HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOUSE BUILD PROJECT

The Atlanta Consular Corps is made up of 22 career and 41 honorary consular offices. Career officials are members of their country's foreign service while honorary officials are local residents appointed by foreign governments to perform consular duties. The Dean of the Consular Corps, currently the Honorable Carlos Layus, Consul General for Argentina, is the career official with the longest tenure in Atlanta.

The Atlanta Consular Corps decided last year to contribute in a philanthropic way to the jurisdiction in which we reside and are so well-received and supported - the City of Atlanta and the State of Georgia. This has taken the form of a volunteer project to build a 'Consular Corps House', under the auspices of Habitat for Humanity Atlanta. For the past twelve months an effort has been underway to raise the $75,000 in cash required of any interested party by Habitat to secure approval for a building project. To date, $63,000 of this requirement has been met, through the generous donations of individuals and corporations. The small balance outstanding continues to be actively sought and the support of BABG members is encouraged and welcomed.

Based on the positive results of this fund raising effort, we are pleased to inform you that the Atlanta Consular Corps has obtained agreement from Habitat for Humanity to proceed with plans to build a house in the Atlanta area this Autumn (the exact location is yet to be determined). Seven consecutive Saturdays beginning October 25 and continuing to December 13 are now being scheduled. 40 volunteers per Saturday are required, and of course people may volunteer for more than one Saturday. Absolutely no experience is required.

The purpose of this message is to seek out and register volunteers for this exciting project. Commitments would be welcome from yourself, your company staffs and your family members. Attached, please find a self-explanatory registration form. We would ask you to distribute it to your employees, families and networks, encouraging people to volunteer by filling out and returning the form to the logistics coordinator indicated (ATTN: Mr. Walter Rohrbach, Intern, Consulate General of Switzerland). Registrations are being urged by or before June 27. It should also be noted that all volunteers will be asked to sign a 'Release and Waiver of Liability' form. Neither Habitat for Humanity nor the Consular Corps will be liable in case of accident, bodily harm, death or property damage. Each volunteer will need his/her own insurance for such occurrences (please see attachment, to be filled in at a later date). Registered volunteers will be kept informed of planning details by the coordinator in the months ahead.

Thank you in advance for helping to making the Consular Corps' Habitat for Humanity house building project a complete success.

Downloadable documents: "Enroll as a Volunteer"    "Release and Waiver"

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