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Björn Söderberg

Children's writer

Oct 21, 2026

4:19
Tell me how you got to making bricks rather than providing tools.
4:24
Then we started thinking about, after everyone got temporary shelter, how do we build permanent houses? And the real question is, how can we build something that is strong enough to withstand an earthquake, but cheap enough that the poor families who doesn't have anything can actually afford it? We started building with bamboo.
4:40
It's a local material, really cheap, good earthquake resistance.
4:44
We built up 10 houses.
4:45
They look beautiful.
4:47
And then my wife was telling me, Björn, we have to slow down a bit here.
4:50
I'm talking to these women.

15 MINS LATER

19:58
Yes, it

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