Jimmy Carter helped build Habitat for Humanity homes in Winnipeg [Video]

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, is being remembered for his help in giving several Winnipeggers a home to call their own.

Carter and his wife Rosalynn, who died in 2023, visited the city twice during their lifetime to participate in major homebuilding projects for Habitat for Humanity, an organization the former president and first lady have long been associated with.

“Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter really were wonderful advocates, ambassadors, and workers for Habitat for Humanity around the world,” said Jamie Hall, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Manitoba. “They built homes in over 14 countries around the world.”

Habitat for Humanity was created in 1973 in Americus, Georgia, roughly 20 kilometres east of the Carters’ hometown of Plains. Volunteers help build homes for low-income people who might struggle to purchase homes of their own. Families receiving a Habitat home must put in 500 …