Relief and Rebuilding from Nepal Earthquake

We're constructing more demonstration housing both to show villagers various methods for rebuilding and teach local builders new methods for building better and cheaper. Having already constructed homes with Gabion Bands and Earth Bags, we are now undertaking construction of a ktichen addtiion using bamboo and mud plaster. 

As the government has yet to provide any financial assistance to villagers who lost their homes in the earthquakes, we are now building a home that is fast to construct and very cheap to build. A bamboo and mud structure in the form of an addition to our kitchen is being built with the help of both volunteers and local housing builders. While perhaps not quite as long lasting as homes made with Gabion Bands, the bamboo and mud plaster homes can be made cheaply and quickly and will provide a very usable house for 20-30 years. It's earthquake resistant and unlike the traditional stone houses it's also cooler in summer and warmer in winter. 

This brings to three the number of demonstration homes using alternative techniques we've now constructed in the village of Mankhu.  We will also be building demonstration homes using these techniques in the nearby village of Goganpani as well. There isn't going to be many in the village willing to undertake reconstruction until the government clarifies what assistance, if any, the villagers will receive. When that becomes known, our locals will be prepared to leap into construction using any one of the earthquake resistant models we've now trained them to build.