What We Do – People
Underlying our work is the desire to have a positive and lasting impact on people’s safety and their lives. To do this, we apply the following approaches:
- Prioritizing homeowner-driven implementation
- Shifting power to women
- Viewing housing as a whole
- Leveraging multiple channels for public awareness
Homeowner-driven housing
Power in the hands of the homeowner
Decision Equity, not Sweat Equity.
The most successful and sustainable housing programs are those which are driven by homeowners themselves.
Homeowners should make decisions about materials, architecture, locations of windows, doors, toilets. They should handle the cash and hire local labor.
Build Change promotes homeowner-driven, conditional cash plus technical assistance, a model now used in post-disaster and prevention contexts around the world.
Read more about the homeowner-driven model in:
Women
Accelerating social progress and increasing safety for women
Housing is a Women’s Issue.
Women clients. Women partners. Women leaders. Women breaking barriers. Build Change is a women-led social innovator that champions women as stewards of their family’s safety.
From strengthening homes to creating space for home-based businesses, women thrive in disaster-resilient housing. Read their stories here:
A holistic solution
Saving lives and improving lives
Strengthen for Disaster while Improving Living Conditions.
At Build Change, we believe that resilient housing programs should take a holistic approach toward home improvement: one that recognizes the home as the ultimate protection for families and works to ensure it is a safe, healthy, and secure space, which can provide opportunities for growth.
- Community meetings
- Street theater
- Meetings led by credible messengers
- Apps and text messages
- Media and social media
- Posters, flyers, billboards, radio programs
- Toll-free help lines
- Technical assistance centers and “Resilience Beacons”
Public education
Meeting people where they are
Knowledge is Power.
Build Change deploys a range of communication tools and tactics to reach everyone with the knowledge and links to ensure their home is safe, including:
What We Do
People
Drive and incentivize homeowner demand for resilient housing- Learn more
Policy
Elevating disaster-resilient housing on global, national, and local agendas- Learn more
Money
Expand funding and lending for construction, operations, and systems change- Learn more
Technology
Technology continues to transform the scope of what is possible- Learn more
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