Nothing highlights the power of a multi-skilled group of local, national and international participants in a design project more than a week long Design Workshop in Nepal. Imagine combining school…
The Nepal Village Health Improvement Program Design Workshop for 2015 has begun. The Workshop combines architecture students from two Australian universities, plumbing and engineering representatives from a strong supporter of…
A hectic Day 3 of the inaugural Water Innovation Challenge, and a very close final result, showed the skill and effort of both teams. After the construction works of the…
The construction challenge was to install a water pump, solar panel to power the pump, shower head and storage vessel with a float switch to disconnect the pump when the…
Day 1 of the Challenge involved construction, the production of construction and maintenance manuals and a team water pumping challenge. The day started with a team briefing from WorldSkill Project…
Grant Stewart (WorldSkills Foundation) began the briefing of the teams in the main central plaza area of the ITE campus. After the tools, equipment and the details of various challenges…
Here are some thoughts, and a call for action, generated on the narrow paths between project sites in the hills of Nepal about the value of universities, professions, trades and…
How do you tell the story of the Village Sanitation Program, in a short time, to a diverse audience of potential supporters? This was the problem put to Australian film…
Maintenance of the toilets and waste treatment systems built by the Sanitation Program is essential for continued function and health improvement. Village leaders have the trained construction teams to carry…
The combination of two skilled international plumbers and a skilled and enthusiastic local team leads to good work. Take Jed Scheuermann (IAPMO) and Andrew Whalan (Worldskills) and mix them with locals Dorje…
Thanks to Worldskills Foundation, IAPMO, the World Plumbing Council, RMIT and several generous donors to Healthabitat, a diverse group of visitors to the Village Sanitation Program has joined the local…
A diverse group made including architecture students, plumbers and film maker will combine with the local, long term HH Nepali partner, CHDS, the construction team and 3 villages to work…