The FerroCement Panels system allows to build a basic core shelter of 15 square meters in just 3 days, becoming a very effective emergency response system. EcoSur Network is building houses like this in Haiti, starting in Liancourt for the people affected by the earhquake.
Peter Arndt
German
Social worker and Mechanical technician
German, English, Spanish
Project administration and management, social organization, mechanical innovation
In 2005, SofoNic has started a dual education program for masons in Nicaragua, using its house-building programs as a base. Teaming up with the local technical school in Jinotepe they are graduating about ten masons every year since. Most f them have found jobs in construction or have started a business on their own. SofoNic has contracted several of them as master masons in the reconstruction programs in Haiti.
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