Think before you build, experiences after the Yemen earthquake

This paper describes the activities of a building education program in rural Yemen which was implemented after an eartquake struck the highlands in 1982. With emphasis on the promotion of safer building techniques, the four year project, methods of presenting simple technical information to village builders was explored and developed

A building education programme in North Yemen

In December 1982 the central highlands of the Yemen Arab Republic suffered an earthquake that caused extensive damage to traditional buildings in the area. In the after-math of the relief effort for victims of the disaster, a project was set up to provide local builders with simple information about the means of strengthening homes. This education programme has now been running for almost three years. This report describes the activities of the project, and assesses some of the issues that emerge from this kind of education work, and the methods that have been used.(AU)