Habitat for Humanity recently conducted a site blessing on the 18-month anniversary of the January 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti. Habitat’s staff, partners and local officials and community members gathered at the Santo project site in Leogane, Haiti, where the first of 500 permanent homes will be built in August. About 100 of these houses will be built during the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project to be held at the site in November. The annual special build, led by former U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn, is expected to attract about 400 international volunteers.
About Habitat for Humanity Haiti
- Habitat for Humanity has been at work in Haiti for more than 27 years.
- Habitat Haiti has provided housing solutions through a variety of initiatives including new home construction, progressive building, home repairs and improvements.
- Habitat Haiti also teaches construction skills, disaster risk reduction and financial literacy, and works in coordination with community and government agencies.
Habitat is committed to serving 50,000 Haitian families over five years. Learn more about our Haiti earthquake recovery efforts.
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