Building Adobe Huts in the Peruvian Altiplano

Harriet Siebert

Director of Special Projects

Global Humanitarian

Purposes of Building Huts

• Provide adequate housing for villagers

• Restore destroyed homes– Earthquakes– Fires

• Develop working relationships with villagers

• Learn building techniques from villagers

Pre-Service Process

• Meet with village leaders to determine housing needs

• Plan specific building sites• Assign families to specific homes• Encourage villagers to make adobes well

in advance of service expedition• Plan Global Humanitarian service

expeditions• Recruit expedition volunteers

Building Process Overview

1. Level land2. Measure and stake building

plot3. Dig trenches for footings4. Add rock as footings5. Dig mud pit and make mud

mortar6. Build adobes for walls,

leaving spaces for door and windows

7. Finish with metal roof, doors, windows, and (if desired) external stucco and paint

Leveling, Meauring, Staking

Making Footings

Making Mud

Building Walls

Finishing