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Water Proof Design - A Prueba de Agua
Current
Chapter Project located in
Hatillo de Loba
Colombia
The project “Water Proof Design” aims to find different solutions and innovative construction options that solve effectively and permanently the problems in Colombia for the recent winter season in Hatillo de Loba, Bolivar. One of the areas most affected by the winter in our country. This design should be replicated in other affected towns and villages throughout the country. The target population is over 10,000 rural and urban of Hatillo de Loba. And hopes to replicate the design later to more than 2'000 .000 people affected by the rainy season in Colombia. This project is subject to national and international competition in which competitors within seeks to promote and find innovative designs that present an adaptive solution to flooding conditions. Among the proposals that we hope will include housing,community service, agriculture and innovative building systems.
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It is time to act!

Update posted by Ricardo Daza on May 10, 2013
  It is time to act! Yesterday we received the good news that we were awarded a booth at Expo construction. It has been four years since we started to work for vulnerable communities in Colombia and it is time to raise awareness the great work we all have achieved and what we can do for people all around the country. The problem we do not know what to do in the 10 square meters at the fair and we only have two weeks to organize. So we hope that you, once again, put the shirt and help us build a better country. you can: Help us with innovative ideas for the booth.
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Register for Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! 2012

Update posted by Sarah Bush Brady on September 7, 2012
"Events like these are why I get out of bed in the morning.” – Amy King, Director, USGBC Leadership Institute  
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Students Fundraise in Jericho New York

Update posted by Ricardo Daza on December 6, 2011
    During our stay in New York we were invited by Matthew Silva @RAStudio4 to do a talk at Jericho middle school to 6th graders in the community service class about our Hatillo de Loba Project. http://bit.ly/ruJG4r Students were awesome they were all connected with the flooding problems in Colombia and now they are developing designs that we hope we could use to overcome the situation but also started a fundraise campaign.
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Wed Dec 14

Students Fundraise in Jericho New York

Chapter Event posted by Ricardo Daza on December 6, 2011
During our stay in New York we were invited by Matthew Silva @RAStudio4 to do a talk at Jericho middle school to 6th graders in the community service class about our Hatillo de Loba Project. http://bit.ly/ruJG4r Students were awesome they were all connected with the flooding problems in Colombia and now they are developing designs that we hope we could use to overcome the situation but also started a fundraise campaign.
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Bogota Chapter In New York

Update posted by Ricardo Daza on December 1, 2011
  In October we were invited to the Annual Meeting of Architecture for Humanity chapters in New York City. http://bit.ly/sVK0Zs As part of the event we presented two of the projects that our chapter is developing and Matthew Silva http://roundaboutstudio.blogspot.com/ invited us to develop a workshop with young people very interested in social development and participatory design at Jericho Middle School http://jerichoschools.org/
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In a Month

Update posted by Ricardo Daza on September 19, 2011
    Soy Lizeth ladino estudiante de arquitectura y practicante en AFHBogotá, elegí hacer mi práctica en AFHBogotá por ser una corporación con un enfoque social en donde se utiliza la arquitectura como herramienta para el cambio y atención a comunidades vulnerables, ví en AFHBogotá la oportunidad de poner a prueda lo aprendido y a la vez de contribuir al cambio.
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Sat Dec 10

Chapter Monthly Meeting

Chapter Event posted by Ricardo Daza on September 8, 2011
Cada segundo viernes del mes nos reuniremos en nuestra oficina, todos voluntarios y voluntarias  para ver el avance de los proyectos y coordinar esfuerzos para avanzar en el desarrollo de los mismos, y claro para descanzar de una larga semana con una merecida cerveza. los esperamos. Every second Friday of the month we meet in our office, all volunteers to see the project progress and coordinate efforts to advance their development, and of course to rest after a long week with a well deserved beer. hope you join us.    
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"Acuerdo para la Prosperidad" Barranquilla

Update posted by Ricardo Daza on August 23, 2011
  Architecture for Humanity Bogotá fue invitada a participar en el ¨Acuerdo para la Prosperidad¨ numero 38 en la ciudad de Barranquilla, Atlántico los días 24 y 25 de Junio de 2011, como parte de un colectivo de Innovadores Sociales con el fin de compartir nuestras experiencias en el marco de la superación de la pobreza extrema. “Dentro del Plan de Gobierno del Presidente Santos, la participación ciudadana es una de las maneras de lograr la cohesión social y es uno de los caminos planteados para gobernar de manera transparente, eficiente y eficaz.
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Wed Jun 8

Webinar: Innovative solutions in vulnerable contexts

Chapter Event posted by Ricardo Daza on June 7, 2011
LIVE: http://www.colombiaenaccion.gov.co/envivo/ Subjects: - Successful replicable experiences - Low cost solutions, eco-friendly and community involving - How can we articulate designers, architects, citizens and the government? Its important to register: http://bit.ly/l3LZw9
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Thu Mar 10

"A Prueba de Agua" soluciones a la emergencia invernal

Chapter Event posted by Ricardo Daza on March 10, 2011
Las lluvias que han caído sobre Colombia en los últimos meses se consideran como las mas fuertes en la historia reciente de nuestro país. Los habitantes de las cuencas cercanas al río Magdalena se han visto afectados de manera social, económica y física. Se calculan más de 2.000.000 víctimas y 28 municipios afectados por las inundaciones hasta ahora. Más de 2.000 casas han sido destruidas y más de 200.000 afectadas estimando $4.8 billones de pesos en daños. Más de 800 carreteras están cerradas o con zonas de tránsito restringidas y más de 1 millón de hectáreas de cultivos se reportan como afectadas. Aunque muchos institutos, organizaciones y proyectos son conscientes de la gravedad de la situación, se han hecho muy pocos avances en el desarrollo de soluciones permanentes para los problemas ocasionados por las inundaciones. La tendencia general al lidiar con estos desastres naturales se enfoca en advertir a las comunidades en caso de inundación, o proporcionar ayuda temporal después de la inundación. Sin embargo hace falta proveer soluciones permanentes que se adapten a las condiciones naturales. Hatillo de loba, Bolívar, ubicado en la cuenca del río Magdalena, es uno de los municipios afectado por las temporadas invernales cada año . Los Hatilleros han perdido sus viviendas, cultivos, ganado y bienes personales a causa de las inundaciones y no tienen soluciones reales a los problemas que enfrentan cada invierno.
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Such projects prove that

Comment by NeldaSalinas on May 31, 2012 to Students Fundraise in Jericho New York

Such projects prove that there are people in this world who Do care. It's indeed nice to know because these folks are students, they are young and supposed to be busy with other things like dating and other stuff, but they are busy with charity and community service.

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