Overview of the project

The project is part of an environmentally friendly approach, particularly with regard to the cutting of trees for brick firing. With good soil available in the city of Kisantu, most of the population builds with fired bricks, which require wood. Forests and even fruit trees are disappearing as demand continues to grow. Fired bricks are produced for sale, and young people have turned this into a lucrative business. With wood becoming scarce and climate change also affecting agriculture, fauna and flora, we have opted for an innovative project and have a manual press for manufacturing compressed earth bricks and bricks stabilised with cement or lime. We have a team trained by a Belgian technician to acquire skills in this field. The project will train young people in need for other similar structures and thus become a pioneer in new ecological architecture. Our actions can be seen at ipdikitemo.com.