Sustainable Housing for Rural Families in Africa
Organization information
Association la Voute Nubienne (AVN)
Location: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Summary
Fighting poverty, broadening access to decent housing, reducing CO2 emissions: "Association La Voute Nubienne" takes the three challenges with "Earth Roof for the Sahel": + a ROOF, the Nubian Vault, an ancient technique for comfortable, long-lasting, healthy, economical and eco-sustainable houses, requiring only mud-bricks and rocks; + a SKILL, training on-the-job to apprentice masons from rural communities in need; + a MARKET of autonomous NV small enterprises is pump-primed.
Project locations
Burkina