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Build Change provides technical assistance to community-based organizations (CBOs), enabling them to integrate housing and climate justice principles into national programs. This community-driven approach builds capacity through genuine co-production, shifting knowledge and resources directly to marginalized groups. Ultimately, technical assistance delivers not only a house but also the capacity to continue home improvements in the future, helping to reduce the housing deficit globally.

In partnership with KOMIDA and with support from the Global Innovation Fund, Build Change is piloting low-cost, climate-resilient home upgrades for 2,000 women living on less than $5/day. Through tailored solutions and new microfinance tools, this initiative is making heat adaptation accessible for low-income households across Indonesia.

Turner & Townsend’s international Making the Difference Fund is partnering with Build Change to support disaster-resilient housing worldwide. As the fund celebrates over £1 million in donations, this collaboration marks a step toward empowering communities through safer living conditions and long-term resilience.

Build Change has promoted four key leaders: Noll Tufani, Monica Schroeder, Liva Shrestha, and Joel Herold, into expanded roles to strengthen its global reach and advance its mission of creating resilient housing. These strategic promotions reflect the organization’s commitment to empowering families in vulnerable housing and scaling its life-saving work across the world’s most disaster-prone regions.

The global housing crisis is a disaster – and it’s unjust. Ariana Karamallis argues for radical change that shifts power to the majority: the people who are affected.

Build Change, a global leader in disaster-resilient housing, is pleased to announce two key leadership appointments to its Board of Directors following its meeting on December 13, 2024. Grace Hanson, Co-Founder and CEO of Elysian, has been appointed Chair of the Board. She is a past board chair and has served on Build Change’s board since 2016. Susie Berg has been appointed to the role of Secretary.

2024 Grants include funding for Build Change to advance disaster-resilient housing solutions through AI-driven technical assistance.

Celebrating 20 years of impact in disaster-resilient housing, Build Change is entering an exciting new chapter of leadership to protect lives and livelihoods worldwide. With hundreds of thousands of homes made safer and resilience embedded into global development agendas under the leadership of Founder and CEO Elizabeth Hausler, PhD, the organization announces the appointment of Juan Caballero as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Build Change also adds new leadership roles to its Senior Management Team through the promotion of Manuela Pinilla Rodriguez to Vice President of Programs, Latin America, and hiring of Jim Mellott as Vice President of Finance and Administration.

The Infrastructure Ministry has launched a handbook on resilient housing guidance for the Maldives – a book developed in partnership with the World Bank, Build Change and other organizations to help Maldivians make their homes stronger, safer, increase resilience to disasters and climate change, while making their homes healthier and more comfortable to live in.

This report mentions the crucial role BCtap, the Build Change technical assistance platform, has played in preventing disasters and in safely rebuilding after more than 40 earthquakes, windstorms, and fires.