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Students opening doors for their community and their futures

In 2015, 29th Street Road in Evans, Colorado, was a plot of undeveloped land. In 2019, it is a growing neighborhood of Habitat homes, 14 so far, transformed in part by high school students who are changing lives — including their own.

Pat and Reginald in front of their home.

Habitat Repair Corps helps couple remain in their home

Alongside volunteers from Habitat Philadelphia and The Home Depot Foundation’s associate-led volunteer force, homeowners Reginald and Pat have made their home into a place they can continue to thrive in.

Group of smiling volunteers in front of framed house on build site

Carter Work Project 2019 house photos

Check out this year’s house photos, featuring volunteers from the 2019 Carter Work Project in Nashville, Tennessee.

Habitat homeowner Lucy smiling in a chair inside her home.

Providing security for generations to come

Habitat Zambia builds home with member of vulnerable groups such as the elderly, people with disabilities, orphans and households headed up children. Lucy began raising her two younger brothers when she was in the seventh grade. Today, her family thrives in a Habitat house.

Habitat homeowner Joyce smiling in front of her home in bright green dress.

Residents empowering residents

Through Habitat’s Solid Ground global advocacy campaign, families in Zambia — particularly those headed by women — are learning and asserting their land rights.

Zambian homeowner Jonathan in front of his home.

Partnering to create a community

A partnership between Habitat Zambia and the government has helped families like Jonathan’s create a community of hope and homeownership.

Group photo of volunteers with President and Mrs. Carter.

Carter Work Project 2019: The circle remains unbroken

Year after year, now numbering 36, the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project has forged connections between families seeking decent homes and volunteers seeking a way to share their hearts.

First-time Carter Work Project volunteer Wesley Partin hammers roofing onto a home.

Carter Work Project 2019 slideshow

The 2019 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project marked the 36th year that the former president and first lady have built alongside volunteers and future Habitat homeowners. Volunteers from across the country gathered to help families build roofs, walls and community.

5 things overheard at the 2019 Carter Work Project

As the 36th annual Carter Work Project kicked off in Nashville, future Habitat homeowners, volunteers and donors, local leaders and musical talent, as well as the former president and first lady, convened at the historic Ryman Auditorium and then on the build site to usher in the weeklong build.