Habitat for Humanity was created when Millard Fuller and his wife visited Koinonia Farm, a small, interracial, Christian community in Georgia. Koinonia Farm was founded in 1942 by farmer and biblical scholar Clarence Jordan. Koinonia Farm followed the principal of partnership housing wherein those in need of adequate housing worked side by side with volunteers to build simple, decent houses. The Fullers’ were so impressed by the model that they left their affluent life in the United States to travel and live in Zaire for three years. There they helped build homes for 2,000 people. When the Fullers’ got back from Zaire they began to seriously plan how to implement the partnership housing model worldwide in an organized and successful manner.
Habitat for Humanity is now an effective non-profit that has serviced over 3,000 communities worldwide. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn became early supporters of Habitat. Millard Fuller chronicled the start of Habitat for Humanity and established its guiding principles in his book “Love in Mortar Joints”.
You can help Habitat for Humanity in the Los Angeles area by signing up to walk or donate for the October 16 Dream Walk in Pacoima, CA.
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