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Student Chapter Handbook 2010-2011



Welcome to the Student Chapter Handbook for the 2010-2011 academic year – we are very pleased to welcome you to the

Article 25 student community!

Recent years have seen an increasing demand for and academic interest in the provision of built environment assistance for the

developing world. Article 25 is an expert in providing such help. The Article 25 Student Chapter initiative, which is supported by

the Department of International Development (DFID), is designed to help built environment students learn more about

international development and to illustrate the tremendous value their skills have in improving the lives of vulnerable

communities around the world. This is about learning, spreading the word, and raising awareness about the enormous impact

design can have when applied to the challenges of the developing world. Whether you hold a position on the committee or

decide to become a member, being part of a chapter means you‟re likely to meet some inspiring and like-minded people, and

acquire a shiny bit of impressive extra-curricular activity for your CV on the side. Article 25 is a growing charity and we are

becoming well known amongst the UK built environment industry, as well as enjoying the support of the RIBA.

This is the second year of the programme. We have learnt a lot from the Chapters that were established last year, and we have

used this experience to prepare this year‟s program. For example, we‟ve reduced the reporting requirements to give you more

time to get on with activities, and we‟ve put in some mechanisms like annual awards and a new web forum to encourage more

interaction and collaboration between chapters.

This is your book and your Chapter, and it is up to you to decide the direction and activities you undertake. At the same time,

we are absolutely here to support and guide you. If you‟ve read this far then we can assume you‟re already interested, and we

want to make sure that this interest is sustained and nurtured throughout the programme. Above all else, we want you to enjoy

yourselves!

Eco-living for farming communities in Colombia: this year‟s live research project for Student Chapters (© Neil Palmer, CIAT)



Contents

The Chapter Basics

• Why we think Chapters are important

• The Big Three

• What‟s in it for you

• The Other Chapters

• Activities and Ideas

• Set up

• Getting Organised

Info on Article 25

• The story so far

• How we work

• Projects

• Quick contacts

Bumph

• Reporting templates: Finance Report, and Event Forms

• The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Quotations (handy for promotional materials)

• Introductory Presentation

• Poster Sample

• Image Library (handy for promotional materials)

• Workshop Outlines



Why we think Chapters are important

Article 25 seeks to foster development awareness within the built

environment industry in order to highlight the great need for

construction and design skills in the developing world. We hope to

see both students and industry professionals apply their skills to

international development and poverty reduction objectives. The

Student Chapter programme is an especially important part of this

work, as you are the professionals of tomorrow. Article 25 believes

Chapters can act as a catalyst to create a community where people

from a range of disciplines come together to enrich debate and

action. It is our intention that Student Chapters will:

• Raise awareness of international development and poverty

reduction, and how important the built environment is in

improving quality of life.

• Inspire and support academic research that is concerned with

addressing poverty reduction and the advancement of human

rights.

• Gain commitment from students and future practising

professionals to challenge their profession to remain aware of

these issues and to contribute their skills.

• Continue to raise awareness amongst the wider student body

and faculty particularly by bringing different disciplines together.

• Raise funds to support Article 25‟s projects.

The chapter programme is fundamentally a student-led process that

is fully supported by Article 25 and goes to the core of Article 25‟s

ethos. We want students to gain knowledge, skills and contacts

through the experience of being part of a Chapter, which should

genuinely strengthen their university experience and subsequent

professional careers.

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Raising awareness and increasing students‟ knowledge:

Lecture poster, Liverpool Student Chapter

Design competition poster, Sheffield Student Chapter

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The Big Three

There are three key messages that we‟d like you to engrave somewhere, so that you can easily remember why you‟ve

committed to being part of a Chapter and explain to others why they should join.

1. Awareness Raising: first and foremost, Article 25 Student Chapters are part of a larger educational programme to raise

awareness about the value of built environment skills in tackling the challenges of poverty eradication and development.

This is the programme‟s primary objective.

2. Networking: joining a chapter is a great way for you to make friends and meet professional contacts working in the field.

Attending lectures and events will help you explore your interest in design and working with others, and build collaborations

with peers, faculty members and current and future leaders of the built environment sector.

3. Fundraising: Students are exceptionally good fundraisers! From baking some truly impressive cakes, to jumping out of

planes and running marathons, our Student Chapter members are proven heroes when it comes to supporting the cause.

We, of course, welcome all contributions to our work, and we are committed to showing you what your donations have

actually achieved in the field. Although fundraising is important, you should not feel under pressure to deliver. Our primary

motive is to raise awareness and feed your interests!

Los Olivos, Colombia - our Chapters very own Live Project!

Another major benefit of being part of a Chapter is the potential to make a genuine contribution to work in the field. This year,

we‟re very excited and lucky to be involved with the Los Olivos project in Colombia, which is exploring the building of an eco-

settlement for rural communities.

Our aim is to engage all Student Chapters in a collaborative research and design exercise that is truly innovative and exciting.

The project will provide a running theme for workshops and lectures across the participating Chapters (see the „Activities and

Ideas‟ section). The overall Los Olivos project aims have been broken down into a series of research areas, which range from

an exploration of social housing in South America to the design of community facilities. The full brief of these research

headings will be provided in a separate document at the start of the year. Each Chapter will be asked to tailor their activities

around their chosen focus, and the results of your work will be combined by Article 25 into a single report at the end of the year.

The project will give you a chance to apply your skills, work with your peers, explore new concepts, and potentially see your

ideas come to fruition. It is a fantastic opportunity to develop increased connectivity among the chapters and provide you with

an outlet for your design thirst!

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What’s in it for you?

Who should join?

Anyone who is interested! Article 25 strongly believes that the

challenges of designing and building for a better future demand

different skills and areas of knowledge. We celebrate diversity of

perspective and believe that collaboration between disciplines enriches

the experiences of all those involved. Article 25 Chapters are a

community for like-minded and driven individuals, so the doors are

open to architects, engineers, designers, town planners, historians,

geographers, social scientists.... and anyone else with an interest in

the cause!

What are the benefits of joining a Chapter?

In addition to providing a great social outlet and a supportive

community, Student Chapters add an interesting dimension to your

professional development. Membership, and particularly leadership, of

a student chapter can equip you with a wide range of skills which will

give you an edge in today‟s competitive job market: leadership,

teamwork, administration, fundraising, events management,

campaigning, networking, accounting, the list goes on… Essentially,

any particular skill you want to develop can be linked it to the work of

the chapter! And you can never underestimate how far this can go in

making you an attractive employee in the eyes of a potential employer.

