Capacity Building Project

The Safe House Programme

Community Programme

“SH awareness + hands on SH skills”

Developing a partnership between builders and families building safe houses by and for themselves.

SH Strategy & Goals

Promote a safe house message that is backed by practical SH skill at community level.

•Householders made aware of the importance of safety.

•Householders given the information to enable them to recognise and understand the characteristics that make their home safe.

•Householders know which builders are trained in SH skills in the community.

•Community builders trained in the skills of safe house construction. 

Stage 1: Preparing

1. Meeting with community:
1. introduce safe house programme
2. giving community to choose :

                               i.   location of the building

                              ii.   function of the building

                            iii.   design of the building

2. Meeting with community:
1. discussing about building design what they already made

                               i.   regarding safe house principles

                              ii.   dimension of the building

2. presentation a safe house principle poster [poster 1 + poster 2]
3. directing community to make a committee building

Stage 2: Developing

1. Meeting with group:

input/ comment about the building from

1. village leaders
2. in coffee shop
3. woman in daily activity [morning or midday meeting]

2. Compiling the comment of the design:
1. to develop a design
2. to make a simple model [maket]
3. preparing a presentation: buiding design regarding safe house principle
4. presentation a safe house principle poster [with example]

3. Preparing a building design regarding safe house principle:
1. safe house principle
2. revision of design

4. Final design:
1. finalizing the building design
2. registration of the participant of the skill building training

Stage 3: Building [skill building training]

1. Preparing skill building training:
1. enabling the building location – how to find a good location
2. preparing a building material – how to choose a good material
3. tools for skill building training – how to choose a good tools
4. builders – how to be a good builders

2. Skill building training:
1. skill building training
2. to build a community building

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