Knitting together Nepal and Australia
May 7th, 2014
How can a few committed senior Australians improve the lives of children in Nepal? With some wool, skill and hundreds of hours of careful, creative knitting. . . . A…
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The Fred Hollows Foundation and progress in Australia
April 18th, 2014
Maybe there are signs of progress in improving eye health in Australia? To see some progress in the reduction of trachoma in Australia, read the article (shown below) from the Australian…
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The spread of Housing for Health: The Guide
April 2nd, 2014
Since the launch in early October 2013, Housing for Health: The Guide, the number of people visiting the site has grown and the spread has broadened from Australia to an…
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How an Australian Aboriginal health service is helping an African community
March 16th, 2014
When Yami Lester was the Chairman of Nganampa Health Council in the mid 1980s he summed up the environmental health review work of UPK as “water in, shit out”. The…
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Asbestos fibres and the impact of the new public housing model
March 3rd, 2014
A note sent to HH from Central Australia highlights not just asbestos risks, but how these risks have increased with the change in the control of Indigenous housing. For the…
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Housing and health – the universal impacts
December 23rd, 2013
The authors Dr Emma BakerDr Laurence LesterProfessor Andrew BeerMs Kate MasonDr Rebecca Bentley Abstract Housing is a central component of productive, healthy and meaningful lives, and a principle social determinant of…
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World Toilet Day – everyday?
November 21st, 2013
Dani is employed by Monash University as a Research Fellow. Her current work is funded as part of the AusAID Australian Development Research Awards Scheme. She is also affiliated with…
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Rural Habitat
November 8th, 2013
Rural Habitat, an exhibition of low-cost housing for rural and remote communities in Mexico by Mobile Workshop Architects (MWA) in collaboration with NGO Vasco de Quiroga PXXI, opens in Customs…
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And now, the assessment of Australia’s remote Indigenous housing program
November 8th, 2013
After many years of rolling out the $5.5 billion remote Indigenous housing program, (SIHIP being the Northern Territory part of the national program) the first assessment of what has been…
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More toilets for Nepal – ‘shovelling money abroad’
November 4th, 2013
Lets start by considering the very positive side of all those who help. Consider each village family (like the one in the photo) that makes a cash contribution equivalent to…
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Mud, sweat and water
November 1st, 2013
The Sanitation Project in Bangladesh proceeds well despite a very late wet season and a high water table that made progress difficult. The key part of this project, agreed by…
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The power of students
October 27th, 2013
First there was the project work in Nepal (January 2013) – to make a kit for the local team to help them site all the components of the toilet and…
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