What can I expect from the experience?

Learning new things, practical experience, exposure to new ideas, and the chance to contribute to positive change in people‟s

lives in a fun and supportive environment. You will be part of a growing network of Chapters supported by Article 25‟s head

office, who will work with you to deliver CPD accredited lectures, practical workshops, and nationwide events. We hope to

create a real national Chapter community, and foster a collaborative spirit where Chapters share ideas and experiences and

engage in some friendly competition for a place in the annual Article 25 Student Chapter Awards.

Membership should equip you with:

• International awareness: increasing your understanding of how the built environment can respond to international

development challenges and poverty reduction.

• Global perspective: applying a fresh perspective to the roles, responsibilities and potential of the built environment in a

global context.

• Collaborative networks: developing a new generation of academics and professionals to work together for the

advancement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). (refer to „Info on Article 25‟, „The story so far‟ for more about

the MDGs)

• Professional edge: engaging in this debate will give you an academic and professional edge in the increasing atmosphere

of global responsibility and social conscience.

• Innovative experiences: the opportunity to become involved in projects that are currently being implemented in the

developing world.

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Networking with other students and professionals

through the Chapter programme.

Networking event poster, Sheffield Student Chapter.

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The Other Chapters

We‟re very pleased to welcome you to a community of around 400 students nationwide, whose numbers are ever increasing.

We learned a lot from what the current seven Chapters did last year, and this year Article 25 are working hard to make sure

everyone feels part of a united movement and cause. To do this, there are a few mechanisms in place to keep you in touch with

developments and talking to one another:

Chapter Blog: Article 25‟s new website should be ready this November, and will have a dedicated blogging area for use by the

Student Chapters. It will provide a space where you can all talk to each other, get tips on activities, and hear about upcoming

events. This central platform will complement the social media outlets operated independently by each University Chapter

(currently Chapters are using facebook groups, twitter, and ning).

Awards: Following the success of last year‟s awards, we have decided to make it an annual event, declaring the winners at a

London gathering towards the end of the year (April 2011). The award categories are: Most Members Award, Outreach Award

(number of event attendees) and Fundraising Award. There are, of course, special commendations up for grabs based on your

activities over the year... last year we found ourselves awarding an Outstanding Cake-Making Skills Award!

Annual Workshop: We‟re hoping to hold a weekend workshop in the second half of this academic year, where all chapters can

come together to apply some real building skills, hear from guest lecturers, and learn more about the cause.

Events: You‟ll all be invited to our regular events, usually based in London, and encouraged to spread the word. We‟d also like

you to invite each other to your own events, especially where Chapters are just a short train ride away.

Newsletter: In addition to the Chapter blog, we feel it‟s important to keep you up to date on what each of you are doing. Each

term we will issue a Chapter newsletter to keep you all informed on the previous term‟s activities and the plans you have for the

coming months.

For your reference, details of the existing Chapter Presidents are below, and we hope to be adding lots more names and

universities to the list throughout this year!

Birmingham City University

Angharad (Harri) Williams [email protected]

Cardiff University Katharine Edwards [email protected],

[email protected]

University of Greenwich

Ahammed Hussain

[email protected]

University of Liverpool

Daniel Brookfield, President

Rashad Al-Karooni, Vice-President

[email protected]

[email protected]

University of Nottingham

Clara Bagenal George, President

Zoe Watson, Vice President

[email protected]

[email protected]

University of Sheffield

Andy McKay

[email protected]

University of Westminster

Preet Pansar, Co-President

Natalia Christensen, Co-President

Georgina Day, Vice President

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

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Activities and Ideas

Your Chapter activities should always contribute to the three overall objectives:

1. Awareness-raising

2. Social-networking

3. Fund-raising

Lectures and Workshops

The content and scope of your events calendar is entirely up to you, except it must include a minimal awareness-raising

component. The awareness-raising activities consist of lectures and workshops, most of which will be facilitated by Article 25.

Below are the basic requirements, which should form the backbone of your events calendar:

4 lectures per academic year: Article 25 can deliver three lectures (although you aren‟t obliged to use us), and provide you with

a supplement of £200 to invite a guest speaker of your choice to deliver the fourth. Article 25 lectures are all CPD accredited

(which might allow you to invite outside professionals for a small fee), and include the following topics:

• Bricks and Mortals: Human Rights and the Humanitarian Sector

• Seismic Resistance in Building Methods

• Techniques and Benefits of Participatory Planning

• The Disaster Response Cycle and the role of the built environment

• School Design for International Development

• Building for Improved Public Health

• Building in Natural Habitats: Biodiversity and Conservation

How these lectures are scheduled and distributed throughout the year is up to you, subject to advance planning with the Article

25 head office.

3 workshops per academic year: your chapter should try to hold one workshop per term to provide members with the

opportunity to apply and develop their design skills, and to keep members engaged.

As mentioned in the „The Big Three‟ section, we‟re keen to use the Los Olivos project as a running theme for 2010/11

workshops and lectures. For good measure, we‟ve also included some other workshop ideas in the back of this handbook,

which can be adapted to have an eco theme and tie in with Los Olivos. We are happy to provide further ideas and inspiration

should you need it!

Other events

As well as these basic requirements, you may want to hold a range of social and fund-raising events according to your

members‟ interests. The content of these events is entirely up to you, as long as they are related in some way to the built

environment and international development. Below are some ideas to get you started, many of which are taken from past

Chapter activities. Feel free to let your imagination run wild!

Social / Fund-raising Ideas

- Local Tour: design a tour where the route focuses on local architecture: „things you didn‟t know about the city‟, „best and

worst buildings‟ etc. Make parallels with a city in the developing world. Return back the same route on a pub crawl.

- Art Auction: ask art students to donate pieces and have an auction. Provide a creative theme like „overcrowding‟, or „tree

houses‟. Invite a panel of local figures to judge the work and present awards.

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- Performance: approach your theatre societies to create ideas for poverty/shelter themed performances, donating a

portion of ticket sales.

- Musical Moments: ask local bands to perform and sell tickets, or have a competition for architects to build the

instruments!

