NEW BUILDS

& GV HOSTING
PROGRAM
Portfolio Presentation PLOB 1: Community Development
 NB PROJECT IN VELES

New Builds
Since 2008 the traditional
program in the city of Veles,
has been focused on providing affordable

homes in apartment buildings

for low-income families in need.
As of December 2019, there were
5 completed apartment buildings
with the 6-th being under construction,
all engaging international volunteers.
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 URBAN PLANING

Detailed urban plan approved by the Municipality of

Veles according to Habitat Macedonia request
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 PROJECT DESIGN

Initial plan: 11 apartment buildings and 90

apartments with average size of 52 sq.m.
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 GROUNDBREAKING

Jonathan Reckford, HFHI CEO at the groundbreaking

event in Veles in 2008
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 FIRST GV TEAMS

Whirlpool corporate GV team at construction site in

Veles in 2009
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 LOCAL VOLUNTEERING

Gjorge Ivanov, President of Macedonia at

volunteering event in Veles in 2009
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 MULTIPLE GV TRIPS

John Finnerty GV team at a construction site in

Veles in 2009
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 FIRST FOUR BUILDINGS

Four apartment buildings with 24 apartments

completed in 2012
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 DEDICATION

Philip Reeker, US Ambassador to Macedonia at the

dedication ceremony in 2012
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 VOLUNTEERING

Wife of US Ambassador and Japanese Honorary

Consul, at volunteering event in Veles in 2014
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 NEW BUILDING

Fifth apartment building with 12 apartments

completed in 2016
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 DEDICATION

Koco Andjusev, Vice Prime Minister of Macedonia at

the dedication ceremony in 2017
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 EUROPEAN GV TEAMS

Henkel corporate GV team at construction site in

Veles in 2018
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 RECOGNITION

Highest award of the Municipality of Veles for

Habitat Macedonia in 2018
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 RECOGNITION

Habitat Macedonia tops volunteer scoring in EMEA

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 NEW BUILDING

Sixth apartment building in Veles under construction

in 2019
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 GV SUMMARY
In the period 2008-2019
Habitat Macedonia hosted
1727 international volunteers,
organized in 122 GV teams,

with overall evaluation score of 97%.

99.53%
During CY 2018 scores reached
for Host coordinator and 99.60%
for Overall volunteer experience.
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 LEGACY

In memory of Zarko Todorov, Construction Site

Manager (1955 - 2017)
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 Thank you
for supporting Habitat Macedonia

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