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Volunteers carry roofing tile as they work on the JCWP 2002 site in Durban, South Africa.
Affiliates Prep for JCWP

Although this year's Jimmy Carter Work Project is still several months away (June 9-13), the three host affiliates already have logged countless hours of prep time--and all is going as planned, affiliate leaders report.

The affiliates--Valdosta-Lowndes County HFH (Ga.); Troup/Chambers HFH (LaGrange, Ga.); and HFH of Calhoun County (Anniston, Ala.)--were selected as host sites because each has committed to eliminating substandard housing in its area. They are certified participants in Habitat for Humanity International's 21st Century Challenge, which works with communities to establish firm dates by which poverty housing will become part of local history.

Some 5,000 volunteers from around the country and throughout the world will converge on the sites. When all is said and done, volunteers will have built 92 decent, affordable Habitat houses in partnership with local families: 35 in Valdosta, 32 in LaGrange and 35 in Anniston.

Affiliate directors say the JCWP and its preparation have been well received by the local communities. Churches, individuals, businesses, schools and local governments all eagerly support Habitat's work, which will only intensify as the JCWP draws nearer.

"We could not ask for a better response from this community," says Walter Hendrix, Troup/Chambers HFH executive director. "There's a lot of enthusiasm for the project and just enormous support citywide."

For several months now, preliminary efforts such as infrastructure development and family selection have been ongoing. Other logistical work includes "test builds," which, according to Ralph Jackson, executive director at the Valdosta affiliate, provide an opportunity to work out house designs and determine what needs to be improved upon before the actual JCWP in June.

All three affiliates will engage in such "test-build" activity.

To join the online JCWP 2003 update list, visit www.habitat.org /jcwp/2003. For more information, call (800) 422-4828, ext. 2272 or e-mail jcwp@hfhi.org.

--by Shawn Reeves
 

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