Build Up Nepal, a social enterprise that has won both an Ashden Award and a United Nations sustainability award for introducing eco-friendly, disaster resistant building technology to the poor, earthquake-prone country, is dramatically changing the face of home construction there after the disastrous 2015 earthquake.

Millions of families in Nepal live in substandard housing and shelters and poverty, making people vulnerable to disasters and especially in rural communities, unable to build earthquake-resilient homes because they lack income, skills and appropriate technology. Additionally, lack of reliable employment in rural areas causes many people to go abroad to seek work.