IXL Social Enterprise Case Studies Housing January 2012 | Page 12

Revolutionizing the way to make housing affordable for everyone
and those regions impacted by disasters. HFHI’s
annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project
(CWP) not only results in new houses, but brings
brand awareness and new support to HFHI
host affiliates. During the most recent CWP to
Haiti, volunteers’ online fundraising‡ raised
over US$1 million—a larger contribution than
any event sponsor.43 HFHI has already begun
engaging volunteers, before and after their build
trips, to learn more about the causes of poverty
housing and the many ways ^H