Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Carter builds homes in India


Former US President Jimmy Carter (L) looks on as wife Rosalyn (back to camera) speaks to actor Brad Pitt (R).
Photograph: STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images

On October 30, former US President Jimmy Carter invited Brad Pitt to the hill-station of Lonavala -- approximately 100 kilometres from Mumbai, India -- to build houses as part of the 23rd Jimmy Carter Work Project (JCWP) in association with Habitat for Humanity.

A day before, the former President and Nobel Peace Prize-winner inaugurated the project at a grand ceremony in Patan, near Lonavala.

Brad Pitt is currently on a film shooting schedule in India and people were surprised to see him turn up and volunteer in the building process, as did many other volunteers assisting in President Carter's project.

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