- Ford Global Week of Caring is a worldwide effort by the Ford Volunteer Corps to improve the lives of people in communities from North and South America to Europe and Asia . - Thousands of Ford volunteers will tackle more than 175 projects from September 6-14 beginning with the Habitat for Humanity Detroit Blitz Build 2008 . - Nonprofit agency partners in the United States also will benefit from an Accelerated Action Day on September 11 focusing on urgent building projects in their local communities. for the third annual Ford Global Week of Caring. world , totaling more than 24,000 man hours in community service .