Help China Rebuild

With your help, Build Change will reach another 5,000 families with earthquake-resistant home designs and hands-on construction training.

Another 20,000 people will not have to live in fear of their house collapsing in the next earthquake.

  • 5,352 Safer Houses

    In Asia through earthquake-resistant design and hands-on construction supervision

  • 360 Better Builders

    Through on-the-job training programs on the most locally appropriate building methods

  • 585 Trained Engineers

    Architects, technical high school students and other construction professionals

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Build Change is an international non-profit social enterprise that designs earthquake-resistant houses in developing countries and trains builders, homeowners, engineers, and government officials to build them.

Local Skills, Local Demand. Build Change leaves in place permanent change in construction practice by building local skills and stimulating local demand.

About Build Change

HOW WE DO IT

Build Change builds local skills through hands-on training programs and stimulates local demand for safe building by designing affordable, locally appropriate houses. READ MORE…

 

WHERE WE WORK

Build Change works in Sichuan, P.R. China, and Sumatra, Indonesia. We will expand to a third country in 2010. READ MORE…

 

WHAT YOU NEED

Designing earthquake-resistant houses using timber or confined masonry? For design and construction guidelines, construction checklists, post-earthquake technical reconnaissance reports and photos, CHECK HERE…

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Success Stories

Xing Dayan

Minle, China

Rising from the Rubble in earthquake-devastated Sichuan, China.

Read Xing Dayan's Story

 

The Du Sisters

Luorong, China

Do you want us to draw your layout? The first step in earthquake-resistant housng design and construction.

Read the Du's Story

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