Response Ability Builders

Response Ability Builders RAB's current project is "Sant PLASTIK" (Plastic Center) in Les Cayes, Haiti--a manufacturing facility for recycled plastic building components.

In May of 2010, RAB traveled to Haiti for two months to survey the area, meet the local communities, hear of the victims’ struggles, and form relationships among the local ministries. 98% of the rubble from the quake remains uncleared. 1.6 million people remain displaced and living in tents and tarps with no electricity, running water, or sewage disposal. Tents are beginning to fall apart and almo

st no transitional housing has been built. After seeing this and having acquired further knowledge and having formed all the necessary connections, they returned home and continued to plan and solicit help back here in Issaquah. As importing building materials directly to Haiti proves extremely difficult, it is the mission of RAB to locally create building materials in Haiti melting down and using the excessive plastic waste that litters the streets and beaches all across the country, thereby addressing both homelessness and environmental cleanup simultaneously. In 2011 RAB teamed up with Western Washington University through their Plastics Engineering, and Environmental departments to master this technology and accomplish this goal. Having developed the technology to melt and recycle plastic waste, RAB is now launching the technology center, Sant PLASTIK, in Les Cayes.

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RAB'S WEBSITE IS OFFICIALLY UP AND RUNNING! Go check it out at www.RABinstitute.org!And a HUGE THANK YOU to Jackie Calap...
06/04/2012

RAB'S WEBSITE IS OFFICIALLY UP AND RUNNING! Go check it out at www.RABinstitute.org!

And a HUGE THANK YOU to Jackie Calapristi for making it all happen!

Response Ability Builders is a Washington State Non-Profit Corporation stationed in Issaquah (near Seattle), dedicated to developing small communities where homeless individuals cooperatively produce their own eco friendly homes. We believe that all people have abilities that, when given the support...

06/04/2012

Thank you to everyone who came to RAB's first Rocket Oven Demonstration! We successfully made our first recycled HDPE plastic panel in our new Rocket Oven! Next step is to re-create the process IN HAITI!

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