An advertisement for Habitat for Humanity dressed up with some stories from the first decade or so of the organization. Provides some insight into the original vision, but otherwise not a ton to learn from this book. Some glaring blind spots as well - lots of talk about sacrifice and the spiritual reward of charity, but then highlights a story (page 104) where a volunteer talks about how he was treated like royalty in Zaire because his pay from Habitat made him the richest person in the village and the villagers 'made [him] a chief' and gave him a temporary son(?) to live with him and a boat with a dedicated driver. How is this living a simple life of charity? ( )

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