EZRA MILLSTEIN PHOTOGRAPHY

Habitat Eastern Europe

Volunteer Gegham Badalyan sands the ceiling of Lyuba Stepanyan's bedroom. Her house is being renovated thanks to Habitat for Humanity Armenia. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
   
The sun sets behind legendary Mount Ararat and Yerevan, the 2,790 year-old capital city of Armenia.© Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
   
Norayr Sargsyan inside his family's dilapidated apartment, in a crumbling Soviet-era apartment building. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
     
  
A bucket of paint in a bedroom in Lyuba Stepanyan's house, which is being renovated thanks to Habitat for Humanity Armenia. As much as 70 percent of the community's housing stock is need of rebuilding or serious renovation, and 30 percent does not meet minimum building standards. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
   
A piecemeal wood-burning stove/heater sits in the middle of this woman's bedroom, in a dilapidated Soviet-era apartment building. Since its establishment in 2000, Habitat Armenia has given 400 low-income families the opportunity to raise their children in decent homes, paying back into to a revolving fund with their sweat and dignity.© Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
   
Six year-old Diego Manasyan lives with his mother Ellada and his two sisters in this deserted and crumbling Soviet-era building. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
     
  
Six year-old Diego Manasyan lives with his mother Ellada and his two sisters in this deserted and crumbling Soviet-era building. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
   
Six year-old Diego Manasyan lives with his mother Ellada and his two sisters in this deserted and crumbling Soviet-era building. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
   
Work gloves are covered in fresh plaster, which was applied to the walls of Vartiter Hovhannisyan's house. The home is being renovated thanks to Habitat for Humanity Armenia.© Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
     
  
A volunteer scrapes cement from a bucket, as he helps the Hakobyan family to renovate their house. This is possible thanks to a no-profit loan from Habitat for Humanity Armenia and its partners. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
   
Volunteer Artak Eghiazaryan in front of Lyuba Stepanyan's house, which is being renovated thanks to Habitat for Humanity Armenia. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
   
NSHAVAN, ARMENIA (10/10/08)-A priest presides over the house dedication ceremony for Vartiter Hovhannisyan. Her house was renovated thanks to Habitat for Humanity Armenia. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
     
  
Plastering tools are used in the renovation of Vartiter Hovhannisyan's house.© Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
   
Young Vartiter Gevorgyan lives with her parents, Gevork and Arpenik Gevorgyan, and her six siblings, in a rundown two-room apartment with no heat. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
   
Two infants sleep in a dilapidated home in a Roma community. Habitat for Humanity Bulgaria provides loans to families in the area, enabling them to rehabilitate their apartments.© Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
     
  
A boy plays in an unfinished Soviet-era building, on a vacant lot on the outskirts of Sofia. During the communist regime, the Bulgarian government provided low-interest housing loans for families to buy homes in poor-quality blocks of flats. Once a market economy took hold, the responsibility for housing fell on local authorities, who do not have the resources to deal with the issue. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein
   
A boy plays in an unfinished Soviet-era building, on a vacant lot on the outskirts of Sofia. Habitat for Humanity Bulgaria provides loans to families in the area, enabling them to rehabilitate their apartments.© Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra MIllstein
   
Six year-old Dezika Rac stands next to his father Pater. Their home is in a Roma community in Hodejov; it is being rehabilitated thanks to a loan from Habitat for Humanity Slovakia.© Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra MIllstein
     
  
A stairway in a Soviet-era apartment building in Uzhgorod.© Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra MIllstein
   
A stairway in a Soviet-era apartment building in Uzhgorod.© Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra MIllstein
   
The orthodox cathedral in Uzhgorod.© Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra MIllstein