A geotechnical engineer spent ten days on the ground in Rwanda working alongside the EarthEnable team.
Root causes of earthen floor erosion identified and solutions developed to keep homes safe for years to come.
EarthEnable installs affordable earthen floors in homes across Rwanda and Uganda, which helps mitigate health issues caused by dirt floors such as asthma, diarrhea, and malnutrition. The underside of EarthEnable's flooring product had been suffering cracks and erosion at an unusually high rate, and they needed help diagnosing the cause.
GLG connected EarthEnable with Abdullah Abdelaal, who has more than a decade of experience in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. GLG sponsored a trip to Rwanda so that Abdullah could spend ten days with the EarthEnable team on the ground. During his visit, Abdullah inspected construction sites, built trenches, deployed plaster tests, and worked in research labs, all in close collaboration with the EarthEnable team.
As a result of the trip, EarthEnable was able to better understand the root causes of the erosion, allowing them to develop solutions for the already impacted floors and prevent deterioration in new installations.
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