Djiboutian Red Crescent Society (DRCS) volunteers learned how to build an earthbag structure, during a two-day training seminar held by DRCS, October 28, 2010. The training took place on October 28 and 29 in partnership with a team from the U.S. Army 418th Civil Affairs Battalion.
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joshua Erickson, a graduate of The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture (Cal-Earth) Superadobe training course, led volunteers through step-by-step instruction, which provided students with the fundamental skills to build a dome. Each student worked on an example dome at the DRCS compound in Balbala. Sergeant Erickson and a team of military volunteers recently built an example structure on base at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Many expressed their desire to teach others what they learned.
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Image credit: U.S. Army photo by Specialist Sheri Carter