Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
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CAEMBA: Emerging Bamboo Houses in Ecuador

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

6:00pm – 7:00pm

McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute 


The power of civil society in rebuilding after a massive earthquake.

The story of a small group of individuals who used ingenuity, social media, and sustainable materials to provide shelters an homes to more than 400 families that lost everything after the 7.8 earthquake that hit Ecuador on April 16 2016.

The Brown community was part of this humanitarian effort.