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Habitat for Humanity 's campaign Build a Better Community , Build a Healthier Life ' launched

CHENGDU -- March 18 , 2009 , Habitat for Humanity International (Habitat in an effort to boost volunteer participation , has launched a nationwide campaign dubbed as Build a Better Community and Build a Healthier Life ' yesterday

Habitat for Humanity , a non-profit , ecumenical Christian community , has been created to make adequate housing a matter of conscience and action Since its creation in 1976 , it has built and improved more than 300 ,000 houses , sheltering more than

1 ,500 ,000 people in thousands of communities in North America , Latin America and the Caribbean , Africa Eastern and Western Europe , and throughout the Asia-Pacific region

Habitat 's work is made possible by affiliates or people who are dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing . As of this writing there are 132 affiliates in the Asia-Pacific region and 2 ,291 worldwide . Habitat 's work is far greater than the current number of affiliates and supporters theless . Hence as it continually strives to achieve its mission Habitat is likewise constantly calling more volunteers to take their part in re-building the world . Anchoring on a statement made by Dr . Stephen Post , a professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and co-author of the forthcoming book Why Good Things Happen to Good People : The Exciting New Research That Proves the Link Between Doing Good and Living a Longer , Healthier Happier Life that , There is now a convergence of research...