BUILD CHANGE

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: IN COLOMBIA, RESILIENT HOUSING EFFORTS SHIFTED TO COMMUNITY-LED INITIATIVES, WITH OVER 250 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ENROLLING IN THE GOVERNMENT-LED "CAMBIA MI CASA" PROGRAM. THEIR INFLUENCE LED TO NEW REGULATIONS INTEGRATING CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENT SUBSIDIES. IN DOMINICA, THE CDRI-SUPPORTED PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A HOUSING SURVEY OF OVER 450 HOMES, WITH INITIAL DATA PROCESSED AND FINDINGS SHARED WITH STAKEHOLDERS. HAITI ACHIEVED 60% COMPLETION OF ITS NATIONAL BUILDING CODE REVISION, MAINTAINING SMOOTH COORDINATION AND HIGH SATISFACTION. IN MEXICO, BUILD CHANGE POSITIONED ITSELF AS A KEY EXPERT, CONTRIBUTING TO 623 HOME IMPROVEMENTS AND FINALIZING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH CONAVI, MAKING KEY RESILIENT HOUSING DOCUMENTS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

ASIA PACIFIC: BUILD CHANGE IN INDONESIA INITIATED MULTIPLE IMPACTFUL PROJECTS, ADVISING ON A NEW GREEN HOUSING SUBSIDY PROGRAM, SUPPORTING HOME RETROFITTING ADVOCACY, AND DEVELOPING AN AFFORDABLE HEAT-RESILIENT HOME FINANCING MODEL. THEY TRAINED HUNDREDS OF MICROFINANCE OFFICERS AND REACHED OVER A THOUSAND HOMEOWNERS, ALSO ADVANCING DIGITAL TOOLS FOR ASSESSMENTS. THE MALDIVES SAW THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION AND PUBLIC LAUNCH OF COMPREHENSIVE RESILIENT HOUSING GUIDANCE FOR LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS. IN NEPAL, FOUR MODEL HOMES WERE RETROFITTED, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR TWO HOUSES IN JAJARKOT, ALONGSIDE AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS. THE PHILIPPINES STRENGTHENED 894 HOMES, TRAINED 994 BUILDERS, AND ENGAGED NEARLY 10,000 INDIVIDUALS, WITH FORTIFIED HOMES NOTABLY WITHSTANDING MAJOR TYPHOONS. A KEY POLICY REFORM WAS ALSO SECURED FOR PREVENTIVE HOUSE STRENGTHENING.