Carters donate $370,000 of Nobel Award to caregivers' institute
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Posted 5:56PM on Tuesday 28th January 2003 ( 22 years ago )
AMERICUS - Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn have donated $370,000 of his one million-dollar Nobel Peace Prize award to an institute she founded to help caregivers and their families. <br>
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The Carters made the dontation to the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Human Development at a ceremony at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus. <br>
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The institute provides relief for caregivers, who often struggle with physical and emotional stress, isolation, guilt and financial strain. <br>
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Caregivers are those who care for people with physical and mental disabilities, the elderly or children.
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