The Fuller Center for Housing
Why choose The Fuller Center for Housing?
The Fuller Center for Housing is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing worldwide. By forming partnerships with local organizations, we provide the structure, guidance, and support that communities need to build and repair homes for the impoverished among them. The center was started in spring 2005. A Fuller Center home is not a hand out, but a ...
The Fuller Center for Housing is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing worldwide. By forming partnerships with local organizations, we provide the structure, guidance, and support that communities need to build and repair homes for the impoverished among them. The center was started in spring 2005. A Fuller Center home is not a hand out, but a hand up. By working alongside volunteers and repaying construction costs on terms they can handle, homeowners are able to regain a sense of basic human dignity.
The Fuller Center for Housing Reviews
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The program was great!
September 04, 2018by: Ralph GProgram: Global Builders - Puerto Rico: Build Alongside LocalsThe site coordinators were great. It was a great experience and I love the Puerto Rican people! This was a great team of hardworking, dedicated people.
Great program!
August 27, 2018by: Angela MProgram: Global Builders - Armenia: Build Alongside LocalsI think the staff hosting the FCH program was great! Keep up the good work with what you are doing! I loved getting to work with one family side by side.
A very rewarding experience
August 16, 2018by: BethA very rewarding experience. The high altitude impacted most people's productivity, including mine. Need to be aware it is OK and necessary to go slow. The partners in Bolivia were some of the best I have ever worked with.
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Interviews
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Anthony Stoll
Participated in 2018
A little about me! I went to Malone University in Canton, Ohio, and graduated with a degree in business management. I now live in North Canton, just u...
Anthony Stoll
Participated in 2018
What initially inspired me to go abroad was my love for travel and adventure. I love getting out there, working with my hands, experiencing new cultures, building deeper relationships with my travel companions, and being challenged physically and even sometimes mentally. All this and more is what inspired me to go abroad.
Ryan Iafigliola
Interviewed in 2018
Ryan graduated from Notre Dame in 2007. He left profits for non-profits, as God led him to abandon the opportunities before him and instead volunteer ...
Ryan Iafigliola
Interviewed in 2018
What inspired you to travel abroad?
The vision of our founder, Millard Fuller, was life-changing. As a self-made millionaire who gave it all away, he believed in very modest salaries so that the resources go towards the work. He believed in truly empowering and working through the leadership of local people around the world, which remains extremely rare among nonprofits to this day. And he believed in working with families on a partnership basis, where they help to build their own homes and then repay the cost over time on a no-profit, no-interest basis to help more local families.
Ian Burkes
Interviewed in 2018
Growing up overseas, Ian developed an early interest in other countries and cultures. During his undergrad in the University of Georgia this interest ...
Ian Burkes
Interviewed in 2018
What inspired you to travel abroad?
You recently joined the team at the Fuller Center for Housing. What inspired you to work with them?