President's Appeal 2009-2010

Over many years the CIH Presidential Appeal has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charities and good causes across the world. Howard Farrand, the 2009/10 CIH President, has chosen Homeless International as the focus of his Presidential Appeal.

About Homeless International

With little or no access to water and sanitation, poor housing and a lack of tenure, living in a slum robs you of your basic human rights. Homeless International is dedicated to helping improve the living conditions of slum dwellers. We work in 11 countries throughout Africa and Asia. In line with housing professionals in the UK, Homeless International understands the true value of a home. We believe that building a home is one of the most powerful steps a family can take to improve its living conditions. We help communities transform slums by supporting them to secure land, with safe water and sanitation, build decent homes and negotiate with governments, ensuring they have a voice that gets heard. Each year our work reaches thousands of households throughout Africa and Asia, helping to create safe, healthy and secure communities.

Homeless International

Message from the President

It's a great honour for me to be President of the Chartered Institute of Housing and a privilege to lead an appeal that will help create better homes for people living in slums in Africa and Asia. One billion people in the world live in slums but through working together in their communities, slum dwellers can find housing, infrastructure and sanitation solutions that really make a difference. All of Homeless International’s work is driven by communities, so whether it’s helping people to improve access to water, work with local governments or build toilets and houses, we can be sure that our support will create sustainable change. Just like housing organisations here in the UK, Homeless International helps to secure homes for some of the world’s most vulnerable people. It is these strong parallels with the work of CIH members that make it an obvious choice for this year’s Appeal.

I will include updates on the appeal on my President's Blog

To donate to this year's appeal please use the Just Giving Site
Download further information on this year's Presidential Appeal (PDF: 268 kb)