March 5th, 2013
When Molly MacDiarmid first called Rotary (a key partner in the Nepal Sanitation Program) and said she was studying at the AIM, the link between music and the Sanitation Program was…
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March 3rd, 2013
The Celebration of Col James started in the morning with a quiet family ceremony in Victoria Park (under the shadow of the University of Sydney) and then a funeral procession…
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February 20th, 2013
HH is reliving some important history and this insert is from 2009 thanks to HousingWORKS . . . . . On the 23rd of October 2009, theAustralasian Housing Institute helda…
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January 2nd, 2013
HH has no problem accepting that the Federal Labour Government Minister can live comfortably on this amount and we have a good idea to help. We have a group of…
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December 25th, 2012
More on the mighty toilet and its importance where the simple task of disposing of human waste safely cannot be taken for granted. Read the article by clicking here
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December 10th, 2012
The LCLC is a not-for-profit community based organisation, that aims to foster community knowledge and competencies to adapt, thrive and actively engage in a rapidly changing world. The LCLC was…
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December 2nd, 2012
When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they think they can fix, they go to work. This, Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is naïve. In this funny and impassioned talk,…
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November 29th, 2012
Working in an area of northern Bangladesh student groups tackled a variety of simple but important local problems. Many examples of work done were sent to HH and just a…
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November 25th, 2012
Good intentions can ensure that money and resources are allocated to solve the problems of the poor, but poor design and implementation can foil good will. Whether designing and building…
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November 19th, 2012
From The Guardian’s global development section an interesting advance in toilets in Nairobi. Dennis Ochieng balances precariously with one leg on either side of a narrow trench running through a…
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November 17th, 2012
The path of local community development that connects education, the living environment and health improvement seems to have worked in Bangladesh – despite dysfunctional government. Hmm … perhaps Australia can…
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November 11th, 2012
STRATEGIC REVIEW OF INDIGENOUS EXPENDITURE February 2010 Fixing Houses For Better Health (FHBH) This program involves grant funding to Healthabitat to organise minor repairs and maintenance to existing Indigenous housing….
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