How the Insurance Industry Can Reduce Disaster Risk in Developing Countries

Dr. Hausler Strand to join RMS CEO Hemant Shah in a Fireside Chat about using insurance to reduce earthquake risk at the RMS Exceedance Conference in Boston on May 9, 2013. Learn More

Dr. Hausler Strand at the World Economic Forum on Latin America

Facilitated the "Building Resiliance to Natural Disasters" session.

Interviewed by Semana Económica. Watch the interview.

Wrote a blog that was posted on the World Economic Forum Blog.

 

Goodell presents at Shelter & Settlement Meeting in Geneva

Build Change Director of Engineering Gordon Goodell presented “Retrofitting from Day 1” at the UN-Habitat and HHI’s Shelter & Settlement Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 26, 2013.

Build Change Completes Permanent Housing in Haiti

Build Change completes permanent housing for 97 families in Haiti with partner J/P HRO. Partnership is expanded to reach 280 additional families with permanent housing.housing primer on post-disaster housing. Read the Press Release.

Build Change Housing Primer Approved by USAID

December, 2012. Build Change's housing primer on post-disaster housing reconstruction “Building Back Housing in Post-Disaster Situations – Basic Engineering Principles for Development Professionals" was recently approved by USAID Click here to view the primer

Help earthquake survivors in Myanmar rebuild safely

November, 2012. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake just struck Myanmar, killing and injuring many people and toppling many buildings. Please give generously to help earthquake survivors rebuild their lives. Click here for more information

Elizabeth Hausler Strand presents at the *abc Continuity Forum

November, 2012. Elizabeth Hausler Strand presented at the 2012 *abc Continuity Forum on Tuesday November 13th 2012 in Miami, Florida. Click here for more information

Build Change featured in HaitiRewired.com

June, 2012. Elizabeth Hausler Strand was interviewed in this June 2012 article "Build Change Aims to Render Homes Earthquake-Resistant". Click here to view the full story.

Build Change featured in Huffington Post IMPACT

April, 2012. In this article "Design for Good - A Global Movement and Mission", Elizabeth Hausler Strand is featured as a social entrepreneur using good design to solve significant global issues. Click here to view the story.

Build Change featured on PBS Newshour Online

March, 2012. In this article, "Colorado Nonprofit Helps Quake Victims Rebuild With Better Techniques", Dr. Hausler Strand was interviewed by David Pelcyger Click here to view the full story.

Build Change featured in Huffington Post

December, 2011. In this article, "Building Change One Brick at a Time in Haiti, China and Indonesia" by Lee Schneider, Dr. Hausler Strand describes how Build Change is saving lives in Haiti, China and Indonesia. View the article Click here to view the full story.

Build Change featured in Bloomberg BusinessWeek

November, 2011. In this article, ""Building Knowledge, Not Just Houses, in the Developing World" the magazine examines how Build Change is helping build back smarter in Haiti by training local builders and engineers. View the article Click here to view the full story

Build Change featured in MIT Press: Innovations Journal

February, 2011. Dr. Elizabeth Hausler's essay has been featured in the latest issue of the Innovations Journal: Building Back Better in Haiti. Read the Article Here.

Build Change Featured in New York Times

January 18, 2010. Build Change's award-winning post-earthquake housing reconstruction approach is featured in the New York Times. Read it Here.

Lessons For Rebuilding Haiti from Build Change

July 2009. Read "After the Quake: How Self-Build is the Key to Recovery" by Maya Alexandri in UN-HABITAT's URBAN WORLD.