Its volunteers also work in many areas around the world, including Haiti. More than two years have passed since a seven point zero earthquake shook the nation. The exact number of people who died may never be known. Estimates gave numbers from ninety five thousand to more than three hundred thousand.
FAITH LAPIDUS:Thousands of survivors of the Haitian earthquake still live in temporary shelters. Last year, former American President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn joined five hundred Habitat volunteers in the town of Leogane to build houses.
Actor Sean Penn went to Haiti soon after the quake. He provided assistance in a number of ways. Among them, he helped establish the aid agency J/P Haiti. Today, the J/P Haitian Relief Organization is supervising the Petionville Camp and nearby Cite Maxo camp. Last month, Sean Penn received the Two Thousand Twelve Peace Summit Award from a group of Nobel Prize-winners.
About twenty thousand homeless people are still living in the camps. Officials say they need volunteers, especially people with medical training.
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BOB DOUGHTY:Organizations do not have to be large to get volunteers. An activist group in Dharamsala, India is a good example.
Jodie Underhill from England arrived in northern India several years ago. She planned to volunteer for an environmental project. She found a lot to do in the land of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. She could almost not believe how much garbage was ruining some of the area’s most beautiful sights.
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