John Abraham The "Global Hero of Habitat.â€

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John Abraham’s association with Habitat of Humanity began with his involvement in the Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter work project at Lonavla in 2006. The actor since then has devoted time to help Habitat of Humanity to bring about awareness to help the poor build their own simple and decent home. Being a youth icon, John garnered the support of the youth to eliminate poverty through Habitat. A special movement was created called -Join John’s Brigade in 2007- that saw millions of youth joining the campaign and volunteering their time to make a difference in providing safe and decent shelters for marginalized community in India. With this honor John joins the league of other global celebrities like Bon Jovi who is Habitat’s international hero. Speaking at the event Mrs. Rajashree Birla said, “The youth are the future of the country and being the youth icon of India, John Abraham, has been the epitome of caring for the less fortunate citizens of India. John has very actively promoted the cause of decent affordable housing in a very committed manner. It gives me great pleasure on behalf of Habitat for Humanity, to bestow on John the title of Global Hero of Habitat.”

Says John, “The honor and privilege is all mine and I thank Habitat for the opportunity it has given me, to make a difference to society. I once again appeal to all the youth to come make a difference, by action and let inaction be eliminated from their dictionaries, in helping address the issue of poverty housing in India and around the Globe.”

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