Orlando ^H^H^H^H^H^H Georgia slum themepark

By at 10:39 pm Monday, Jun 2

Habitat for Humanity is opening a slum themepark in Orlando Georgia (thanks, senor), to help visitors understand how most of the world lives.
"Essentially, it's a theme park for poverty housing," Fuller told Reuters. "You'll come out of the center and walk right into a slum. You'll see the kind of pitiful living conditions so many people in the world have."

After touring mock slums from Africa, Asia and Central America, visitors to the Global Village will see examples of the modest homes Habitat builds in those regions.

"You see what a steep improvement acceptable housing makes in someone's life. We think we'll recruit a lot of volunteers this way," Fuller said.

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