KIVOO, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Perched on a dirt tower on the edge of a bog in Kivoo village, eastern Kenya, Erastus Njiru applies finishing layers of mud to a pile of bricks. "I can sell ...

This video shows how I created a wooden mold to make mud bricks measuring 10 x 30 cm. Using primitive tools, I shaped each brick by hand to prepare for building my house. In the next video, these ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KTXL) — Recent catastrophic wildfires have ...

Rammed earth and stabilized mud block or brick are cheap, easy to make, usually durable materials widely used for building homes and low-level structures, especially in developing countries. Despite ...

The plain upon which Abu Shouk camp sits was already a dry place before tens of thousands of people forced from their homes in Darfur flocked there for safety. But the recent shortage of water on that ...

A muddy mess and a dusty but roaring musical revival are on hand for the next two Sundays at Rancho Los Cerritos. First up is the largest event of the year for the historic site, Mud Mania: A ...

"Soil was used for building in Egypt before the man-made mud bricks was developped. The very limited documentation on brick-making shows a way of working that seems to be identical to that of ...

KIVOO, Kenya, April 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Perched on a dirt tower on the edge of a bog in Kivoo village, eastern Kenya, Erastus Njiru applies finishing layers of mud to a pile of bricks.