An eloquent preface by Habitat for Humanity's most prominent volunteer kicks off this moving introduction to a sampling of the other volunteers who have worked on and/or now live in some of the 300,000-plus homes the organization has built. Rubel traces Habitat's history and describes how it typically first goes about selecting families to work with, then plans and constructs safe, sturdy homes-but it's the stories of the people involved that make the most compelling reading, from President Carter's first meeting with Habitat's founder Millard Fuller ("I didn't know who this nut from my hometown was, but my first impression was negative") to Filipino washerwoman Emma Bocalan's epiphanic "Look at my beautiful home!" and veteran volunteer Sherwood Kirk's closing "I mean, they're letting us build their home, and we're getting so much more out of it than they are." Sheaves of color photos featuring construction sites and joyful faces underscore the theme that giving people not "a handout but a hand up" is genuinely worthy work. (afterword, index, "How to Get Involved") (Nonfiction. 11-18)
For a quarter century in more than ninety countries, Habitat for Humanity has built homes with and for the people who are most in need of them, aided by more than a million volunteers-two of the most devoted of whom are former president Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn.
In this captivating look at Habitat from the inside out:
¿ Listen to personal accounts from volunteers and homeowners about building Habitat homes
¿ Learn of the physical challenges Habitat faces due to climate, available building materials, and resources at building sites around the world
¿ Understand how Habitat for Humanity offers a “hand up, not a hand out” to people in need
“This is an inspiring book, telling how ideas starting on a little farm in Georgia have grown to a worldwide movement bringing people together.” -Pete Seeger, songwriter
For a quarter century in more than ninety countries, Habitat for Humanity has built homes with and for the people who are most in need of them, aided by more than a million volunteers-two of the most devoted of whom are former president Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn.
In this captivating look at Habitat from the inside out:
¿ Listen to personal accounts from volunteers and homeowners about building Habitat homes
¿ Learn of the physical challenges Habitat faces due to climate, available building materials, and resources at building sites around the world
¿ Understand how Habitat for Humanity offers a “hand up, not a hand out” to people in need
“This is an inspiring book, telling how ideas starting on a little farm in Georgia have grown to a worldwide movement bringing people together.” -Pete Seeger, songwriter
If I Had a Hammer: Stories of Building Homes and Hope with Habitat for Humanity
If I Had a Hammer: Stories of Building Homes and Hope with Habitat for Humanity
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940171612955 |
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| Publisher: | Brilliance Audio |
| Publication date: | 08/24/2010 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
| Age Range: | 8 - 11 Years |
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