Bamboo Design + Build Workshop

Building Trust International are offering a hands-on participatory workshop where volunteers will gain experience in sustainable building techniques and understand more about humanitarian design while building worthwhile projects that will have a huge benefit to the local community and local wildlife. Volunteers will gain an insight into a number of building techniques and architectural styles.

What will workshop participants learn? We are happy to announce that we will be working alongside internationally acclaimed conservation charity, Free the Bears Fund Rescue Centre in Laos.The sanctuary was established in 2003 after local authorities confiscated three bear cubs and asked for assistance to help look after them. The rescue centre has continued to provide care for these bears and also accepted further bears that have been confiscated by the Laos authorities. The sanctuary is situated within the beautiful Tat Kuang Si Park, a Provincial Protected Area approximately 30 Km from the UNESCO World Heritage listed city of Luang Prabang. 

Building Trust International has been requested by Free the Bears to work with the local community and Laotian staff to design and construct a new sustainably built merchandise store. The merchandise store will enable the conservation charity to sell items in order to receive much needed donations to allow them to continue their ongoing efforts to protect bears in Laos and beyond.

This is a hands on course and will result in a new bamboo structure working with others to learn on-site skills such as:

- Bamboo building 

- Bamboo framing and roof construction  

- Bamboo weaving

Please note spaces are limited, so hopeful participants should get in touch today to receive their application form and register for this exciting bamboo workshop. 

Register: [email protected]

Website: https://www.buildingtrustinternational.org/