Sago Studio 2015, completes more work in PNG
March 11th, 2015
Another Sago Studio, run by Sago Network, has been completed in Papua New Guinea. This Studio worked in two communities and provided better water pumps and a trial of two…
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Hearing loss and ear conditions common among Australian Indigenous children NT – AIHW
February 27th, 2015
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) notes – The report, Hearing health outreach services to Indigenous children and young people in the Northern Territory: 2012-13 and 2013-14 looks…
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Transfer of skills and knowledge – Sago Network meets WorldSkills
February 25th, 2015
Thanks to WorldSkills for helping Sago Network improve the hand pumps destined for the water supply project in Papua New Guinea. Geoff Ball, past WorldSkills Manufacturing Team Challenge Chief Expert,…
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The Nepal Design Workshop 2015 – focussing the power of many
February 25th, 2015
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…
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Complex problems and big thinking ? – maybe try many small ideas
February 24th, 2015
Why does the idea of complex problems needing big thinking, recently proposed by the President of the Rockefeller Foundation, Judith Rodin ring alarm bells. We are not the first to…
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The Nepal Design Worksop 2015 – a small incident
February 23rd, 2015
The 2015 Nepal Design workshop was a big event and over the next week you will see some of the results posted here. But for now a small incident linking…
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Mud glorious mud, well not really
February 23rd, 2015
Keeping school toilets clean when they adjoin a dusty and occasionally muddy playground is not easy. Does it really matter if the floor ‘looks’ dirty? The answer – maybe no…
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The Nepal Village Health Improvement Program – Design Workshop 2015
February 11th, 2015
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…
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Joe Madiath explains … ‘better toilets better life’
January 27th, 2015
In a recently recorded TED talk, Joe Madiath makes a strong case for the importance of removing human waste safely using passion, humour and a lifetime of work. Joe Madiath…
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Philanthropy, architectural education and the world
January 20th, 2015
The University of New South Wales have announced a partnership with Judith Neilson, director of Sydney’s White Rabbit Gallery and philanthropist, who has endowed the institute with AUD10Million with the intention to…
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Architecture for Humanity closes head office in the USA
January 19th, 2015
HH can not confirm that this is true and the AFH website reveals nothing of the closure, but the founders of AFH should know a little about the organisation and…
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Berkeley Essay Prize, 2015
January 4th, 2015
VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS OF THE 2015 TOPIC / RULES http://www.berkeleyprize.org/competition/essay/2015 The BERKELEY PRIZE Competition was established in 1998, made possible by a generous gift of JUDITH LEE STRONACH…
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