The organization says Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s Habitat for Humanity legacy will live on

Habitat for Humanity The Carter Action Project resumed this year to continue the pioneering work of former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter in creating affordable housing.

Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100, following the death of Rosalynn Carter last year at the age of 96.

The Carter Action Project is an annual, week-long event created in 1984 by the Carter family, whom the organization describes as “two of the world’s leading humanitarians as dedicated Habitat volunteers.”

The week-long event kicked off in October 2023 in North Carolina at Habitat Charlotte’s large-scale affordable housing neighborhood, The Meadows at Plato Price.

Over the course of five days, future homeowners and scores Habitat volunteers It built 27 affordable single-family homes on nine acres of land. They were helped by humanitarian workers and country music stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood.

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“Although we were never able to fill their shoes, we are deeply honored to be given the opportunity to carry forward the legacy of President and Mrs. Carter by continuing the Carter Work Project,” Brooks said in a statement.

The former First Lady was a prominent advocate for mental health, women’s rights, and caregiving. Its mission to provide adequate housing for all will continue.

For four decades, the Carters have been strong advocates of Affordable housing For everyone, they devote a great deal of their time building and improving homes alongside Habitat for Humanity volunteers.

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While working with the organization in Americus, Georgia, in early 1984, the Carters “saw firsthand the effects of the lack of affordable housing,” according to Habitat.

In September of that year, the Carters’ first work project took off when the Carters led dozens of Habitat volunteers to New York City to renovate a six-story apartment building. Since then, the project has become a week-long event held in a different location around the world each year.

The Carters realized that “to ensure the greatest success, families need a stable, affordable foundation for growth. This often starts with a safe place to call home,” Habitat said. “With this mission firmly at its center, Carter and Habitat have formed a partnership.”

“Habitat provides a simple but powerful way for people from different backgrounds to come together to achieve those things that matter most in life. A decent home, yes, but also a real bond with our fellow human beings. A bond that comes with building walls and breaking down barriers.”

-Former US President Jimmy Carter

From the early 1980s through 2019, the Carters worked alongside more than 100,000 volunteers in 14 countries to build, renovate and repair nearly 4,400 homes through the Carter Action Project, according to the organization.

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“Carter”Inspired millions “Their dedication has mobilized thousands of volunteers and even celebrities to share in our mission, helping Habitat for Humanity become internationally recognized for our work to build decent, affordable housing,” Habitat said.

The former president said the organization “provides a simple but powerful way for people of different backgrounds to come together to achieve those things that matter most in life.”

The project is located in North Carolina in an area described as a “once prosperous African American neighborhood,” according to the Habitat website. It is named after the Plato Price School, which closed in the 1960s during desegregation. The land remained vacant until 2019, when the City of Charlotte donated it to Habitat.

The project started in September 2021.