February 17th, 2023
The Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation recently released its report ‘Hot Cities, Chilled Economies: Impacts of Extreme Heat on Global Cities’ The report details the social and economic effects of extreme heat…
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September 30th, 2022
IWSH completes new training facility for Navajo Nation’s first dedicated plumbing training program IAPMO and the IWSH foundation have been strong supporters of HH’s international work in Nepal and South…
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February 1st, 2022
As a part of the ‘Habitat Homebuyer Program’, which develops and sells home to families with low to moderate incomes, they are trialling new and innovative ways to provide affordable…
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December 2nd, 2021
The Brownsville Partnership (BP) who are leading a Housing for Health Project in Brownsville, New York are doing a great job, getting the hang of the licensed ‘Survey and Fix’…
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August 6th, 2021
Learning about the effects of the current US Heat dome, Healthabitat is concerned for residents of the Navajo Nation – the largest land area home to a Native American tribe…
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June 3rd, 2021
Environmental health issues cross nations! ‘An estimated one in 10 Indigenous Americans lack access to safe tap water or basic sanitation – without which a host of health conditions including…
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July 20th, 2020
Update on the latest CPC at Navajo Mountain, USA. Healthabitat and long term partners IAPMO have officially wrapped up, the CPC (Community Plumbing Challenge): Navajo Mountain in Arizona. This saw plumbers and other trades invited into tough places not just to write reports but to actually get their hands dirty and improve the living environment in tough situations.
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May 11th, 2020
Bathroom sinks – crucial house function in a COVID-19 world. The WHO identified handwashing early in the COVID-19 pandemic as crucial to helping stop the spread of the Coronavirus infection. …
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March 7th, 2019
The Community Plumbing Challenge (CPC) commits to combining multi-discipline teams, with a cross-section of expertise. Its aim has been to provide a skills pathway and career options for Plumbing apprentices…
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March 4th, 2019
Now in its’ fourth year of challenges where licenced plumbers and other trades are invited into tough places to make real changes, this year the Housing for Health survey-fix process…
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March 4th, 2019
This short documentary filmed during the CPC in October 2018 illustrates the challenges faced by local Indigenous residents living without basic healthy living practices and the emotional journey for the…
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October 26th, 2018
The CPC Navajo Nation week kicked off with a Housing for Health survey-fix of the 10 houses being improved by the Community Plumbing Challenge. As on all Housing for Health…
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