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MCR had been introduced to Salvador some ten years ago, but was mainly used by NGO’s to serve their own projects. Fundasal has covered many thousands of houses. After the earthquakes in 2001 “Las Mélidas” received support to start several workshops as a way contributing to reconstruction efforts and, at the same, time create much needed jobs for women.

For “Las Mélidas”, marketing has started slowly, as must be expected with people who are totally new to such tasks. However, through institutional channels they have now signed some sizeable contracts which complement the sales to private builders. Discussion mainly centered around quality of tiles and roofs as well as workshop organization. The transformation to small entrepreneurs is not easy and to do it in cooperative ways often complicates decision making, but several workshops are now gaining ground.