- Pub Quiz: for added „development-awareness‟ points, quizzes can be linked to the lectures to find out who was listening...

- Challenge: bike rides, marathons, skydives, getting up before noon, wear a duvet for a day... anything that everyone else

thinks you‟ll never do!

- Frock Swap: everyone brings their cast-off clothes, pay a flat fee on the door and go swap.

- Student Ball: organise an annual ball with entertainment available to all students from different courses.

Educational Ideas

- Academic Links: talk to your tutors and unit leaders about promoting the role of the built environment in international

development, or arranging guest lecturers, and get to know other departments and courses - anyone from geographers to

engineers - who might be interested in becoming members and attending events.

- Design Briefs: partnering up with academic tutors could provide a chance to develop a design brief, as part of a larger

module. Assessed or otherwise, Article 25 has a lot of experience in academic collaboration, from 3-week design

exercises to running workshop weeks with the faculty. Our work provides good examples and case studies to explore, and

in some cases we may be able to contribute time and resources.

- Local Schools: schools are a great way of spreading the word locally outside of your university, and head teachers can

be very enthusiastic about helping their pupils learn something different. Last year one of our Chapters successfully

partnered with a local school to spread the word amongst their pupils, and painted an impressive wall mural.

- University Press: contact your student radio station and newspapers to submit pieces about topics of interest, and maybe

even agree a regular slot. It‟s a great way to spread the word and attract new members.

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Bio-mimicry and water conservation strategies for Article 25‟s Gola Forest project, Sierra Leone

Design brief, Birmingham Student Chapter



Set up

Below are a few tips to make your life easier when setting up a Chapter. The next section, „Getting Organised‟, provides more

details about the Chapter committee, as well as some of the other requirements. Don‟t worry, requirements have all been kept

to a minimum!

Recruiting the Committee

Each university has regulations on how committee members are appointed. In the first year of establishing your Chapter you

are likely to source committee members from your classmates and friends, but in year two you might require elections. You can

canvas for committee members by asking tutors to make announcements after lectures, or your department administration can

send out an email. The Student‟s Union may also be able to help by publicising your Chapter through posters or student radio.

Getting to know your Students Union

It is important to get to know your Student‟s Union and have good relations with them as they will be the gateway to many

events, venues, and publicity avenues within the university. It is equally important to get to know the rules and regulations of the

Student‟s Union to ensure compliance and get the most out of the support they can give to societies.

Recruiting Members

The peak time for students to join societies is in the first month of the first term, particularly during the fresher‟s period.

Fresher‟s periods can range from a few days to a month depending on the university, but most universities host a „fresher‟s fair‟

which includes a forum for societies/chapters to advertise themselves and sign up members.

Getting a stall at the fresher‟s fair is a great starting point for recruiting members. However, this could be difficult in the first year

of the Chapter as some universities require applications for stalls to be submitted in the last term of the previous year. Check

your Student‟s Union regulations as soon as possible if you would like to host a stall. If not, find out what the alternative options

are - some universities allow societies without stalls to canvas just outside the main hall or in other locations. Whether or not

you get a stall, fresher‟s period is a critical time, and it is highly recommended that Chapters undertake their major recruitment

drive during this time.

Recruitment can continue throughout the year - all events organised by Chapters should promote membership and provide the

opportunity for interested individuals to join. Chapters can also take advantage of lectures, social networking, and university

press to promote their Chapter throughout the year.

Faculty Support

Past experience has shown that support from faculty members is of great value to student Chapters. This support, whether from

an individual or a department, adds weight to the Chapter‟s activities, and helps to embed the Chapter as part of the university.

Support from academic staff can include assistance in sourcing lecturers, publicising events and incorporating relevant live

projects into the syllabus through anything from design briefs to workshop weeks. Academic staff can also open doors to wider

funding and research opportunities and departmental events.

Set-up package

We will happily send you a package to get started, which consists of t-shirts, leaflets, pins, a poster to drum up support, and a

notebook to keep track of all your activities! The second part of this handbook, „Info about Article 25‟, will tell you what you need

to know in order to speak to others intelligently about the organisation, what we do, and the importance of built environment

expertise in the developing world. A CD full of images has been included to use on promotional materials.

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Getting Organised

This section gives you the details of what activities and requirements go into a Chapter. These have been deliberately designed

to have as low an impact as possible on your time, although we do expect an enthusiastic approach!

Activity Requirements

As described in the „Activities and Ideas‟ section, annual activities should constitute as a minimum:

- 4 lectures per academic year (3 provided by Article 25, if you so wish) - 3 workshops per academic year (workshop outlines and theme provided by Article 25) - Social / Fundraising activities (for Chapters to devise themselves)

Roles and Responsibilities

Each university has its own rules and regulations regarding student chapters/societies, which will be the core guide to

establishing your Chapter. This section outlines the core organisational structure that Article 25 requires from your Chapter,

and offers advice on recruitment of committee members. Each student chapter will need people to work throughout the year

running activities, managing membership, and representing Article 25 with conviction and dedication. The following four points

are basic principles of committee membership:

1. If registering as a university society, committee members should be appointed according to the stipulations of the

university‟s student union.

2. All committee members are responsible for attracting and accommodating new members to the Chapter, and ensuring

that the Chapter abides by the guidelines set out in this handbook.

3. No committee member may give out members‟ details without the express consent of the individuals concerned.

4. Each committee member has an equal vote in Chapter decisions.

Article 25 have laid out three roles which we consider as basic requirements to forming a Chapter. It is important that these

posts are occupied by individuals who have the interest and drive to build and maintain a Chapter. Your university might have a

mandatory structure that uses different titles, but providing the roles and responsibilities are covered, just run it by Article 25 and

it should be fine. The important thing is that positions are filled by competent and enthusiastic individuals.

President: the figure head.

- The first point of contact for anyone who wants to know more about the Chapter, including potential members, academic

contacts, and professionals.

- Chairs regular Chapter committee member meetings to consider and agree Chapter issues.

- Oversees the other committee members and the fulfilment of their roles.

- Represents Article 25 as an organisation, our work, and the broader interests of increasing awareness of international

development at events throughout the academic year.

- Ensures all reporting documents are submitted on time.

Treasurer: the keeper of finances, including the entertainment budget.

- Administers the Chapter‟s finances, including collection of membership fees and purchasing requirements.

