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Before Habitat for Humanity was a massive organization that helped to provide affordable housing to over four million people it was just an idea created at a tiny, interracial, Christian community called Koinonia Farm located just outside of Americus, Georgia (The history of Habitat, 2014). This idea was called “partnership housing” the basis of this idea is that those who are in need of housing work side by side with others to build simplistic yet adequate housing (1965–1976 Timeline: Beginnings, 2014). The Fuller’s took the concept and the newly formed fund for humanity, and moved to Africa for three years, building partnership houses while there, once they returned in 1976 they founded Habitat for Humanity stationing the headquarters in Americus, Georgia (1965–1976 Timeline: Beginnings, 2014).Over the next 38 years Habitat for Humanity grew rapidly, spreading outside of the borders of America, providing relief to areas affected by disasters by offering housing (2011–Present Timeline: Building Blocks, 2014), and building over 800,000 housing worldwide (The history of Habitat, 2014) ____________ of these houses were built in Roanoke, VA…

Problem, Cause, Solution Template Outline I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Did you know that there are 827.7 million people worldwide living in urban slam? By 2020, it is estimated the world slum population will reach almost 1 billion. This is very shocking to me. B. Audience Relevance: Today I will discuss about an organization that is changing millions of lives by giving the opportunity of owning an affordable and simple houses to those who are struggling. This organization is Habitat…

Habitat for Humanity is an organization that helps people who can't afford a home on their own. Volunteers of all kinds all have the same values, and those are to help others and create better communities around the world. The goal is to help families have a place they can call home. Habitat for Humanity is a nationwide organization that was started by Millard Fuller in 1976. Habitat was started by Millard to help people because he was struggling in his life with what was important to him.…

Habitat for Humanity was founded in Americus, Georgia, in 1976, today it operates around the globe helping to build, renovate and repair affordable houses worldwide. Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis was started in the 1986, in which a small amount of volunteers and staff supported the entire program. The initial home buying process went from application and mortgage process to seeking funding for people and their homes. In the year of 1988, Habitat for Humanity Restore had completed their first…

Hello everyone, for those of you who do not know me, my name is Jimmy Carter and I served as the 39th President of the United States. I served from 1977-1981. I am very honored to be receiving this award and it means a lot to me. Winning this award shows that my human rights actions are effective. When people hear the word “poverty” some of them cringe and feel uncomfortable. I know that personally, I feel uncomfortable. That is why I began my battle against it. I simply could not stand to see…

Sir Thomas More, born in 1478 to a justice of the King’s Bench,is credited with having written one of the first Dystopian/ Utopian novels. Utopia, originally penned in Latin, recounts the politics, government, and societies from Raphael Hythloday’s world travels. However, Hythloday was more than a simple world traveler, instead the book classifies him as an philosopher. More spends time building up the character of this philosopher, establishing his credibility by noting that he was not “…

My half brother, Michael, has always been a very independent individual. Throughout the years, he played the role as big brother and as a dad, since mine hadn’t been around often and Michael is nine years older than I am. Because we were so close, he was never known as my half-brother, only as my older brother. Generally speaking, growing up with a drug addict father, like Michael did, his life would be more difficult since he had an addictive personality already. Teenage years were the…

transformative development, focus on shelter, promote dignity and hope and advocate for affordable housing” (Habitat for Humanity, 2017). As one can easily see HFHI is a religion based nonprofit; however, they also have a non-proselytizing policy (to receive help one does not have to adhere to any particular faith or listen to messages designed to convert one to a particular faith (Habitat for Humanity, 2017). Perhaps what I like most about HFHI is that they require new Habitat owners to help…

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Alexis Carter Professor Christopher PRIN OF ECONOMICS I 2/17/2016 INTRODUCTION The organization, Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit entity whose main aim is to offer simple and affordable housing for people across the globe. It was founded by two kind-hearted individuals, Millard and Linda Fuller in 1976 with the partnership of a Christian farmer called Clarence Jordan who they had visited in 1965. Clarence farm was called Koinonia farm in a town called Americus,…

The Western World, North and South America Columbus’s discovery launched an Age of Exploration, where every European power wanted a piece of the New World. Shorty after Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the Western Hemisphere, in 1492, many Europeans also started the strenuous expedition. One of which was Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian who constituted an entirely separate journey to this second super continent, came to be named "Americas", deriving its name from Americus, the Latin version of…