The (not very good) $300 Nepal toilet
December 13th, 2011
CHDS staff have tracked down one of the cheap toilet programs only to discover that the residents have to put in over 6 times the contribution of the donor (who…
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Helping a partner
December 12th, 2011
The Fred Hollows Foundation is one of Australia’s leading international development NGOs and specialises in blindness prevention and Australian indigenous health. The Foundation’s expanding international programmes reach across the Asia/Pacific…
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Venice Formations
December 12th, 2011
Six innovative FORMATIONS to challenge international views of architectural practice The Australian exhibition at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale Six of Australia’s most innovative architecture practices have been selected to…
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Loss of Indigenous Housing Data
November 29th, 2011
A staff member of the AIHW revealed: We no longer have a contract with FaHCSIA to work on the FHBH data cubes, so will not be able to do any…
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Cheap gifts – the $80 toilet ??
November 27th, 2011
More importantly, what were the details of the toilet… we found this description Help improve health with sanitation and protection from waterborne diseases. Providing someone with a toilet, plus hygiene education,…
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Why things will change! Sago Studio, PNG, 2011
November 27th, 2011
The capacity-building agenda that Sago Network pursues is an outgrowth of Healthabitat and Global Studio’s own methodology and seeks to position communities at the centre of their own development process,…
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Why things change slowly
November 16th, 2011
Next time someone asks about Closing the Gap………give them a look at this planning proposal ……it may explain why things move slowly. The annotations have been added by HH (with…
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The end of FHBH and the future
November 16th, 2011
The last 2-year contract was aimed at allowing state governments around Australia, now responsible for Indigenous housing, to use and integrate the Housing for Health method, principles and products into…
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Nepal toilet project expands
November 3rd, 2011
CHDS Nepal completed a Feasibility report on four villages and the Dandagaun and Arubot villages were chosen to commence 2 prototype toilets in each village to give local villagers a good understanding…
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Linking political accountability to equitable development
October 31st, 2011
Imagine if the procedures used by TI were applied to the largest Indigenous housing program for remote areas ever completed in Australia’s history. The attached outline of a Development Integrity…
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Wassup! South Africa
October 31st, 2011
WASSUP (Jennifer, Lerato & Manyisi) are in New York with Anna Rubbo (Global Studio) until the 20th of October for the opening of the Smithsonian / Cooper-Hewitt ‘Design With The…
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After images – Japan Fundraiser
October 19th, 2011
The exhibition is on a the Boutwell Draper Gallery in Sydney www.boutwelldrapergallery.com.au The project, supported by the Australian Institute of Architects and the Faculty of Architecture Design and Planning at…
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