- Participates in regular meetings with other Chapter committee members and keeps them up to date on the Chapter‟s

financial activities.

- Takes an active role in liaising with members in the financial planning and the financial accounting of income and

expenditure associated with Chapter fundraising events.

- Maintains documentation of monetary transactions and ensures completion of term finance report.

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Secretary: the one who keeps things running smoothly.

- Maintains the membership list, making additions, deletions and amendments where necessary.

- Updates the Chapter‟s email list.

- Manages regular updates for all Chapter members through a variety of media.

- The first point of contact for chapter members, academic contacts, and professionals on administrative issues.

- Submits all finance reports (provided by the Treasurer) and event forms.

These are the core roles and responsibilities of the people who lead the Student Chapter. However, as your Chapter grows you

will find that there are additional responsibilities and roles which need to be filled, or roles which can be created in order to use

someone‟s skills (for example, someone with a weekly radio slot could be a very influential Communications Officer). It is

important to encourage the growth of your committee since members become more engaged if they are awarded a specific role

within the Chapter, and sharing the workload ensures that members can better manage their committee, academic, and

personal commitments. Each Chapter can choose how best to organise themselves and perhaps merge positions and

reallocate responsibilities according to their particular needs:

Events Officer: planning and coordinating the logistics of fundraising events, visiting lecturers, annual Chapter parties, design

workshops, and thinking up new ways to recruit members and get people involved in Chapter activities.

Fundraising Officer: planning fundraising activities, recruiting members to take part in Article 25 challenges, thinking up new

initiatives to raise funds with local businesses.

Campaigns Coordinator: designing and delivering effective campaign drives to raise awareness of international development,

targeting different audiences at student, local, and national levels.

Research Officer: keeping track of the bigger picture and up to date on relevant research and debates at your university, making

members aware, informing Article 25 and sharing the information with other student chapters.

Communications Officer: updating web pages, designing and producing posters, composing regular email updates, exploring

new avenues for getting the message out to students, academics, and professionals.

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Sheffield Student Chapter members celebrate after their successful skydive!



There is usually a lot of overlap between these roles. For example, a Fundraising Officer may find that they are organising

events a lot of the time. Chapters should therefore make sure that there is a clear system of communication and division of

responsibilities between everyone involved. In some cases, a person may feel they are able to take on more than one of these

roles.

You may be able to think of more roles and other activities. We‟re very open to ideas and want you to get the most out of being

part of an Article 25 Student Chapter, so if you think there‟s a role to be created, make a plan and raise it with the committee

members. Work together to set clear responsibilities and reporting structures - you should be able to make the Chapter

everything you want by building a strong and dedicated team!

Baseline Survey

As part of our commitment to DFID we have agreed to collect baseline data on awareness levels of international development

and poverty reduction amongst students and professionals of the built environment, and monitor changes over time. As part of

this initiative we require student chapter members to periodically complete a short survey online, and your help will be

invaluable in getting this completed. Full instructions will be provided in due course.

Reporting

Maintaining clear records and reporting structures is of major importance in all projects and programmes, including this one. It

is vital for Article 25 to stay informed about your actions and activities in order for us to learn about what is going well, and

identify areas where you might need our help. To enable such oversight, we require that Chapters follow a basic reporting

procedure to document proceedings and account for any monetary transactions. We have done our best to keep this

paperwork to a minimum, as we know that it can be burdensome. At the back of this handbook you will find the two basic forms:

• One event form per activity/event: the form is in two parts and very short, but very important as it a) encourages you to

consider the feasibility of your activity in advance, and b) allows us to track the scope of your activities and outreach. The

completed forms also can be used as prototypes of successful events for other Chapters. Any chapter can ask for a copy

of another Chapter‟s form to help them plan their own event.

• One finance report per academic term: again, this form is not extensive, but is very important as it enables us to

accurately account for any monetary transactions and potential fund-raising which is being done in Article 25‟s name. It

also ensures that the Chapter gets their cut of the funds they raise to reinvest in other Chapter activities.

You should read through these forms and refer to them when planning an event, to check whether the time and resources,

including any finances you put in, are likely to reap rewards, i.e. enough people will attend, enough profit will be made etc.

Finances

We have an arrangement with Chapters which ensures that they can retain a certain amount of funds raised to reinvest in the

Chapter.

Chapters keep all membership fees (which vary from Chapter to Chapter, and are determined by you) and 25% of any

fundraising through Chapter activities (so that‟s anything from jumping out of planes to workshop fees).

The other 75% is transferred to Article 25 and goes straight towards live projects. We feel it is important for Chapters to see a

connection between what they are doing and the work of Article 25, so we pledge to keep you informed about where your funds

are going.

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The story so far This section introduces Article 25, explains what we do, why what we do is important and why working with you - the

professionals of tomorrow - is essential to achieving our vision. The information given below will also be useful in helping you

spread the word amongst your fellow students.

Our name

The organisation‟s name is taken from the 25th Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the only article that refers

to the built environment. Explicitly linking our organisation with this key declaration expresses our intention to illustrate and

promote the importance of the provision of built environment expertise to achieving basic human rights.

“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food,

clothing, and housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment,

sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control”.

(The full declaration is included in the „Bumph‟ section of the handbook for your reference)

Bridging the Gap: Why Article 25 was established

Many organisations work in the international development sector with the aim of reducing poverty. Since 2000, most

developmental projects and interventions have been aligned with achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We

think that built environment skills are vital to making the MDGs a reality:

Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other Infectious Diseases

Hospitals

Clinics

Clean Water Supplies

Safe Housing

Improve Maternal Health

Reduce Child Mortality

Achieve Universal Primary Education Positive learning environments and schools

Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

Irrigations systems to grow crops in harsh climates,

roads to facilitate trade

Ensure Environmental Sustainability Innovative building materials, locally adaptive techniques

Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Learning from practice, through both international and

community precedents

Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

Socially inclusive spaces, helping to overcome difference

and prejudice

So what role can Article 25 play in tackling these challenges, and why is Article 25 different to other international development

organisations?

