Carter project to build 100 houses in Nepal

September 03, 2015 20:31

A US-based international NGO will build 100 houses in southern Nepal's Chitwan district by bringing together 1,500 volunteers from within the country and around the world.

The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project aims to build 100 homes in Chitwan in partnership with low-income families in need of permanent shelter.

Bringing together 1,500 volunteers from within Nepal and around the world, Habitat for Humanity's 32nd annual home building blitz will take place in Chitwan from November 1-6, 2015.

"Today these families are living in makeshift grass and thatch huts with mud floors, and over the course of the week we will replace these unstable structures with permanent housing that they can call home," said Jonathan Reckford, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity International.

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