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May 29, 2010
Report from Carlos - Chile
Quirihue Town: first world experience of inclusive rebuilding
Dear friends, as you know many places were destroyed by the earthquake we had in Chile, one of them is Quirihue town.
Quirihue town is located about 72 km northwest of Chillan, 82 miles north of Concepción and 398 kilometers south of Santiago, in the Bío-Bío Region in the province of Ñuble.It has a 589.0 km ² territory and a population of 11 429 inhabitants.
Houses were made of a traditional spanish material called adobe, a very old technique, so more than 70% of the houses buildings were destroyed.
A group of volunteers from Maipu (part of Santiago city), started a fund raising campaing with several stpets towars start the very first inclusive rebuilding experience.
We had a night of artistic shows called “Maipu embraces Quirihue”
We called for volunteers and had several meetings.
May the 29th and 30th we will start the inclusive rebuilding process in Chile, everything starts in Quirihue tow.
Our products:
1. Emergency housing with universal accessibility.
2. Emergency relief and people with disabilities survey
Next report: the experience outcome
Posted by jicafriends at May 29, 2010 02:20 PM