Info on A25



If you take another look down the list of MDGs you may notice that they all have one thing in common other than poverty

alleviation: the need to engage with a built structure. We‟ve added our own column to demonstrate this: education takes place

in schools, healthcare requires clinics, agriculture requires irrigation systems, public health requires sanitation systems, and

environmental sustainability calls for innovative building methods. At a very basic level, a major indicator of poverty is the lack of

an adequate building or place where a person can live, learn, or be treated in times of ill health.

On Boxing Day 2004, a natural disaster brought the international development agenda, and especially the role of shelter, into

sharp focus. One of Article 25‟s founding Trustees and a past president of the RIBA, Maxwell Hutchinson, was caught up in the

South Asian Tsunami in Sri Lanka. He saw firsthand the devastation and horror that a natural disaster can unleash, and

realised that better planning of shelter was a skill architects could deploy to both speed up recovery, and help minimise the

impact of future disasters. Earlier this year, the world once again witnessed the huge potential building can play in reducing the

risk of being adversely affected by a disaster. If the buildings which killed so many Haitians in the earthquake of January 2010

had been constructed using earthquake resistant design and alternatives to concrete, perhaps the number of dead, injured and

displaced would have been lower.

Like Maxwell, we recognise the importance of a good built environment. He recruited Dr. Victoria Harris, our former CEO, to

establish Article 25 (then „Architects For Aid‟), and Jack Pringle (also a past president of the RIBA) as another founding Trustee.

Jack lent Vicky some office space at his practice. Five years later Article 25 has evolved significantly and now has a Board of

seven distinguished Trustees, nine permanent staff and approximately 35 volunteers, 10 professional partner organisations,

around 400 student members, and we‟re still growing! Needless to say this required new offices, and we are now located near

Liverpool Street in London.

Info on A25

Maxwell Hutchinson PPRIBA, founding Trustee of Article 25, outside the Article 25 project in Goa: a school for El-Shaddai Street Child Rescue.



How we work The aim of Article 25 is to provide built solutions to global problems.

Article 25 is a UK registered charity that designs, builds, and manages projects to provide better shelter where there is disaster

or poverty. Article 25 works with both other aid organisations and local communities worldwide bringing experienced, field-

appropriate professional skills and academically rigorous research findings to assist other NGOs engaged in building work.

Our mission statements

Construction: To be the first point of call for NGOs in need of construction design and management skills to tackle the most

pressing challenges in the developing world.

Capacity Building: To work in collaboration with communities and governments to create sustainable construction projects that

raise their economic and social capital.

Education: To connect built environment professionals to international development and disaster risk reduction, enabling

collaboration between the two fields of knowledge through academic research and skills training.

Advocacy: To promote the key role of the built environment in developing communities and facilitating human rights.

Core Principles

An Operational NGO: Article 25 is an operational NGO that provides cost effective and high quality built solutions to social

problems. We take a participatory approach in all of our work, designing and constructing buildings that meet a community‟s

functional and social needs. We develop local construction skills, celebrate vernacular architecture and employ modern

techniques to create buildings which function to combat poverty and by so doing contribute towards achieving the MDGs.

Added-Value: The principle of added-value is always top of the list in our work. We can and do demonstrate to both the

development and the built environment industries that combining professional built environment expertise with a knowledge of

development makes a more sustainable product: culturally, financially, and locally appropriate buildings. We work in a similar

way to commercial service providers in the built environment - providing a range of services from full project management to

feasibility or design studies, contractual advice, and evaluation reports. The key difference is that we work within exceptionally

tight resource limits of time, money, and materials. We work for people who greatly need our professional services, but are

usually the least able to afford them.

Community First: Article 25 has a very simple method of ensuring that we deliver the most appropriate building possible - by

collaborating with the people who are going to use it. In a development context where delivery is paramount, community

engagement can sometimes be compromised because it adds time and cost to the project. Article 25 has developed a

Community Participation Strategy which equips professionals with the necessary tools to engage in participatory activities

throughout the design process. These activities can be carried out rapidly, at low cost, and most importantly, they allow the

community to take ownership of the project to help us build the best solution.

Raising Awareness and Securing Commitment: Article 25 believes that increasing awareness of the relationship between

international development and the built environment is the first in a series of steps towards raising the caliber of built responses

to complex social challenges and poverty reduction on a global scale. Article 25 aims to inspire debate, generate innovative

research, and implement live projects towards this goal. In addition to partnering with firms and academic departments, the

development of Student Chapters and the launch of an interactive knowledge community are all key elements of our awareness

raising strategy. Successfully securing the support of the DFID and the RIBA in this endeavour is testament to the recognised

value of our work.

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Projects

Construction projects in the developing world: We work in partnership with the NGO or government in question, and often a second local NGO to help navigate the local context. The local communities and end-users of the buildings are also key partners in the decision making, planning, design and construction phases. We often partner with professional UK practices to develop the best possible delivery team for each project. These professional partners include:

- Foster + Partners - Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios - Turner and Townsend - Pierre D‟Avoine Architects - Buro Happold Engineers - Max Fordham & Partners - Henning Stummel Architects - Price & Myers Engineers

Portfolio pages and images for all projects are available on our website, or by contacting our London office. UK projects: Our educational work in the UK, of which Chapters are a major component, also includes: • Professional Training (CPD and RIBA accredited) • Academic research and thesis supervision • Innovative product development with universities, for example, mud-bricks made using human urine

We have a number of additional activities to offer the built environment community as ways of actively engaging with the cause: • RIBA Knowledge Community for Development and Disaster Relief: an online forum and series of networking events in

association with the RIBA that allows for the creation of dialogue between the office, academia and the field, focused on problem-solving for design and construction field challenges. Go to www.riba-knowledgecommunities.com to sign up.

• Article 25 regularly host events to raise awareness of, and encourage donations towards, our work: these range from public debates to art auctions and high profile dinners at exclusive venues.

