Solid House Foundation (SHF) was founded in 2003, as private initiative to facilitate social housing, education and realise durable infrastructure for people with low incomes in third world countries.
SHF originated from a personal ambition, namely the wish with a relatively humble organization to make a contribution based on a sound and professional business approach to the development, of healthy, safe habitat opportunities for vulnerable groups. From a clear mission and thereby a convincing and addressing practice, SHF has proved in her first five years to be effective, powerful convincing enough to build up a productive and expansive network.
The decision whether to start a habitat project is always considered on humanitarian grounds. Everyone can make an appeal to the services, consultancy, collaboration and products of SHF, irrespective of belief, gender, race or political issues. Our primary concern in all cases is the construction of safe and healthy houses, thus providing a positive impact on the health and the well-being of the beneficent population / community. For SHF, it is never simply the house, but also the improvement of the complete living environment. As important to contemplate are subjects such as housing, water and sanitation, education, economic development, health, security, empowerment and community building. It is a long-term commitment. The bases of all deciscions are always the local circumstances. Naturally, climate, raw materials and transportation are an important issue.
In previous years, successful projects have been implemented in Bolivia, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Southern Sudan. A number of those projects have gone into a second fase or have resulted in new projects are being initiated in the country. Solid House foundation is a NGO organization without any commercial or monetary profit intentions, but does work as a commercial business organization together with many partners international and national, modest and multinationals. We wish to approach the working relationships as joint ventures. Essential components are a high quality standards, drive, efficiency willpower and transparency.
