More than 400 volunteers arrived in Haiti in early November for the 2011 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project. Their goal: build 100 houses in one week.

Samuel George nails roof beams in place atop his future home. His house is one of 150 now completed in this new community called Santo.

International volunteers on the worksite included participants from Canada, Costa Rica, Great Britain, Mexico, the United States and several other countries. Today, those supporters are back home, spreading the word about Habitat’s work in Haiti.

Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly receives a tour of the Santo site from President and Mrs. Carter.

This February, Haitian families moved into the new homes that now dot this former sugarcane field in Santo. With 150 houses already finished, Santo is a growing symbol of residents’ newfound stability.

Paint rollers dry while nestled in the openings of a chain-link fence.

Gerardo Acosta, of Monterrey, Mexico, did more than volunteer in Haiti; he also raised nearly $13,000 for Habitat’s work there. Each Carter Work Project participant was challenged to raise at least $5,000 for the trip. All told, the assembled volunteers raised nearly $1.1 million.

The metal roofs of newly built Habitat houses stand out against a Haitian sky just past sunset.

Polidor Andre Anilus holds the Bible that President Carter presented him with during the dedication ceremony for Anilus’ new house.