Spot the problems?
December 18th, 2011
OK so let us look at a few of the issues raised in the article Is the transitional accommodation really tents, did the citizens of Elcho Island choose this and…
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A tale of two cities (or two very different tales of Mer Island in the Torres Strait)
December 15th, 2011
A brief report on the project from Housing for Health Manager on Mer Island, Greg Norman: In late 2009 HOUSING FOR HEALTH started community consultation on Murray Island, TSI QLD….
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Toilet project expands in Nepal
December 13th, 2011
The construction and training Team CHDS Nepal and the construction team from Bhattedande, along with the carpenter from Banepa and the Nepal Biogas company, have now completed model toilets in…
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HH remembers Mr Bal Ram Tamang, village leader Nepal
December 13th, 2011
Mr Bal Ram Tamang was an important leader in Bhattedande village Nepal, where the sanitation project has been run by CHDS over the last few years. He was strong supporter…
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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