"Oporation We Care" would like to thank "The Fuller Center" in Texas for all their support and contributions to helping build a better tomorrow. In today you have so many people who talk about a better tomorrow but these people are actually making it happen. After a conversation with "Teressa Raiford" CEO of Teressa Raiford I was informed about this wonderful organization who definitely gets things done. In this day and age it is time for action not just talk and this organization walks the walk.
Homelessness is at a all time high and it's time we get more proactive instead of complaining and giving excuses or playing the blame game. After a call with this remarkable woman I was so inspired that I immediately went to work. Expect great things from these organizations.
The Fuller Center for Housing is a non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing worldwide. By forming partnerships with local organizations, The Fuller Center provides the structure, guidance and support that communities need to build and repair homes for the impoverished among them. Read the Fuller Center’s Mission Statement and Foundational Principles.
The Fuller Center was started in spring of 2005 by Millard Fuller and his wife Linda, who co-founded Habitat for Humanity in 1976. Fuller set out to expand his missionary vision by returning to his roots at Koinonia Farm, a cooperative community dedicated to peace and service in rural southwest Georgia. A new mission statement was issued at Koinonia – also the birthplace of Habitat – dedicating The Fuller Center as a Christ-centered, faith-driven organization witnessing the love of God by providing opportunities for families to have a simple, decent place to live.
The demand for safe, affordable housing is enormous. The United Nations estimates that over one billion people around the world live in substandard housing. In the United States alone, almost two million people live with a hole in their roof, 3.7 million live with broken windows and 2.5 million live in a house where the foundation is crumbling beneath them. Just over one million people live without complete plumbing facilities. (Source: American Housing Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, 2005)
Many of these people are too elderly or too poor to help themselves through traditional means, but we believe this does not make them any less deserving of our help. The Fuller Center seeks to improve their standards of living by helping those people help themselves. A Fuller Center home is not a hand out, but a hand up. By working alongside volunteers and repaying construction costs on terms they can handle, homeowners are able to regain a sense of basic human dignity.
Please join us in our quest to improve the health and futures of the world’s people by providing them with simple, decent places to live. Please see our FAQ page for more information, and our Get Involved page for resources on how you can make a difference. Please also visit our detailed program pages in the Where We Work section to find a Fuller Center in your are.
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