The problem of inadequate or nonexistent housing has reached crisis proportions globally. The world population passed 6.1 billion in 2001 and is expected to reach 7.9-10.9 billion by 2050, according to the United Nations (UN) Population Fund.
This sheer volume alone exerts enormous pressure to improve existing housing and create new homes. As the global population grows, rural areas around the world are emptying. In other to return villagers back to their homeland {villages in Sierra Leone} the need for housing is great.
We are building mud, mud-cement houses which will return villagers back to their land and can return back to farming. Housing affects health in many different ways. Deficient housing can compromise the most basic needs of water, sanitation, and safe food preparation and storage, allowing the rapid spread of communicable and food borne diseases.
Other problems, such as poor temperature and humidity regulation, can lead to respiratory disease. Overcrowding brings both physical and psychological dangers. And living in nonresidential settings such as factory grounds often exposes people to toxic chemicals that can cause both acute and chronic health effects.
