NAMES IN THE NEWS : Lech and Jimmy to Build Homes?
Habitat for Humanity, an organization that builds housing for the poor, hopes to recruit electrician Lech Walesa and carpenter Jimmy Carter to work on a project in Poland.
Clive Rainey, Habitat’s senior associate for development, said he visited Poland recently to lay the groundwork for a project that could include renovation and expansion of former government-owned buildings for apartments.
He said he hopes Walesa, the leader of Poland’s Solidarity labor movement and an electrician by trade, works on the project with Carter, the former President who has done carpentry work on dozens of Habitat buildings.
Rainey said an official at Solidarity in Gdansk told him Walesa would like to become an honorary board member if Habitat establishes a Polish affiliate.
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