[Cob] cob in Haiti

[Nilsa~]

Hi list..
I've been watching and reading this group for over a year but have never
responded to anything until now.

I'll be joining a group going back to Haiti in January for a site
assessments in both Ley Cayes and Santo's for AG and Natural building
assessments.

Specifically I would like to ask the group if they know of any groups or
NGO's etc who have earth bag / cob projects up and running in Haiti. My
heart is geared towards earth bags because its quicker and our folks can go
out and teach another..I have hands on but no one else in the group has so I
thought while there I can SHOW them... a picture is worth a thousand words
but if you can see it, touch it and see the potential for yourselves, then
that's empowerment, and empowerment creates motion.

Thanks for your time.

Peace and blessings,
nilsa

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Henry Raduazo <raduazo at cox.net> wrote:

>        I was wondering: Are there any cobbers on this list in Haiti? I have
> been talking to a non-cob person who has been there. I am trying to get a
> picture of what is going on. It sounds to me like they need to train a team
> of Creole speaking people that know cob building, Lorna stove construction,
> Humanure, Rainwater Harvesting, permaculture skills and retaining wall
> building skills. There is plenty of Urbanite to work with and there appears
> to be plenty of clay and grass or hay.
>        It is hard to imagine a peasant culture that can't build their own
> homes or grow their own food, but that is what seems to exist in Haiti.
>
> Ed
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