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Building Resilience: Transforming Homes and Saving Lives
In a world where progress has been remarkable in reducing extreme poverty and combating critical diseases, the stark reality remains that access to safe housing is deteriorating. Despite advancements, too many communities worldwide are suffering due to inadequate shelter, especially during natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes. These unsung tragedies often result in tragic loss of life, mainly because unreinforced masonry houses collapse when disaster strikes. While natural calamities may be unavoidable, the collapse of unsafe structures is a preventable catastrophe.