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Affordable and safe housing for single mothers in Japan
Being a single parent is tough wherever you might live, but single mothers in Japan live in a culture that mak…
Pakistan Chulahs: The smokeless stoves empowering women and changing lives
Food preparation is an essential part of daily life but for women living in impoverished rural Pakistan it is …
Promoting local building cultures in Haiti
In January 2010, a devastating earthquake shook the Caribbean nation of Haiti to its core. The disaster and su…
Startblok – Bringing young people and refugees together through housing
2018 Special Mention | Netherlands
The influx of refugees into Europe over recent years has posed many challenges for the countries receiving the…
Plastic bottle houses for Sahrawi refugees
Like most settlements of their kind, the Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria were only ever meant to be a tempora…
‘Model Street’ – making cities together
The Dandora dumpsite is the largest informal landfill site in East Africa, stretching out over 30 acres in the…
EarthEnable
Around 1.4 billion people worldwide live in homes with dirt floors. This includes three in every four Rwandans…
‘Warm Comfort’ and energy-saving microloans
2018 Finalist | Tajikistan
The autonomous region of Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan is home to some of the world’s highest mountains…
Praxis and Commonweal – no recourse to public funds housing
2018 Finalist | United Kingdom
The world is in the grip of a refugee crisis. Millions of people have fled conflict or persecution in their ho…
Crossroads participatory urban art projects
Velokhaya is a special place for the residents of Khayelitsha. The cycling school is a refuge for hundreds of …