Stories from Côte d’Ivoire
In Côte d’Ivoire our local team work alongside vulnerable communities to build houses using appropriate technology and local building materials. Due to a devastating civil war and global economic pressure, since 2002, the country contends with extreme poverty and its exhausted infrastructure.
Established in 1999, our local office seeks to break the cycle of poverty in Côte d’Ivoire by working with homeowners to provide safe, dry and secure homes, with decent sanitation.
Among the world’s largest producers and exporters of coffee and palm oil, the country once boasted the strongest economy in West Africa. Now, due to a devastating civil war and global economic pressure since 2002, the country contends with extreme poverty and its exhausted infrastructure struggles to meet the growing needs of the people. In the city of Abidjan alone, the housing deficit is estimated to be 20,000 houses per year.
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