Karenichia shared about MDG and Youth in MDG. I wanted to expose what has been done on my field (well you know…since I'm not a professional blogger I have to work somehow)

Hail to Architecture for Humanity ! 

Architecture for Humanity provides a range of professional services to community groups, NGO's and others seeking architecture and design solutions. In addition we provide support to designers seeking to provide pro bono services to community groups through our design fellowship program and fiscal sponsorship.

Architecture pour l'humanité pourvoit des services professionnels pour les commauntés, les ONG et ceux qui recherchent des solutions architecturales. De plus nous soutenons les designers en travaillant pro bono et finançant des programmes et distribuant des bourses de design.

OPEN ARCHITECTURE NETWORK : Best idea ever after the invention of free spatial flow and the reinvention of regionalism

Le Corbusier had it all wrong : One billion people live in abject poverty. Four billion live in fragile but growing economies. One in seven people live in slum settlements. By 2020 it will be one in three. We don't need to choose between architecture or revolution. What we need is an architectural revolution.The U.N. Millennium Development Goals aim to "achieve improvement in the lives of 100 million slum dwellers by the year 2015." Reaching this goal will require a profoundly new approach to improving the built environment.The Open Architecture Network aims to be just such a catalyst for change.

 Un milliard de personnes vivent dans la pauvreté extrême. 4 milliards dépendent de développement économique vulnérable et inconstant. 1/7 de la population mondiale vit dans des bidonvilles. D'ici 2020 ils seront 1/3. Nous n'avons pas à choisir entre architecture et révolution. Ce dont nous avons besoin est de la Révolution architecturale. Les objectifs du Millénaire de l'ONU visent " à améliorer les conditions de vie de 100 millions d'habitants de bidonvilles d'ici 2015". Atteindre cet objectif demande une nouvelle approche et améliorer l'environnement habité. L'Open Architecture Network veut être un catalyste pour le changement.