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During their eventual reconciliation, the couple decided to sell their possessions, donate the proceeds and move to Koinonia Farm, a Christian commune in Americus, Ga. It was there that they conceived their first ideas about building homes with no-interest mortgages for the poor. The family packed up for Mbandaka, Zaïre (now Democratic Republic of Congo), in 1973 to develop a program there...
...returning to Americus in 1976, the couple founded Habitat for Humanity, which with the help of volunteers and future occupants has built nearly 1.5 million no-interest homes worldwide. Fuller separated from Habitat in 2005, forming the similarly tasked Fuller Center for Housing...
Letters of condolence can be sent to the Okrent Family, 1212 Austin Ave., Evanston, IL 60202. Donations can be sent to the David Okrent Memorial Fund, c/o Habitat for Humanity International, 121 Habitat St., Americus...
...disaster as a freak occurrence caused when tropical storm Alberto traveled up from the Gulf of Mexico and stalled, dumping torrential rains. Roads, bridges and dams swiftly gave way to the swollen waters of the Flint and Ocmulgee rivers, bringing on a wave of tragedies. In the town of Americus, where 21 inches of rain fell within 24 hours, 16 people perished. Georgians will not soon forget the images of a young Americus woman screaming as the waters of Town Creek engulfed her car and swept her and her baby downstream. Or of dozens of coffins from Albany cemeteries bobbing...
...work. He functions as the spiritual leader of the ecumenical, nonprofit outfit. Much of his time is spent visiting local Habitat affiliates and proselytizing. Once or twice a year he takes hammer in hand and helps finish off a Habitat home with the volunteers. Full-time helpers in Americus, Ga., are paid only their lodging and a weekly "pig check" -- a $25 certificate redeemable at the Piggly Wiggly supermarket...