Visit to Shelter Forum in Kenya
An EcoSouth consultant recently participated in an evaluation about construction materials in Africa. The goal is to determine what type of materials production could be improved or introduced in order to reduce costs in popular construction in a project of COMESA (Common Market for East and Southern Africa). As part of the activities the team visited Shelter Forum, a member of the BASIN network where they were gracefully received by Michael Arunga in his humble office in an apartment building in Nairobi. He explained the difficulties of their work in responding to the demands of the hundreds of millions that live in the slums of this city. The meeting almost became a mini-BASIN encounter, as a consultant from ITDG also formed part of the team.
