Inside the mountain villages rebuilding with their own hands

The road to Vell climbs through switchbacks still scarred by last year’s landslides. At the top, a dozen half-built houses stand in neat rows, their walls rising stone by stone.

Residents formed a cooperative after promised reconstruction money failed to arrive. They pooled savings, borrowed tools and taught each other to lay foundations.

Regional officials say the funds have now been released, and acknowledge the delay. Villagers say they will keep building either way.

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