c ili ation ▁Village , ▁and ▁Carter , ▁in ▁his ▁remarks ▁to ▁volunte ers , ▁spoke ▁to ▁that ▁theme : ▁" One ▁word ▁I ' ve ▁heard ▁in ▁South ▁Korea ▁more ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁word ▁is ▁' re con c ili ation .' ▁I ▁look ▁on ▁Hab itat ▁for ▁Human ity ▁as ▁a ▁movement ▁for ▁recon c ili ation , ▁a ▁breaking ▁down ▁of ▁bar riers … ▁between ▁the ▁rich ▁and ▁the ▁poor ." ▁N ine ▁thousand ▁volunte ers ▁— ▁including ▁South ▁Korean ▁President ▁Kim ▁D ae - J ung ▁— ▁built ▁ 1 3 6 ▁houses . ▁▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Dur ban , ▁K wa - Z ulu ▁Natal , ▁South ▁Africa : ▁Less ▁than ▁a ▁de cade ▁after ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁legal ized ▁rac ism ▁in ▁South ▁Africa , ▁black s ▁and ▁whites ▁built ▁side ▁by ▁side ▁in ▁a ▁neighborhood ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁g utt ed ▁by ▁the ▁government ▁during ▁apart heid . ▁At ▁the ▁opening ▁ceremony , ▁President ▁Carter ▁said ▁he , ▁too , ▁had ▁grown ▁up ▁in ▁a ▁seg reg ated ▁society , ▁and ▁felt ▁a ▁connection ▁to ▁South ▁Africa . ▁" O ur ▁family ▁has ▁always ▁been ▁close ▁to ▁this ▁great ▁country ," ▁he ▁said . ▁" We ' ll ▁be ▁working ▁hand ▁in ▁hand ▁together ." ▁ ▁Vol unte ers ▁at ▁the ▁first ▁African ▁project ▁included ▁the ▁pres idents ▁of ▁Ken ya , ▁Moz amb ique ▁and ▁Mal aw i , ▁and ▁G rac ia ▁Mach el , ▁wife ▁of ▁former ▁South ▁African ▁president ▁Nelson