2010 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project
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Carter Work Project 2010: House photos
View photos of volunteers and the newly-built, rehabilitated and repaired homes from the 2010 Carter Work Project. High-resolution copies of each photo are available for download and printing.
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Neighborhoods in six U.S. cities have a new breath of life after the Carter Work Project which was held from Oct. 4-9, 2010. In Birmingham, Alabama, former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, joined work crews putting the finishing touches on 28 houses Friday, Oct. 8, 2010.
Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, were blessed with another gloriously warm day for celebratory block parties, and in Washington, D.C., participants reflected on the powerful difference the Carter Project made in the neighborhoods touched by it.
On Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, Stevenson University students swelled the volunteer ranks to wrap up the work week in Annapolis and Baltimore, Maryland.
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A history of building hope
For one week every year, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, help put poverty housing front and center in the global consciousness and conscience. The Carter Work Project is an annual reminder of the desperate, ongoing need for decent, affordable homes worldwide. But it is also a reminder of the power of hope and the strength in numbers.
The Carters committed to working with Habitat for Humanity in 1984. Since then, the Carter Work Project has provided housing solutions for families in 13 countries around the world, 18 states in the U.S. and the District of Columbia.
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Event Coverage |
Build sites and partner families |
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About the 2010 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project
The Carters are working with more than 1,000 volunteers in Washington, D.C.; Baltimore and Annapolis, Md.; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn.; and Birmingham, Ala. In each location, volunteers will concentrate on the rehabilitation of foreclosed properties that will be transformed into affordable homes. Volunteers also will build new houses and create additional affordable housing opportunities.
Build activities began on World Habitat Day, Oct. 4,2010, as part of a worldwide effort to highlight the need for stable communities and healthy housing.
About World Habitat Day
Since 1986, the United Nations has designated the first Monday in October as World Habitat Day. World Habitat Day’s purpose is to call attention to the current global state of the human habitat and push toward adequate housing for all.
We hope that by raising awareness and advocating for universal decent housing we can dismantle and alter the systems that reinforce and entrench poverty housing and make an affordable, decent place to live a reality for all.