Nashetu-E-Maa
Practical Action
A variety of activities has been undertaken to share project experience, these include:
• organising exchange visits between rural and urban communities within and beyond
investment. the district boundaries enabling people to learn first hand about alternative
housing options;
• creating local linkages; Practical Action staff have increased awareness of new housing
options among local and regional decision-makers. For example, school construction
using stabilised soil blocks has been approved by the Ministry of Education and has
proved to be an affordable option for parents, who pay for building activities (see page
20); _ interactive communication tools have been developed to assist in working with
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