Topic: Habitat for Humanity International Inc.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Home-building charity Habitat for Humanity hopes to erect thousands of expandable one-room houses to shelter Haitians left homeless by a devastating earthquake, the group's chief executive said on Thursday. "We need direction to make sure we build the homes where the infrastructure is going to be," said Habitat for Humanity CEO Jonathan Reckford in a telephone interview ...
Former US president Jimmy Carter travelled to southwestern China Thursday to launch a campaign that aimed to provide 10,000 poor families with affordable housing, a humanitarian group said. The 85-year-old, accompanied by his wife Rosalynn, launched the five-year project in Sichuan province's Qionglai city as part of wider campaign that would span five nations, the US-based Habitat for ...
Former US president Jimmy Carter launched a campaign Monday in which thousands of volunteers will build homes for the poor in five nations along the Mekong River, a humanitarian group said. The volunteers for Habitat for Humanity will build or repair 166 homes in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam on the November 15-20 tour, the Atlanta-based Christian group ...
