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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graeme Massie and Ariana Baio

How Jimmy Carter spent his final years building houses for the poor as he continued life of public service

Former US president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn attach siding to the front of a Habitat for Humanity home built on June 10, 2003, in LaGrange, Georgia - (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)

He was the oldest living president and had been out of the White House for more than 35 years, but Jimmy Carter never stopped working to improve the lives of others — much of which included building homes for the needy.

Even well into his 90s, Carter put on a hard hat and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, the nonprofit organization he often partnered with through The Carter Center.

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