“We are extremely proud of the results of this project as we managed to achieve our targets and have had a very positive response from the Jiri locals. The Jirel house has been a response to local architectural vernacular and to the Jirel family’s comments during extensive consultation and discussions. It is a marriage of earthquake resilient earthbag design and our client’s lifestyle and culture. At the Jiri Build Project, we believe that this approach to design and rebuilding is absolutely crucial for the success of a project in Nepal.
What have we achieved?
– Project Duration: 8 weeks
– Total Project Cost: 541,107 NRS / 5,092 USD for Materials / Tools / Labour
– A design that is earthquake resilient, affordable and responsive to local architectural vernacular and client’s needs and preferences
– Training of 6 local craftsmen in the techniques of Earth-bag construction (with First Steps Himalaya)
– Training of our carpentry team with an International carpentry specialist (Rasmus Refslund Thomsen)
– Development of our site manager (Santosh Jirel) who gained some valuable skills and experience!”
Hello, what you have done is wonderful. I am happy to find solidarity groups from all continents who are fighting against poverty.
My experience of 40 years across 80 countries in Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean Islands and Africa has confirmed to me that IF we want to expel poverty: First, we must expel IGNORANCE and replace it with KNOWLEDGE! We must stimulate and strengthen SOLIDARITY.
Do not waste our time and fall into the games of our leaders, International Cooperation held an international forum on Africa and international financing which invested more than one (1) trillion dollars but we discovered that we have given birth to a little laboratory mouse! There was no shortage of money for the development of Africa!!!
Prof Abdo MAALAOUI, Retired from Canadian international cooperation/
Email: canadamaalaoui@gmail.com /
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