Carter Center facts for kids
The Carter Center is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter partnered with Emory University just after he lost in the 1980 U.S. Presidential elections to Ronald Reagan.
The center is located in a shared building next to the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum on 37 acres (150,000 m2) of parkland, just two miles (3 km) from downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The library and museum are owned and operated by the United States National Archives and Records Administration, while the Center is governed by a Board of Trustees.
The Carter Center's goal is to advance human rights and to stop human suffering, including helping improve the quality of life for people in more than 80 countries. T
he center has many projects including election monitoring, supporting locally led state-building and democratic institution-building in many countries and talking with heads of states on behalf of victims of human rights abuses.
It also leads disease eradication efforts, spearheading the campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease, as well as controlling and treating onchocerciasis, trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, and malaria through awareness campaigns.
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In Spanish: Centro Carter para niños
