A Trip of a Lifetime

Your clients are those who serve the poor: people without homes, health care, or schools.

Designing a building in the developing world may not be what you are used to ... bricks are made of the local mud and fired on-site, any structure made of wood is termite-food, and buildings have skirt walks to prevent torrential rains from entering the buildings.

People are gracious and may kill their only chicken to give you a special meal, and women may kneel to greet you with honour.

Pursuing effective cross-cultural communication, incorporating local materials and methods, maximizing the use of passive venting and efficient building systems, and introducing improvements to common building practices are some of the challenges of an eMi project.

Are you considering volunteering your time to join a project trip? Take a look at what you should expect to gain from the experience, and how your life might be changed because of it.

After the Trip

When you return, you will given a one year membership to an association of Christian design professionals. This community is interested in design issues in developing nations. It is a great place to learn practical ways of meeting design challenges in less than western conditions. For more information, click here.