By Elis Martinez | Project Coordinator
Dear Partners and donosrs,
So far, we have concluded successfully the constructive process of the first Indigenous Education Center on reinforced adobe technique in La Cienega Community. The second one has started in Ojo de Agua, and until now we are on the foundation stage. Adobes has been produced by the community and are ready to be placed to raise up the walls, but we must wait for the raining season to finish.
Meanwhile, we are doing some other activities for capacity-building, such as Workshops for “Secure houses” where we work to increase the consciousness related with constructive skills and revalue adobe as a resistant material. There is so far a reach of 650 people who have known the technique of reinforced adobe around the region.
Furthermore, we are doing outreach activities through the broadcast of an awareness campaign we produced, by a local radio station in Spanish and local language (Me’phaa). We made radio clips addressing the following topics: Deforestation effects and prevention measures; Cause and solution for landslides; Secure settlements thru Adobe reinforced houses; Right to housing; The use of agrochemicals and alternatives. In addition, through this period, we settled new alliances with other community radio stations, looking forward to reaching more people.
On April and May, we had the great opportunity to link two projects where we are implementing currently, as we accompanied the exchange between a group of stakeholders (Tzeltales) whom we are working with in Chilón, Chiapas and the group of Guerrero, as part of the Self-construction project for the Training Centers in Adobe for the sharing of constructive knowledge in adobe and products in agroecology, respectively. So, on April, people from Chiapas came to Guerrero in order to impart training workshops of organic and ecological farming, where also we imparted the workshop with the teaching kit of CraTerre, research laboratory for earthen constructions.
The continued construction in the Mountain of Guerrero has allowed to strengthen the housing model through new proposals in the architectural program and to promote consciousness of constructive techniques, local materials, environmental impacts and social habitat production.
We thank you for your generous contribution to the communities of the Mountain of Guerrero.
Cooperación Comunitaria´s team
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