In Haiti, building stronger communities is more important than building stronger houses

Last week, BRAC held a 4-day long workshop in Haiti to teach Hatians living in Fondwa, Leogane (the area hit worst by the earthquake) how to build back better ... literally.

Local artists chipped in to help advertise the workshop...

Participants began by talking about their experience of the earthquake.

Then Kabir, an architect from BRAC University who specializes in post-disaster housing, explained the earthquake's effect on the land.

Participants visited houses in the neighborhood to see for themselves which local materials held up best in the earthquake.

...and then they had to design their own houses.

Members of the community came to watch as the workshop participants presented the design for the houses.

And as with any good workshop, there was lots of singing!