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http://www.riba-knowledgecommunities.com/



High quality services for the NGO community

Strengthening capacity to cope with disasters

Building livelihoods and skills training, a route out of poverty

Safe havens and positive learning environments for children

Sustainable development in isolated communities

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Ghana

Children‟s home for orphaned infants and children

Let Kids Smile

DR Congo

Prototype school facilities in conflict zones

Children in Crisis

Pakistan

Seismic Resistant Housing and Skills Training

Muslim Aid

Afghanistan

Survey of historical buildings and skills training in woodwork

Turquoise Mountain

Romania

Survey of historical buildings and local attitudes to conservation

Mihai Eminescu Trust

Uganda

Retraining centre for former child soldiers and child mothers

Jubilee Action

Chile

Post-earthquake Technical Advice

Local government /

Save the Children

Sierra Leone

National Park infrastructure

National government

/ RSPB

Haiti

Post-earthquake school reconstruction

Outreach

International

Sierra Leone

Prototype Child Friendly School

Save the Children

Mozambique

Crèche facilities

Street Child Africa / Meninos de Mozambique

Lesotho

Care and counselling facilities for child rape victims

Sentebale

Lesotho

Feasibility study for football and HIV awareness centre

Kick 4 Life

Goa

School for street children

El Shaddai Street

Child Rescue

Papua New Guinea

Feasibility study for off-grid school facilities

Media 4 Good

Sri Lanka

Contract law advice for clinic reconstruction

Merlin

Pakistan

Independent Evaluation and Technical Advice

IFRC



Quick Contacts Key Facts

- Operational NGO founded January 2006.

- Over 40 projects in 15 countries (completed and ongoing).

- Design, build, and manage projects in partnership to provide better shelter and building while enhancing local capacity.

- In four years over £1,500,000 worth of professional expertise delivered to the field.

- UK educational focus: thesis and published research, University collaborations, first-in-sector registered CPD, first-in-sector

PEDR compliant professional experience at Part I/II

- Built Environment Action Register (BEAR) for voluntary/professional experts available for field projects.

Contact details

Address: Article 25

13-19 Curtain Road

London

EC2A 3LU

UK

Charity Registration Number: 1112621

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7375 0144

Skype: article-25

Website: www.article-25.org

Email: [email protected]

Donating

Regular donations by standing order: http://www.article-25.org/mandate.htm

Online regular giving with credit card: http://www.justgiving.com/a25

One-off donation: https://www.charitychoice.co.uk/donation.asp?ref=153883

Cheque: Payable to „Article 25‟

Bank transfer: The Cooperative Bank

Sort Code: 08-92-99

Account No: 65182811

Account Name: Article 25

Key staff

Robin Cross [email protected] Chief Executive Officer

Director of Projects

Stephanie Johnston [email protected] Education and Communication Manager

MAIN POINT OF CONTACT

Nina Neeteson [email protected] Education and Communication Officer

MAIN POINT OF CONTACT

Lisa Dayanandan [email protected] Fundraising Manager

For more information on our key staff please consult our website.

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http://www.article-25.org/


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Finance Report: ONE PER TERM Chapter ______________________________________

To be completed by referring to individual event finance forms Term of report ______________________________________

Completed by (name) ________________________________

Membership

Membership fee (single person)

Total no. of members

Total membership fees = „Membership fee (single person)‟ x „Total no. of members‟

Income

Total funds raised * Funds raised is any income not including membership fees

25% Chapter

75% Article 25

Total chapter funds = „25% chapter‟ + „Total membership fees‟

Total Article 25 funds = „75% Article 25‟

Article 25 funds transferred by

Date

Fund transfer method

Cheque / Bank Transfer / Charity Choice

Expenditure Total costs = Sum of all „Overall cost of event‟ values

Profit / Loss = („Total chapter funds‟ + „Total Article 25 funds‟) - „Total costs‟

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Event Form (1 of 2) Finance Table: ONE PER EVENT Chapter ______________________________________ Completed by ______________________________________

Event Title Date Costs Income

Item° and no. Cost (per item) Total cost Funds raised* Membership

25% Chapter No. of new members

75% Article 25 100% Chapter Income

° e.g. room hire, materials, printing, food, drinks Create more rows if necessary.

Overall cost of event Overall funds raised Overall membership fees (should be equal to box above)

* „Funds raised‟ is any income not including membership fees

Net Profit / Loss of Event = („Overall funds raised‟ + „Overall membership fees‟) – „Overall cost of event‟




Event Form (2 of 2) Planning Table: ONE PER EVENT Chapter _______________________________

Completed By _______________________________

Event Title

Date

Time and duration

Location

Guests (speakers, supervisors, staff etc.)

Payment necessary?

Room hire

Permission necessary? From who? Payment necessary?

Refreshments

Provided? Purchased from? Sponsored by?

No. of people running event Too many? Too few?

No. of attendees: members

No. of attendees: non-members

No. of new members Sign up opportunity provided?

Profit / Loss (Refer to event finance table)

Photos Available? Supplied to Article 25?

Areas for Improvement

Areas of Strength

Additional comments

Event form (2 parts) submitted to Article 25 by (date) __________________________________________________




United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

On the 10th of December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Assembly

called on all 192 member countries to disseminate the Declaration and its contents, particularly in the education systems of their countries,

so that everybody would be aware of their Declaration rights.

The following is taken from a document which was produced by the UN on the 60th anniversary of the Declaration. The document can be

downloaded from the Article 25 website: http://www.article-25.org/declaration-_eng.pdf

“All human beings are born with equal and inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms. The United Nations is committed to upholding,

promoting and protecting the human rights of every individual. This commitment stems from the United Nations Charter, which reaffirms the

faith of the peoples of the world in fundamental human rights and in the dignity and worth of the human person. In the Universal Declaration

of Human Rights, the United Nations has stated in clear and simple terms the rights which belong equally to every person.

These rights belong to you. They are your rights. Familiarise yourself with them. Help to promote and defend them for yourself as well as for

your fellow human beings.

PREAMBLE

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the

foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind,

and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been

proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,

Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression,

that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,

Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and

worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better

standards of life in larger freedom,

Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal

respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,

Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard

of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration

constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures,

national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States

themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.

Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act

towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2: Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour,

sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be

made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be

independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 3: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.


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Article 4: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Article 5: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Article 6: Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

Article 7: All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal

protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

Article 8: Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted

him by the constitution or by law.

Article 9: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 10: Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of

his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

Article 11: (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public

trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.

(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under

national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable

at the time the penal offence was committed.

Article 12: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his

honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 13: (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.

(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Article 14: (1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.

(2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the

purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 15: (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.

(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

Article 16: (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a

family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.

(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

Article 17: (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.

(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Article 18: Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief,

and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship

and observance.

Article 19: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference

and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

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Article 20: (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. (2) No one may be compelled to belong to an

association.

