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Habitat CEO Jonathan Reckford in attendance to discuss HFHI's housing microfinance program, sustainable building and assistance for long-term recovery in Haiti

ATLANTA, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Habitat for Humanity International's commitment to long-term hurricane recovery efforts in Haiti was highlighted at the fourth annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York City. Habitat's sustainable building work and housing microfinance program were also discussed.

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Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International, attended the CGI alongside business leaders, heads of state and other global figures who gathered to seek solutions for the world's most pressing problems.

CGI's four areas of focus include education, energy and climate change, global health and poverty alleviation. Habitat for Humanity International's commitment to hurricane recovery in Haiti was highlighted during the "Developing Human Capital" session of the conference.

Habitat Haiti continues to build and repair housing in Gonaives and Cabaret, where 1,500 Haitian families in extreme poverty have been helped. Priority is being given to those whose homes were damaged or destroyed in 2008 by Fay, Gustav, Hanna or Ike. These hurricanes and tropical storms killed more than 400 people and left approximately 800,000 in dire need of help in Haiti.

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