Island Habitat

Our Partner Families are low-income working families in our community. They are required to make a down-payment, contribute 500 hours of “sweat equity”and pay for their home through a 30-year, zero-interest mortgage. They come from all walks of life and through Sea Island Habitat for Humanity, will become first-time homeowners.

Sea Island Habitat also partners with the Habitat affiliates in Ghana, Africa and in Paraguay to help build homes overseas. 10% of all unrestricted donations to SIHH are “tithed” to these affiliates. Through this program, we’ve funded about 300 homes in these developing countries.

Testimonials

I love working for Habitat – I could go on about it for hours! People really want to be here. Habitat means there’s hope. People want to be to to each other, they want to serve the community. It’s the perfect way to get involved in a community, and a perfect way to show love for each other and for God.
Mike Rettaliata, Construction Supervisor
The fact that Habitat offers a “hand up, not a hand-out” is the principal reason I became involved with the Affiliate over three years ago. This summer, we will have constructed our 300^th home – homes which provide both dignity and a sense of stability and a real opportunity to break the cycle of poverty. Our homeowners are people who can make meaningful contributions and, as a consequence, the Sea Islands a better place to live. I cannot think of a more satisfying way to give back to our community.
Ronald Ciancio, President, Board of Directors

Our Work in the community

A Mission, A Ministry, A Miracle

Since 1978