Article 21: (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of

government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held

by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

Article 22: Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and

international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights

indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.

Article 23: (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection

against unemployment. (2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. (3) Everyone who works has the

right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if

necessary, by other means of social protection. (4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.

Article 24: Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

Article 25: (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including

food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness,

disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to

special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Article 26: (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary

education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be

equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the

strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all

nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. b(3) Parents have a

prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Article 27: (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific

advancement and its benefits.

(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of

which he is the author.

Article 28: Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully

realized.

Article 29: (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.

(2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the

purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality,

public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.

(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Article 30: Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to

perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein

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Quotations We have included below some quotations about the organisation and our work, for use in Chapter promotional materials.

Please also see our press page on our website, and feel free to lift text from articles published about Article 25: www.article-

25.org/-in-the-press-.htm

• “The UK leading‟s architectural aid charity” The Guardian

Article 25 volunteers:

• “I believe that Article 25 presents the challenge of fascinating projects to address life changing problems, within tight restraints, where

it is crucial to understand and push every aspect of a brief to its limits to improve the lives and built environment for people who truly

need it. The variety in cultures, range of projects and degree of material and economic understanding required, are just a few of the

reasons why humanitarian architecture is such a stimulating and demanding discipline.” Joanna Simpson, MA (Hons) M.Arch

• “At Article 25, Architecture is not a fashion, a gimmick or a trend. Here, architecture is nothing less than essential to life.” Barbara

Paagman, ARB, MSc.Arch, MSc. Urban Design

• “My work here has created models for sustainable development in a part of the world that most needs them.” Mario Balducci, ARB,

M.Arch, Dip. Arch, BA. (Hons)

• "Article 25's work in the developing world allows us to work in conditions that push and challenge our skills as architects, and instincts

as designers, in a direction that will benefit others" Ashish Trivedi, Part 1 Architect Assistant

• “This is architecture at its most powerful; working in a resource-poor country and creating the biggest difference.” Michael

Dimelow,ARB, B.Arch, Dip.Arch (distinction)

Notable persons in the built environment and international development:

• “One of the things that excites me most as an architect is to try to push the boundaries – to challenge accepted methods, to „reinvent‟

solutions, and to do „more with less‟. Article 25 is doing just that.” Norman Foster OM, Architect, Article 25 Trustee, Foster + Partners

• “Good planning ensures rebuilding is successful. Article 25 fills a chasm, not just a niche, in making better building possible and

accessible to charities and NGOs" Jack Pringle PPRIBA, Architect, Article 25 Founding Trustee, Pringle Brandon

• “Architecture is about improving all our lives and places where we live it… The great thing about Article 25 is the Action. The learning

from that is profound” Sunand Prasad PPRIBA, Architect, Article 25 Trustee, Penoyre and Prasad

• “Article 25‟s vision of development includes at its core a commitment to the values of human rights and social justice. Partnerships,

participation and good governance underpin the ethos… as does the imperative of linking practical relief work with long term

developmental objectives.” Professor Nabeel Hamdi, Winner of the UN Scroll of Honour

• “Article 25 carries out crucial work ensuring that the world‟s poorest people have adequate shelter and housing.” Sir Nicholas

Grimshaw, Architect, Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners

• “Architecture is a channel towards the opportunity to contribute to society. Architects should engage with humanity, the global

environment and culture.” Tadao Ando, Architect and philanthropist, Tadao Ando Architects & Associates

Article 25 project partners:

• “The short journey across Shoreditch I made to meet Article 25 has turned out to be one of the most important steps in the early

history of Sentebale. As we have encountered issues with capital projects their enthusiasm, expertise and sheer willingness to help

and to move remarkably fast – has been simply terrific.” Geoffrey Matthews, Former Commercial Director, The Princes Charities;

Trustee, Sentebale, Lesotho

• “Article 25 have been wonderful: flexible, engaged, interested – adapting to local circumstances and driving ahead impressively a

project which is not merely technical but has a strong community and government component – making it politically and culturally

sensitive.” Rory Stewart, CEO Turquoise Mountain Foundation, Kabul

• “El-Shaddai Street Child Rescue is deeply moved by the commitment demonstrated by Article 25 in an effort to assist us make poverty

history. Article 25 has provided us with the latest innovative architectural design solutions that will house and educate hundreds of our

Street Children.” Anita Edgar and Matthew Kurian, co-founders / Directors, El Shaddai Street Child Rescue, Goa

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Introductory Presentation: to be presented by chapters to promote membership

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Poster Sample




Images

Below is a selection of images from our projects which you can use in promotional materials, and which are all included on the

enclosed CD in high resolution. Further images are always available from the office.


Child Counselling Centre, Lesotho

Child Counselling Centre, Lesotho_3

Child Counselling Centre, Lesotho_2

Community Workshop, Papua New Guinea

Community Workshop, Papua New Guinea_2 Earthquake Resistant Housing, Pakistan




Earthquake Resistant Housing, Pakistan_2 Devastation after the 2005 earthquake, Pakistan

Earthquake Resistant Housing, Pakistan_3



El Shaddai School, Goa_section El Shaddai School, Goa




Former pupil outside her destroyed school, Pétionville, Haiti © Wayne Rowe Photography

Destroyed school, Pétionville, Haiti_2 Destroyed school, Pétionville, Haiti

Destruction in Post-au-Prince, Haiti

Gola Forest Conservation Area_Headquarters, Sierra Leone Gola Forest Conservation Area_HQ model, Sierra Leone




Gola Forest Conservation Area_Materials studies, Sierra Leone Nkoranza Children's Home, Ghana

Nkoranza Children's Home, Ghana_2

Skills Training, Afghanistan

Article 25 Student Chapter logo Article 25 logo



Workshop Outlines

Two workshop outlines follow to help you establish a membership base.

Our suggestion is that each workshop be carried out within the first few weeks of each term in order to keep current members

engaged and attract new membership.

The workshops have been designed to need minimal amounts of administration.

Please feel free to adapt as you see fit! And remember that we have the Los Olivos project available for you to refer to both in

workshops and lectures.





Student Workshop 1: Spaghetti Bridges

You will need:

Spaghetti: an agreed amount per participant or group (e.g. 5

packets).

Bricks / boxes: something to build a bridge between.

2 per bridge.

Binding materials: glue / sellotape / water & buckets (?).

