USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This brought safe and affordable housing to 19 deserving families. Since then, the Carters have personally worked alongside 103, 000 volunteers in 14 different countries to repair, renovate, and build over 4, 331 homes. That’s 38 years of volunteer work and partnership that we at Habitat will be eternally grateful for.

Detailed explanation-2: -What We Do. A nongovernmental organization, The Carter Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 80 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy and human rights; preventing diseases; and improving mental health care.

Detailed explanation-3: -James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American retired politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967, and as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.

Detailed explanation-4: -209 Woodland Drive is a house in Plains, Georgia, United States, that has been the home of Jimmy Carter, President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, and his wife Rosalynn since 1960. It is the only house that the Carters have ever owned; they have occupied it since 1961.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1966, at the age of 68, Carter applied for the Peace Corps. After completing a psychiatric evaluation, she received three months of training and was sent to India where she worked at the Godrej Colony 30 miles (48 km) from Mumbai. She worked there for 21 months; she aided patients with leprosy.