How does adequate shelter  impact people, families, communities, economies, the environment and much more?

Health and wellbeing are high on the list and most often associated with improvements in a persons living condition .  However, health and wellbeing translates into a host of other benefits not often immediately recognized. 

Children in Mumbai  are sleeping under roofs made of cloth.  Families in Mexico City  are shielded from the rain by a piece of cardboard.  Construction companies build houses for people who can afford them.  Now we have a house that everyone can afford.  So how can we build a home that is affordable, long-lasting, easy to build and able to be shipped anywhere? Glad you asked.

We use a top-secret ingredient – foam .  It’s used in many places, from your car bumper to heat shields on space shuttles.  The interesting thing about most foam is that it is made by combining two or more chemical ingredients that react with one another and “foam” up.  The finished product takes on the shape of the object the chemicals are poured into (the mold).  It’s pretty much like pouring cake batter into a pan and baking a cake.  We discovered that we could formulate particular foams that are capable of being a home and force the foam to take on the shape of a house by building the mold in the shape we desire.  For instance, semi-round domed roofs are standard in parts of Africa and Asia, while square houses with pitched roofs are typical elsewhere. 

Each shelter is rich with features: they will not rot, insects do not eat them, they resist many chemicals, they are earthquake resistant, and can withstand extreme weather conditions.  IADDIC shelters are simple to set up and are highly insulated.
 
The technology is great.  The application is a miracle.  Changing and saving lives is what we’re all about.