The mission of a project named LeNi – an acronym of Leòn, Nicaragua – is to construct housing fit for human beings to accommodate single mothers and their children in the slums of Leòn. Their current quarters made of logs and plastic tarps provide hardly any protection during the rainy season. Cooking, toilet and bathing facilities are usually under a makeshift roof outdoors.

Housing for 20,000 People

Members of the Engineers Without Borders’ local organization created three prototypes of a house to be built using locally available materials and to eventually go into mass production in Leòn. They’ll provide 20,000 people with a roof over their head and enable them to benefit from sustainable energy & water supplies.

You can contact the Regionalgruppe Oberösterreich via mail at info.ooe@iog-austria.at