This is a 15 minute film on earth-bag construction at ‘Green Resource Center’ in Karamoja, Northern Uganda, as a part of IOM’s Karamoja Food Security and Community Stabilization Programme.
As I watched this very informative and entertaining video, it actually brought tears to my eyes. I realized how wonderfully empowering earthbag construction can be, and how extensive it is being adopted around the world. Watching the women dancing and singing as they carried bags of soil to place on the wall or huge cans of water on their heads, this clearly was a moving community experience for them!
Imagine what the square foot cost could be with free cement bags, local soil and do-it-yourself labor.