SMS as a cheap, fast way of sharing information on safe construction

“It helps to solve problems during construction and adds to my knowledge to make good choices during building.” This is the feedback from Tukiran, a homeowner Build Change is supporting to rebuild safely after the July 2013 earthquake near Takengon, Aceh.  Preliminary indications are the text messaging is a simple, fast, inexpensive method for sharing information about the basics of safe construction.  More efforts are underway to further quantify the impact.