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Habitat for Humanity homes underconstruction during the 2011 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Haiti. Photo by Habitat Omaha volunteer Don Browers.
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Rebuilding Haiti, Rebuilding Hope
By Don Browers
Two years ago this month Haiti was hit with a devastating 7.0 earthquake which killed more than 220,000 men, women and children and left another 1.5 million people homeless. To understand the enormity of this disaster you have to know that the population of Haiti is about 10 million. So, if you had the same casualty rate in the United States it would mean more than 6 million deaths. Can you imagine the impact in this country of 6 million lives lost? But the United States is a country of tremendous resources. Haiti...
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Council Bluffs Mayor Tom Hanafan and Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle place a friendly wager on the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge.
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The Meeting of the Mayors
It may have been one of the oddest sights ever witnessed on the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge. Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle and Council Bluffs Mayor Tom Hanafan met in the middle to place a friendly wager on next week's football game between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Thanksgiving challenge started with the Mayors of both cities facing off with representatives of their respective Habitat for Humanity organizations midway over the Missouri River on November 18. And what exactly did they wager: a day of community service. If Nebraska...
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