Habitat for Humanity announced that its 29th annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project will return to Leogane, Haiti, for the second year in a row to help earthquake-affected families.

Volunteers will build 100 houses during the week. The build will take place in the Santo community, the site of last year's Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project. The Santo build is part of a larger Habitat shelter program funded by the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank and many other donors. The 2012 build will take place Nov. 25-Dec. 1, when President and Mrs. Carter will join hundreds of volunteers to build homes with families in the area considered to be the epicenter of the 2010 earthquake.

"Last year, Rosalynn and I worked side by side with families left homeless by the 2010 earthquake and Habitat volunteers to build desperately needed homes in Haiti [...] We were both deeply moved by the experience in a country we have known and loved for years. We have a deep personal investment in the future of Haiti and look forward to returning to Haiti in 2012 to build 100 more homes in Leogane" declared President Carter.

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Habitat for Humanity has operated in Haiti for more than 28 years and provided more than 2,000 families in Haiti with housing solutions, including new home building and repair prior to the 2010 earthquake. In the two years following the disaster, Habitat has reached more than 40,000 families in Port-au-Prince, Cabaret and Leogane through its five-year recovery program.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4208-haiti-reconstruction-martelly-carter-at-the-village-of-santo-leogane.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4192-haiti-reconstruction-former-president-carter-comes-to-help-build-houses.html

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