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Rendille Home - Made of USAID Food Bags

Rendille Home - Made of USAID Food Bags, originally uploaded by whiteafrican.

From the AfriGadget Flickr Archives. A traditional Rendille home in the deserts of Northern Kenya reuses USAID bags to make their structure.

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7 comments for this post.

Comment from Ingenio africano « No Puedo Creer - Noticias
30 September 2008 - 7:00 am - :

Comment from And now a little good news « Collateral Damage
30 September 2008 - 9:46 am - :

[...] Today’s post is about a traditional home that makes us of discarded USAID bags as a covering. This is more important than the damn stock market. [...]

Comment from Papieren zak | Waslijn.com
30 September 2008 - 10:46 am - :

[...] foto vond ik op Afrigadget Stem of voeg toe aan [...]

Comment from Gabitza
30 September 2008 - 10:25 pm - :

that’s what i call being innovative -
great photograph!!!

Comment from Paula Kahumbu
1 October 2008 - 12:19 am - :

Very clever. I’ve seen cement bags being used as tiles - the dust in the bag lining is wet then allowed to dry to literally make hard tiles that are layered on the roofs of temporary houses in slums of Mombasa.

Comment from Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » From Afrigadget
23 November 2008 - 10:36 am - :

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Comment from Left Behind: the Singularity and the Third World | Technoccult
8 December 2008 - 11:47 am - :

[...] (above: Rendille Home - Made of USAID Food Bags) [...]