Communities

Work continues in Bhopal and the studio is coming to the final presentation time.

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After 38 years of fighting for a better living environment and housing in Redfern, this round looks promising. Flats for students, housing a childcare centre and a gallery will replace the dilapidated terraces that characterised the Block in...

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What is really happening on Elcho Island with the big money National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing program? This short story in The Australian raises many many more questions than it answers about this and other NPARIH...

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When Housing for Health manager, Greg Norman, receives the beautiful hand made gift (shown in the image)  thanking the project team for a year of working closely with the people of Mer Island,  it was strange to see in the national...

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There must be as many toilet building programs as there are citizens of Nepal, and all boast of their cheapness and the huge numbers of toilets built. Our local partners, CHDS Nepal, have sent some hard facts. 

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It was with great sadness that we received news of Mr Bal Ram Tamang's passing in December 2011. 

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Arubot and Dandagaun Villages have just completed the first stage of their new toilet and sanitation projects.

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The upcoming project, Sago Studio 2011, will bring together students from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the PNG University of Technology (Unitech) together with a range of design and development professionals to work with the...

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The final ‘stakeholder meeting’ to wrap up the Fixing Houses for Better Health (FHBH) program was held in Canberra last week (10/11/11).
After 12 years, the FHBH program ended not with a bang but a whimper.

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Washing clothes and bedding is important and is the second highest priority Healthy Living Practice. Laundry services, whether in a house or as a communal facility are essential. The attached 'technical' drawing of a proposed remote community...

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