Diepsloot update from the ground
March 22nd, 2016
By the end of day 6, all remaining toilets (14 in total) have been fabricated, craned to site and connected. It has been a massive week, with a lot of…
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Community Plumbing Challenge Diepsloot, South Africa
March 17th, 2016
Months in the making, the planning work for the second Community Plumbing Challenge is underway in Diepsloot, South Africa. Healthabitat has rejoined the WASSUP local team and IAPMO to fit…
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Live streaming of funeral service
February 9th, 2016
Paul’s funeral is on Wednesday 10th February at 1:30pm Sydney time. For those around the world that are unable to be there, it will be streaming live on the web…
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Nepal reconstruction efforts
February 8th, 2016
The forth annual Nepal Sanitation Studio is a week into the thick of it. Paul Pholeros and Sandra Meihubers had both built a steady momentum with the teams on the…
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Paul Pholeros
February 2nd, 2016
We mourn the tragic loss of architect Paul Pholeros, as a director of Healthabitat this loss will be felt by many. Paul’s co-directors Dr. Paul Torzillo and Stephan Rainow remain…
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Good ideas flow on like water
December 2nd, 2015
Back in October 2014, the Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service (NSW), led by the Dental Program, made the bold move of providing chilled water to the local school kids. Providing a…
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Centenary Scholarship – Col James Award for Social Justice
December 2nd, 2015
This University of Sydney (Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning) scholarship, named in memory of Col James, aims to assist a future generation who aspire walk in his footsteps and…
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The Community Plumbing Challenge, India 2015
November 29th, 2015
Healthabitat has put together a summary of the Community Plumbing Challenge held in Nashik India recently. HH was excited to be involved in the similar, inaugural Water Innovation Challenge in…
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Sago Network completes toilet system trial in PNG
November 24th, 2015
Sago Network has recently presented interesting findings from their toilet trial in PNG. Working with a strong local team, they have been trialling both dehydration and composting systems. Village family…
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Griffith University Design students support Nepal
November 22nd, 2015
A group of design students from Griffith University, that worked in Nepal early in 2015, organised a night of food and friends to help support Nepal. Thanks to all involved…
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Media kids, movies, plumbing and health
November 22nd, 2015
Following their incredible work at the Water Innovation Challenge in Singapore last year, the stuend media team from the School of Science and Technology, Singapore were on the ground in…
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University of Newcastle students take on the Ethiopian trachoma challenge
November 17th, 2015
Second year architectural design students at the University of Newcastle in Australia took up the Challenge to design ‘devices’ that enabled washing the hands and faces of 5 people with…
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