Tippy tap – water + design
July 19th, 2015
Water use and hand washing have been in the picture with the first of the 2x2x2x2 Design Challenges commencing in Sydney. During the construction phase of the 2x2x2x2 a short…
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Making change – the power of a small team
June 25th, 2015
Combine some skilled visiting plumbers, local support from Sticky Situations and the Diepsloot based WASSUP team and you have change for the better in a tough part of Johannesburg, South…
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How to connect design, health, students and a really tough problem?
June 5th, 2015
Question: How to solve a really tough problem with limited resources when the solution may help millions of people? Answer: Mix together some of the smartest young minds in the…
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Nepal update: improving living conditions, now and into the future
June 5th, 2015
HH, in conjunction with our Rotary partners and the villages who previously have participated in the Village Health Improvement Program (Sanitation Program), have been working hard for the people who…
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Reusing ideas – from Nepal to India
May 25th, 2015
The 2015 Health Improvement Design Studio in Nepal continues to yield results … but further afield than Nepal. Swathi Saralaya, an environmental engineer from India employed by IAPMO, attended the…
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When effort and good intentions are simply not enough
May 25th, 2015
When a disaster such as the Nepal earthquake strikes, most people want to help. Exactly how to help, is often more difficult. You can give prayers, money, time, goods or…
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Waste Aid
May 25th, 2015
A newly emerging Australian organisation called Waste Aid has goals that reverberate with the work and methods of HH. Waste management is not sexy but it is essential. It is…
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Immediate action in Nepal – supplying household ‘health’ packs
May 25th, 2015
The local village committees advised on the contents of the packs and have arranged fair distribution to all according to need. A local Nepali businessman helped procure the goods at…
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Immediate action in Nepal – emergency kitchen shelters
May 25th, 2015
A high priority before the wet season commences, kitchen shelters are being constructed nearby to family emergency living shelters. The local village construction team that worked on the Sanitation program…
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Nepal earthquake – schooled in disaster
May 20th, 2015
In February 2015 a group of university architecture and design students travelled to the Shree Jalapadevi school in Nepal to help design better sanitation facilities. A visit to the school…
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Nepal earthquake – immediate action – building places for families to store, prepare and cook food.
May 20th, 2015
With the wet season approaching, and only emergency shelter able to provided, an additional place to allow the safe storage, preparation and cooking of food is high on the priority…
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Nepal earthquake – update from the villages
May 16th, 2015
HH is on the ground in Nepal and after linking up with Rotary, the Nepali construction team and Village partners can report the following. Apologies for all those anxious to…
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