1 bottle / roll / bucket per participant or group.

Space: inside or outside, dependent on weather. Enough space

for all participants to move around comfortably and to be able to

address them as a group.

Weights: to test the bridges. Possible weights could be water

bottles filled to different volumes.

Camera: to record the fun before testing the bridges!

Refreshments...? Budget permitting offer the group some

refreshments at half time. This is an opportunity to exchange

ideas and foster healthy competition!

Prize...? a bottle of pasta sauce for the „best‟ bridge.

Duration:

Half a day, approx. 5 hours. 2 hours can be spent exploring the

material, 2 hours spent building the structure, 1 hour of presenting and

testing the bridges individually.

Size of group:

In pairs. Approx. 15 pairs maximum for the timeframe suggested.

Objective: This workshop is designed to explore a particular

material in detail to understand it‟s full strength and potential.

Using something that at first sight does not look like a building

material, and using a limited amount of it, is a constant

challenge faced by architects working in developing countries.

Variations:

This is your workshop, so feel free to amend any of the details

to make it most appropriate to your university members. Some

variations might include:

- In groups rather than pairs.

- Bigger group will need a longer timeframe and possibly a

larger space.

- Span of the bridge.

- Criteria for the „best‟ bridge.

- Material variation, e.g. rolled up newspapers, fish+chip

forks etc. Recommended to stick to one material so that

the objective remains the same.

Instructions:

1. Publicise: use posters and announcements to publicise the event in advance amongst the audience you want to attract.

2. Prepare: arrange to occupy a space, group the participants according to number of attendees, ensure enough people will be there to run

the event, write out a timeline or list for everyone running the event, gather the necessary materials.

3. Play: Gather the group at the agreed time and introduce:

- The Article 25 Student Chapter: what you believe and what message you want to spread

- The OBJECTIVE of the workshop: see the text box above

- The instructions: describe to the group what they need to do, the „rules‟ (NB. all bridges must cover the same span, suggested as

0.5m, and use the same amount of spaghetti, suggested 5 packets), the timeframes to do it in, and what will happen at the end.

Divide the participants into pairs or ask them to divide themselves, distribute the materials and start building!

4. Visit the pairs in turn and ask them to explain what they are doing. Answer any questions they may have and remind them how much

time they have. Take photographs of people working throughout.

5. If desired schedule a break after 2 hours – offer refreshments and remind the group they should start building the structure.

6. Visit the pairs in turn again and offer support over the next two hours.

7. Time‟s up! After 4 hours stop the clock and ask one person from each pair to highlight the 3 most important or creative features of their

bridge in turn. Take photographs of the results.

8. „Test‟ each bridge using weights. The „best‟ bridge will be the one which can take the most weight. Award the „prize‟.

9. Finally, remind everyone again of the OBJECTIVE of the workshop (see the text box above) and thank them for coming. You may want

to offer an opportunity to join the Chapter. And remember to ask everybody to help clean up!

10. Complete an Event Form and return it to Article 25 so we can see how it went.



Student Workshop 2: Cardboard City

You will need:

Boxes: an agreed amount per participant or group (e.g. 10 boxes

each, of equal sizes per group).

Binding: to stick boxes or parts of boxes together, e.g. gaffer tape.

Cutting: for doors and windows. Scissors or standing knives if

safe enough.

Interior decorating: marker pens to decorate the houses.

Space: inside or outside weather dependent. Enough space for all

participants to move around comfortably, build the houses, and to

be able to address them as a group.

‘Test’ Criteria: decide in advance how the „best‟ house will be

judged, e.g. score the amount of light, size, and decoration/detail.

Camera: to record the fun before judging the houses!

Refreshments...? Budget permitting, offer the group some

refreshments at half time. This is an opportunity to exchange ideas

and foster healthy competition!

Prize...? a doormat or plant for the „best‟ house.

Duration:

Half a day, approx. 5 hours. 2 hours can be spent exploring the material,

2 hours spent building the structure, 1 hour of presenting and testing the

houses individually.

Size of group:

In pairs. Approx. 15 pairs maximum for the timeframe suggested.

Objective: This workshop is designed to explore a particular

material in detail to understand its full strength and potential.

Using something that at first sight does not look like a building

material, and using a limited amount of it, is a constant

challenge faced by architects working in developing countries.

Variations:

This is your workshop, so feel free to amend any of the details

to make it most appropriate to your university members. Some

variations might include:

- In groups rather than pairs.

- Bigger group will need a longer timeframe and possibly a

larger space.

- Size of the „house‟

- Criteria for the „best‟ house.

- Material variation. Recommended to stick to one material

so that the objective remains the same.

Instructions:

1. Publicise: use posters and announcements to publicise the event in advance amongst the audience you want to attract.

2. Prepare: arrange to occupy a space, group the participants according to number of attendees, ensure enough people will be there to run

the event, write out a timeline or list for everyone running the event, gather the necessary materials.

3. Play: Gather the group at the agreed time and introduce:

- The Article 25 Student Chapter: what you believe and what message you want to spread

- The OBJECTIVE of the workshop: see the text box above

- The instructions: describe to the group what they need to do, the „rules‟ (e.g. you must be able to stand up in all houses, you must

include at least 1 door and 1 window, you must use all boxes), the timeframes to do it in, and what will happen at the end.

Divide the participants into pairs or ask them to divide themselves, distribute the materials and start building!

4. Visit the pairs in turn and ask them to explain what they are doing. Answer any questions they may have and remind them how much

time they have. Take photographs of people working throughout.

5. If desired schedule a break after 2 hours – offer refreshments and remind the group they should start building the structure.

6. Visit the pairs in turn again and offer support over the next two hours.

7. Time‟s up! After 4 hours stop the clock and ask one person from each pair to highlight the 3 most important or creative features of their

house in turn. Take photographs of the results.

8. „Test‟ each bridge using the criteria you have set. The „best‟ bridge will be the one which scores the highest. Award the „prize‟.

9. Finally, remind everyone again of the OBJECTIVE of the workshop (see the text box above) and thank them for coming. You may want

to offer an opportunity to join the Chapter. And remember to ask everybody to help clean up!

10. Complete an Event Form and return it to Article 25 so we can see how it went.


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Documents

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student chapter handbook

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chapters activities

student chapter initiative

chapter basics

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