CURRENT PROJECTS:

Project Name:  Shanti Uganda Birth House and Learning Centre
Project Aims:  To build a natural birthing center for pregnant women in conjunction with a larger medical clinic development intended to serve the rural communities who currently do not have access to health care.
Location:  Nsaasi, Luwero, Uganda
Partners:  The Shanti Uganda Society, Off The Mat Into the World, Sisters of Bishop Asili Clinic in Kasana.
Volunteer Info       Project Diary

Project Name:  Bagamoyo Baby Orphanage
Project Aims:  To build an orphan care facility and provide shelter and a home for orphaned babies.
Location:  Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Partner:  The Baobab Home
Volunteer Info       Project Diary

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PAST PROJECTS:

Project Name:  Lucas’ Home
Project Aims:  To provide a home for Lucas' family utilizing natural building techniques and local labor.
Location:  Capetown, South Africa
Cultural Group:  Xhosa
Partners:  Partners: Architect Andy Horn with EcoDesigns, Habitat for Humanity Western Cape, UBC Institute for Resources the Environment and Sustainability.

OTHER INITIATIVES:   NEW!

Re-Plaster and Fix It Program

Earth Rising Foundation has initiated this program as a means of furthering our goals of promoting and using earthen materials.

This program is an ideal fit while we are overseas, and while we are working on our larger partner-based programs. Many local people come to our projects and ask for help in re-plastering and fixing up their current earthen homes of disrepair.   (Read More...)