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Area 49 Federation Village

Preparatory meetings

Urban poor housing in Malawi

Exchange to learn about the Adobe Bricks in South Africa

Malawians appreciating the Adobe houses in South Africa

Another baby on the way & no house on sight

This is my dream house

We are all Architects on the ground

Who said you can't build a house using cloth

These are our houses

She never made it into her house

Future Village

We will smile like this for our real houses

More shakier house models

Vetting members for Area 49 houses

Clearing the ground

Grading of roads by the City Assembly

Celebrations during the Ground Breaking Ceremony

Let them chat, I need a house

Lets start moulding the bricks

The first brick

Everyone in the family taking part

Hard working feet

Adobe Everywhere

Digging the foundation

Namibians & South Africans assisting the Area 49 technical team

The builders need water

Look at our first house coming up

Here is Adobe

Construction Everywhere

A hub of employment creation

Looking like houses

It will be a village soon

Women power

Home to many urban poor residents

The Minister of Lands, Housing and Surveys resting after officially opening the houses

Slum Dwellers from South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe present during the inauguration of the houses

Home Finally

We're home

In the lounge

At home with my brothers

Flowers, flowers

Future architects

A new habitat

Discussing repayments with the new residents

My Beautiful House

Area 49 women

We did it in Lilongwe why cant you do it here in Blantyre

Adobe in Hatcliffe - Harare, Zimbabwe too

We built cheaply in Lilongwe so we are in Harare to share

Zimbabwe Adobe house coming up

The Dep. Minister of Regional Local Government, Housing and Rural Development of Namibia moulding his Adobe brick in Area 49, Malawi

Federation leaders in Area 49 showing their houses to the Namibian delegation led by their Dep.Minister

From Slum to Looong Streets

Another Looong New Street

This is just a start and we guarentee that more is yet to come
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