An International Collaboration

Post-earthquake observations following recent events in Indonesia point to the significant vulnerability of school infrastructure in the country. Build Change is a Denver-based international non-profit social enterprise that works with people in emerging nations to design, build, finance, and regulate disaster-resistant houses and schools. Build Change has a program in Padang, Indonesia, and has responded to eight large earthquakes there since the program’s inception after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. …