Life and Religion

Thanks to Habitat for Humanity, a Charlotte family is getting a second chance to start over.

PHOTO/CALVIN FERGUSON

Johnson C. Smith University students help Habitat for Humanity build a home for a Charlotte family.

On Sept. 27, in the middle of showers and the gas crisis, students from Johnson C. Smith University and officials from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Lowe’s Corp. teamed up to build a home for a Montagnard family.

The home, being built on Augusta Street, is for Vietnamese refugees Yei Ksor and H’Guaui and their children. They fled to the United States to escape the communist regime that punished Montagnards for supporting America during the Vietnam War and their religious beliefs.

The home is being built with a $30,000 grant from Lowe’s and additional monies from the TJX Foundation.

The Augusta Street house is part of Habitat for Humanity’s “Building on Faith” blitz, which is serving 25 families in celebration of its 25-year anniversary.   

“The CIAA and JCSU are proud to be a part of this partnership with Lowe’s and Habitat Charlotte,” CIAA Commissioner Leon Kerry said in a statement. “We are excited that Lowe’s, CIAA and JCSU wanted to work together to celebrate Habitat’s 25-year history of helping promote religious and racial tolerance by bringing people together to build simple, decent, affordable homes.”

Once Habitat finishes the home next month, it will be sold to the family with a zero percent interest, no-profit mortgage. 

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