Cooperative Housing Foundation

CHF’s participatory approach to development starts with the communities, and ends with the communities, giving individuals the technical skills, training, leadership and conflict mitigation techniques, and market connections they need to design, implement, and maintain their social and physical infrastructure for th... more

With decades of experience in post-disaster environments, CHF has fine-tuned a methodology to help homeless families by rapidly building temporary-to-permanent shelters that use locally available materials. more

Since 2004, CHF has been working in the Darfur region managing more than 20 different activities designed to help give vulnerable women more control over their lives and their futures. more

The only hope some of them have for the long-term are programs that empower them to earn a sustainable living, instead of simply giving handouts. more

Your gift of a humanitarian kit will allow CHF to provide one family with the basic essentials they need to survive in the first 90 days of their displacement. CHF’s integrated humanitarian assistance program gives families the goods and services they so desperately need in these difficult times. more

CHF’s development finance institution in Afghanistan, established in March 2004, has made more than 3,200 loans to low-income men and women in the rural provinces, helping them establish or expand small businesses, such as tailoring, food services, and manufacturing. more

Your gift of $200 will help build a well that can provide sustainable access to clean water for rural farmers to use for personal consumption, for their animals' consumption, and for their farming activities. more

CHF’s programs in Yemen and Lebanon are combating dangerous child labor practices by working with families who cannot afford school fees and supplies for their children. We have already helped more than 3,000 children return to school. more

Your gift of $20 will allow CHF to provide 10 families with enough seeds to begin household farming activities. more