About Us

Welcome to Build IT International

We are a not-for profit organisation set up in 2006 and registered in the UK and Zambia.

Our Mission is to provide a practical and sustainable response to poverty in Africa where there is:

• A huge need for essential buildings such as schools, clinics and low-cost houses
• A lack of jobs as most people are underemployed.
• Potential to promote sustainable building technologies that consider the environment.

We assist local communities to deliver essential, low-cost community buildings.
We use our projects to train local men and women in basic building skills including environmentally friendly building materials. This creates opportunities for them to earn a better living in some of the poorest parts of the world.

Our main programme is in Zambia, southern Africa and focuses on community infrastructure (read more….)

Since 2006 we have completed seven projects benefitting around 3,500 people. We have three further projects in progress, due to be finished in early 2010. Four new projects will also be started this year. 

We have also worked in Liberia, Malawi and Ethiopia supporting the activities of other development organisations including the UK’s Department for International Development or UK Aid.

Use the menu on this page to find out more about who is behind Build It International and what drives us. For more detail on projects please go to What we Do section.