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Hungarian built bamboo chapels saved lives in Ecuador
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Hungary reopened its embassy in Ecuador in 2015 and Lilla Kántor, who is a Hungarian architect from the city of Veszprém (Veszprém County), applied for a position on the embassy and got the chance to visit Ecuador along with his husband, Áron, who is also a Hungarian architect.
Sokszínű Vidék reported their incredible story about how they helped the South-American country’s people. Not so long after they moved to the country a terribly strong earthquake happened on the shores of Ecuador on the 16th April 2016.
Fortunately, Lilla and Áron did not get hurt because the place they stayed at (Quito) was far away from the beach. On the other hand, many towns and villages were destroyed on the shore and many families lost their homes.
In the next few months, Lilla and Áron spent a lot of time on figuring out how to help those people who did not have a place to sleep. After a while, they got a huge offer out of nowhere: an enormous amount of bamboo…
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