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WORKING WOMEN
Reinvent Yourself
Linda Fuller - Co-Founder - Habitat for
Humanity International
by WorkingWomen2000.com
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As a young woman from the South, Linda never
imagined that she would someday start and
lead a global organization. Now Habitat for
Humanity, the non-profit she founded with
her husband, Millard, is expected to build
700,000 homes around the world by the year
2016.
Personal and professional fulfillment didn't
come easily to Linda and her husband. Their
 early years in Alabama were filled with
challenge and heartbreak. At nineteen,
already married with her first born, she
pursued a degree in elementary education
while Millard launched a successful
marketing firm. But success came at a high
price. There was little time for the family
to be together. "I became very lonely and
miserable. I thought we were headed for
divorce. I told my husband that I was
leaving for New York City to undergo
counseling for a couple of weeks," Linda
says. "That shocked him into realizing that
he didn't want to lose his family."
In an
effort to reinvent themselves, they decided
to sell all of their possessions and start
over. Their faith in God guided them along
the way. "We had no idea what we would do.
After six years of marriage, we took our
first vacation in Florida with our five and
three-year old. We just rode around and got
to know one another," reveals Linda.
Their
search for a new life led them to Georgia,
where they pioneered a low-cost housing
program at a Christian commune, Koinonia
Farm. Eager to expand this new concept, they
decided to move the family to Africa and
started a similar project there. They lived
in Zaire for three years before they
returned back to the States.
In
1976, Habitat for Humanity International was
conceived. Through the use of volunteers and
donations from corporations, congregations,
and individuals, the organization supports
communities around the world in the fight
against substandard housing and
homelessness. Today, its efforts are
responsible for more than 20,000 affordable
housing units per year.
Linda feels privileged to serve others.
"Interacting with people of all economic
levels and cultures, I have learned how
fragile life can be and the importance of
reaching out to the community. Being able to
experience a family's joy after they've
lived in terrible conditions is a real
benefit of working for this organization,"
she says. Linda has also created Women
Build, a program designed to encourage and
train unskilled women in the construction of
Habitat homes.
Juggling the demands of leading a worldwide
organization with the responsibilities of
being a wife, mother, and now grandmother
"has been a challenge," Linda admits. "Over
the years, I felt that I sometimes neglected
myself. It takes a conscientious effort to
make time for my husband too. We both had to
learn to take days off. As a result, our
relationship has deepened and grown
significantly."
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