C
-re-aid strongly believes in sustainable and ecological
building materials but also in a developing building culture
where people can construct strong and healthy houses in an
affordable way. They want to introduce an environmental
compensation program. With the project the organization
will show the community the possibilities of the bricks and
teach them an environmental-friendly way of using them.
This first project is a woman’s centre located in the centre of
the village. Currently the women groups have no place to
store their documents and meet to arrange their businesses.
Project location
The project is located at Majimoto village in Arusha Tanzania. The village is
about 20km from Arusha town. It is in a dry climate where they experience
heavy rains from March-May. The rest of the months are dry and dusty.
Design
The ideas for the project were born out of several meetings with different
groups of local people and included a meeting area that is protected from