How Jimmy Carter Built 5,000 Houses And Counting

 

     Although the projects were canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to coronavirus, Jimmy Carter has otherwise made building homes with Habitat for Humanity an annual mission of his retirement. Nearly a century old, he has nonetheless organized volunteers to build 5,000 homes around the world since 1984. In the United States, Canada, Mexico, Haiti, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, the Philippines, Nepal, South Africa, Hungary, and numerous other nations, these homes have helped tens of thousands of people have a warm, safe place to live, specifically in communities affected by poverty, conflict, and natural disasters. Even when afflicted with brain cancer and while recovering from falls, Carter has made human rights and dignity his primary focus in life. Thank you, President Carter!