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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
November 15–20, 2009, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, will join thousands of volunteers in Chiang Mai, Thailand to help build 82 Habitat for Humanity houses and highlight the need for affordable housing in this region. At the same time, work will take place on homes at Habitat for Humanity build sites in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and China’s Sichuan Province.
The Mekong River, one of the world’s great rivers, flows more than 2,500 miles from the Tibetan highlands to the South China Sea. Some of the poorest people in Asia live in the countries it touches. Nearly one-third of the population (80 million out of 250 million) live in poverty, many on less than a dollar per day, despite rapid economic growth in the last decade.
The 2009 Habitat for Humanity Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project will unite volunteers and families in need of decent, affordable housing in these countries of the Mekong region: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and China’s Sichuan Province. During the weeklong build, volunteers will build with an estimated 300 families. The project is also the beginning of a five-year Habitat for Humanity initiative to work with 50,000 families in the five countries.
Volunteers are needed for Carter Work Project build sites in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. To apply please visit www.habitat.org