This week, more than 500 volunteers (including a few of our very own Habitat Bham staff) have gathered from around the globe to join in the Habitat annual event, Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project. This year the Carter Work Project is taking place in Léogâne, Haiti, which is approximately 20 miles west of the epicenter of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit less than 2 years ago. Volunteers are joining President and Mrs. Carter in helping build 100 homes for partnering families.
600,00 people are currently still displaced as a result of the 2010 earthquake devastation. Habitat’s goal of serving 50,000 Haitian families over 5 years is steadily being pursued.
Habitat has reached these key milestones:
- More than 24,500 emergency shelter kits are in the hands of people who needed them most.
- More than 4,000 families have received transitional or upgradable shelters.
- More than 12,000 housing damage assessments have been conducted.
- Habitat has launched its repair and rehab program with more than 200 repairs or rehabs completed to date.
- More than 3,000 Haitians have been trained in construction or construction business practices, along with an additional 1,400 trained in financial literacy.
- More than 700 Haitians have found job opportunities through Habitat Haiti’s main office and Habitat Resource Centers.
To learn more about the project visit www.habitat.org/disaster/active_programs/haiti_earthquake.aspx
Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project 2011 | Léogâne, Haiti
Information, photos, and video can be found on http://www.habitat.org/disaster/active_programs/haiti_earthquake.aspx
