Improving health…and more
July 7th, 2014
The latest round of the Nepal Sanitation Program ended with some important feedback from many of those involved. Some of the participants had just received one of the 20 toilets…
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Waste and change: a return to the 1980s?
July 7th, 2014
A recent article by Warren Mundine, senior advisor to the present Australian Government, suggests some changes in thinking about the money spent in Indigenous communities and the value that actually…
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Don’t forget the plumber: research in remote Australian Aboriginal communities
June 17th, 2014
With all the plumbing work happening in HH projects in Nepal, Bangladesh, South Africa and most recently in Singapore and the important connections made between plumbing and health, what better…
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Design feedback to Team USA and Team Australia, Water Innovation Challenge
June 12th, 2014
The following comments are intended to inform and prompt more thought from the teams and those interested in this area of work.HH has chosen to comment on the Bangladesh design…
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Insane spending indeed
June 10th, 2014
The Australian notes that ‘Warren Mundine is angry that critics have remained silent about wasted money in the nation’s remote housing program.’ His article in the Australian newspaper describes the…
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Water Innovation Challenge Day 3 and the winner is …
June 6th, 2014
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…
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Water Innovation Challenge Day 2
June 5th, 2014
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…
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Water Innovation Challenge Day 1
June 4th, 2014
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…
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Let the Water Innovation Challenge begin
June 3rd, 2014
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…
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The (young) media scrum
June 3rd, 2014
What better way to capture the action at the Water Innovation Challenge than taking a school class of 14 year olds and making them the media crew for the event….
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Water, water everywhere…
June 2nd, 2014
Water is the theme in Singapore this week. Whether drinking it, storing it or disposing of water it is the hot topic around town with locals and the many, many…
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School closes to find the root cause of big problem
May 29th, 2014
When a school in a northern Sydney suburb experiences a plumbing problem, the school is closed. Read the local paper’s account below. TREE roots were the culprit of a plumbing emergency that…
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