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Project • By Article 25 • Hospitals

Anandaban Hospital

On 25 April 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal, toppling multi-story buildings in the cities and creating landslides and avalanches in the Himalayas. Only 17 days later, there was another major quake with a magnitude of 7.3, slightly eastwards from the first. Nearly 9,000 people died and more than 22,000 suffered injuries. Hundreds of thousands of people lost everything. The quakes’ were most devastating in remote rural areas, making the response extremely challenging. Many people were without shelter and the hospitals were forced to treat casualties on the roads. Anandaban is a flagship hospital and the main referral hospital for leprosy complications in the whole of Nepal, and one of the only places where people can acce... More

Project • By Article 25 • Housing

Dominica Housing Recovery Project

As with many other Small Island Developing States, Dominica is increasingly threatened by global climate changes and vulnerable to a wide variety of natural disasters including hurricanes, extreme rainfall, landslides, volcanic eruptions, seismic activity and tsunamis.  In September 2017, Hurricane Maria struck the island, destroying or damaging 85% of Dominica’s homes and leaving 50,000 of its 73,000 inhabitants homeless. The hurricane also caused significant damage in neighbouring countries. It was reported to be the worst natural disaster in the history of the Caribbean islands, with an estimated loss of US $1.37 billion dollars, 226% of Dominica’s GDP. More than 4,500 houses were destroyed and 20,000 partially damaged.... More

Project • By Article 25 • Housing

Kao La Amani Children's Village

In Tanzania, roughly 8% of children under the age of 18 are orphaned, with an estimated 90,000 orphans in the northern region of Kilimanjaro alone. Ranked 154th out of 187 countries in the UN Human Development Index, Tanzania remains one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.  Article 25 Children are driven away or leave their homes due to poverty, neglect, family crises, abuse, or the death of one or both parents. Burdened with a lifetime of suffering, they often arrive at the existing Kao La Amani orphanage malnourished and in need of medical care.  Article 25 These vulnerable children of all ages need a home, a place to learn, be loved, and develop into healthy members of the community. Despite h... More

Project • By Article 25 • Primary Schools

Collège Amadou Hampaté Bâ

Recognition: Winner: RIBA Awards of Excellence 2024 | Winner: AIA UK Awards 2024 | Winner: IStructE Structural Awards 2023 | Architonic’s - One of Five Projects of the Year | ArchDailyProject Short Film: Laying the Building Blocks for a Better Future in Niger Niger’s education system faces huge challenges. The country has the highest birth rate in the world (~7 children born to every woman on average), and simultaneously struggles to keep young people in the education system, particularly beyond primary schooling. We have been working with Collège Hampaté Bâ in Niger to design new classrooms and associated facilities that will enable the college to accommodate up to 1,200 children from primary school age rig... More