Americus in Sumter County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Poverty Housing: A Global Epidemic

Habitat for Humanity

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 7, 2014

1. Poverty Housing: A Global Epidemic Marker

Inscription.
An estimated 1.2 billion people in the world today live on less than $1 per day.

Nearly 3 billion people--close to half of the world's population--live on less than $2 per day.

Home, for many families, looks something like the structures you are about to see; or worse.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work.

Location. 32° 4.228′ N, 84° 14.454′ W. Marker is in Americus, Georgia, in Sumter County. It is on W. Church Street. Marker is on the grounds of Habitat for Humanity. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Americus GA 31709, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Deadly Insects (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to Latin America/Caribbean (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to Asia/Pacific (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to Africa/Middle East (within shouting distance of this marker); How blocks are made (within shouting distance of this marker); Sumter County Courthouse Bell (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Luther H. Story (about 800 feet away); Sumter County in the Civil Rights Movement (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Americus.

Global Village discovery center image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 7, 2014

2. Global Village discovery center

Habitat for Humanity Visitor Center and Office image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 7, 2014

3. Habitat for Humanity Visitor Center and Office

Entrance to Global Village image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 7, 2014

4. Entrance to Global Village

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2014, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 483 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 23, 2014, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.