Jimmy Carter and Eradication of Guinea Worm Disease

of the Carters on a trip to Ethiopia in 2007, depicts the Carters walking along a red dirt path that winds through a field of flowers and trees."The road had a reddish color, like the red clay of Georgia, and President and Mrs. Carter were walking up that road," Mrs. Richards recalled." [The Carters] going up the path hand-in-hand was me seeing them walking to heaven together" (S.Richards, pers.comm., interview, 2026 Apr 13).Mrs. Richards lives in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and holds a fine arts degree from Georgia State University.Her husband, a public health expert on the elimination of parasitic diseases, worked for The Carter Center until he retired in 2024.An Everlasting Love was created that same year in response to an invitation from The Carter Center to donate a painting for its annual donor retreat and auction, as she had done in previous years.Shown from behind, in casual clothes, the Carters' figures are instantly familiar.In the background, Mrs. Richards included some of Mrs.