Eco-friendly bricks for affordable, resilient housing

Nepal's brick industry contributes significantly to climate change with its high CO2 emissions. Coupled with homes that do not meet safety standards and are vulnerable to increasing disasters such as floods and landslides, millions of residents are at risk. Conventional housing materials are carbon-intensive and unaffordable, especially for rural and low-income communities. This project supports low-income groups by replacing carbon-intensive fired bricks with Compressed Stabilized Earth Bricks (CSEB). CSEB is a recognized eco-friendly and disaster-resilient technology widely used by low-income groups due to its high strength and low cost. The project supports micro-enterprises to scale up CSEB production and use through training and demonstrations. Low-income women, youth, and disadvantaged groups receive on-the-job training in eco-friendly brick production and construction combined with link-age to enterprises and employers.