U.S. Housing Non-Profit Announces Partnership with North Korea

AMERICUS, Ga., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fuller Center for Housing broke
ground on an innovative housing project in the Democratic Peoples' Republic of
Korea on November 11. The partnership with North Korea's Paektusan Academy of
Architecture will build 50 new homes in a self-sustaining community at Osan-Ri
in the Sunan District near Pyongyang.

There is a shortage of housing in North Korea caused in part by Typhoon
Ewiniar, which destroyed more than 30,000 houses in July 2006. This initiative
seeks to help alleviate the overcrowded housing conditions that have resulted
in parts of the country.

The Paektusan Academy of Architecture will help manage the project.
Professionals from the United States and North Korea will work together to
develop house plans that are energy efficient and environmentally sensitive in
their construction and maintenance.

David Snell, the president of The Fuller Center, traveled to Pyongyang for the
groundbreaking event with LeRoy Troyer, Fuller Center board chair; Don Mosley,
the founder of Jubilee Partners; and Dr. Han Park, professor of political
science at the University of Georgia and an advocate of improving relations
between North Korea and the United States.

"We may not change international relations by this venture, but we will
provide the opportunity for Koreans and Americans to come together for good
and to get to know one another as fellow travelers and trusted friends," said
Snell.

The President of the Paektusan Academy said, "By building these houses
together with our American friends we will begin to build trust. By building
trust we can begin to make peace."

This initiative was born from conversations between Mosley and Professor Park
about ways to create greater trust between Korea and the United States at the
grassroots level. The project was among the last endorsed by Millard Fuller,
founder of The Fuller Center for Housing and Habitat for Humanity, before his
death in February. It will be funded privately by donations from the United
States and Europe.

About The Fuller Center for Housing
The Fuller Center for Housing is a Georgia-based, ecumenical Christian
non-profit that promotes collaborative and innovative partnerships with
individuals, organizations, corporations and groups of all faiths in an
unrelenting quest to provide adequate shelter for all people in need. To learn
more, visit FullerCenter.org.

SOURCE The Fuller Center For Housing

Faith Fuller, VP of Communications of The Fuller Center For Housing,
+1-229-924-7130, +1-229-924-2900, ffuller@fullercenter.org