<P> According to the website, Global Village Trips offer volunteers the opportunity: </P> <P> to experience another culture while making a difference in the lives of others...work alongside members of the host community in building decent, affordable housing...(and) help raise awareness of the burden of poverty housing and create a true global village of love, community, homes and hope . </P> <P> National Service refers to national service programs that are funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service . The goal of the Habitat for Humanity National Service program is to help local Habitat affiliates operate more efficiently and effectively by maximizing existing volunteers, increasing capacity for new volunteers and most importantly, meeting the housing needs of communities by building more houses for low - income families . </P> <P> AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engage more than 75,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health and the environment . Habitat for Humanity International was one of the first nonprofits contacted by the Corporation for National and Community Service when AmeriCorps was being formed in 1993 . In the 2008--2009 program year, over 500 AmeriCorps members at affiliates all over the country will help build nearly 2,000 houses and recruit and retain nearly 200,000 community volunteers . Those volunteers will provide an estimated 1,600,000 volunteer hours . The members themselves will contribute 850,000 hours . </P>

Where does habitat for humanity get its funding