April 15, 2010 - Film of a camp school in Port au Prince, Haiti as camp is being cleared and students are displaced. The Architecture for Humanity team on the ground is speaking with teachers to find better accomodations for the students. Architecture for Humanity has partnered with the Bezos Foundation to create a competition to encourage student-led initiatives to fundraise for schools like this. Check out Students Rebuild.

Late last week found our Haiti team unpacking their belongings into what will be home for the next several years. The house, located just outside the Pétionville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, is large–comprising several bedrooms, bathrooms and living spaces, an office, and spacious yard and driveway. The team intends to share these facilities with partners in the reconstruction effort, making the house effectively a live/work center of 20 people operating the initial Architecture for Humanity Haiti Design Center!

Tokyo, Japan -- On April 6, 2010 non-profit Architecture for Humanity will be starting its eleventh year bringing design, construction and development services to communities in need. In celebration of this milestone, and to raise awareness of the organizations' impact, Architecture for Humanity is partnering with the South Florida Aquarium to co-host a 12 month tour for the organizations' newly adopted mascot, Hugh Manatee.

The Mukuru Kwa Njenga youth technology resource center, designed for Slums Information Development Resource Center (SIDAREC) will give local residents access to the internet, computer and technology training, health clinic services, early childhood development programs and a community theater.

As part of the centers' long term economic sustainability program the center has a community bakery and a radio station, media lab and recording studio. The youth run radio station, Ghetto 99.9 FM, broadcasts to more than 650,000 local residents, giving a voice to the community.

During the planning phase for the new center, a fire destroyed SIDAREC’s previous radio tower and studio. The team modified the overall plan to include a completely new studio and launched an incremental “Raise the Radio” fund-raising campaign to ensure the entire community center opens as scheduled. Currently we are 80% funded to complete the project and we hope to complete funding before we finish major construction