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In the world's largest refugee camp, located in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, most people live in temporary housing built with bamboo and plastic tarpaulins.
During the monsoon, these shelters are often damaged or destroyed, and as the climate is warming, these shelters are intensifying. In the heat wave, they become very hot.
Jahan: “Because of poor ventilation in these houses, people living there often suffer from respiratory diseases, but also have heat-related diseases in the summer.”
That was Farjana Jahan from the International Centre for Research on Diarrhea in Bangladesh.
As part of the pilot project, her team built six homes using sturdy, lightweight materials, called Jutin. It is made of jute – a natural fiber that is cheap and abundant in Bangladesh.
During the first year, summer, summer, summer stays cool and withstands monsoon winds and rain.
Jahan said safer housing can not only improve residents' physical health.
Jahan: “But it’s also in a mental health state, which is very important because they are people who have been traumatized.”
So, these materials may be an affordable way to create more climate vulcanized housing for some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Report Credit: Sarah Kennedy/Chavobart Digital Media
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