On June 14th Elaine Uang and Cameron Sinclair met with the Mahiga Primary and Secondary School students and teachers to formally announce the 'Net Positive' court as the second recipient of Gamechangers funding. Both schools are located near the Aberdare mountain range and are suffering though an extended drought.

This multi-purpose court will collect enough drinkable rainwater to allow over 400 children to attend both schools. check out a slideshow of the event here

The school is also being supported by the Nobelity Project.

Capital News - Thousands of Nairobi children will cross the digital divide and access a global network of opportunity courtesy of a state-of-the art community center launched at Mukuru Kwa Njenga slum.

The community center was custom-designed for Slums Information Development Resource Center (SIDAREC) and the needs of Nairobi youth, including access to the Internet, computer and technology training, health clinic services, early childhood development programs, and a community theater.

Designed by The Global Studio, Seattle, WA with Planning Systems, Nairobi, Kenya.

There is less than two weeks until the final round of the jury and After Ed TV has released the third and final episode of School Redesign. Check it out.

Laura Allen of Greywater Guerrilas stopped by today to give us the lowdown on recycling greywater and the new draft permitting rules on the table in California to encourage rainwater harvesting and catchment systems. She offered some practical advice on installing residential greywater systems (three-way valve, anyone?) and some background on commercial systems. We'll never look at a toilet or washing machine the same way again.

Interested in installing your own greywater system or want to learn more, visit:

www.greywaterguerrillas.com

Check out their book: Dam Nation: Dispatches from the Water Underground

Construction for the first Football for Hope Centre in the Khayelitsha township of Cape Town has started in May. This 200 square meter building and adjacent 20x40 meter artificial turf pitch, constructed by Drucan, will enable local organisations in underprivileged communities to promote education and public health through football-related programmes. The Centre Host is the South Africa-based organisation Grassroot Soccer that uses football as a tool to fight HIV/AIDS. The centre, designed by local Cape Town architects arG Design, is slated to be completed in November 2009, in time for the Football for Hope Centre Kick Off inauguration ceremony on December 5th immediately following the 2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaTM Final Draw.

From designing recycling containers to rebuilding a school campus for women in Rwanda, the chapters are doing amazing work around the world. Here are a few examples of AFH chapter projects:

AFHNY: On May 9th 2009, AFHNY joined architects, designers, artists, and assorted kite lovers converged on Manhattan’s Riverside Park for the first annual FlyNY, an international kite design competition. The top three designs will be featured in an article in the June issue of Metropolis magazine, and all winning kites will be auctioned off at a party in Chelsea on May 28th, with proceeds benefiting Architecture for Humanity.

Got the post challenge blues? Let's hack Google!

In honor of Frank Lloyd Wright's birthday, Google SketchUp partnered with The Guggenheim Museum to launch a competition to design a simple shelter. By using Google SketchUp and Google Earth you can choose any site and create any basic dwelling (without water, gas or electricity). While it is a great creative initiative, it could go one step further by challenging participants to design with purpose.