Construction Techniques and Trainings
A&D and PRAXIS is reconstructing more than 90 houses, in mainly 2 sites. Mason training programmes on construction techniques being (…)
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Archives from 2004 Indian Post-Tsunami Reconstruction for Development Campaign Programme
Architecture and Development initiates a project of reconstruction in the state of Tamil Nadu, which aims at taking into account the situation of communities before the tsunami, to rehablitate them. It concentrates in particular with that section of affected population which are not acknowledged as beneficiaries by government authorities and that are therefore excluded from the aid provided by the government or other NGos.
Housing in Arunthangavilai
Architecture and Development initiates a project of reconstruction in the region of Kanyakumari, in the village...
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Housing in Rajakamangalamthurai
A&D and its partner PRAXIS are involved in rehabilitating 70 affected families that have been neglected by the government (…)
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Housing in Veerapagupathi
Architecture and Development offers a program of support to reconstruction efforts in the region of Kanyakumari affected by the tsunami (…)
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Micro Projects
Forty participative micro- projects of development are envisaged over the two years of our intervention. The projects will deal with (…)
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Post Tsunami Response Integrated Project
A partnership has been set up with Politecnico di Torino for a project that envisages the realization of a community centre, water (…)
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Resource and Information Centres
It integrates various elements of the built environment : the access to the land, appropriate architecture, environmental and ecological (…)
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Technical Support for Capacity Building
Set up a team of experts who are mobile to lead workshops and hands-on trainings for local people involved in construction (e.g. masons) (…)
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Village Knowledge Center (VKC)
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Theatre Workshop
Equipped with a connected computer, newspapers, information materials and books, the VKCs are the local access and dissemination points for the RDC.
First PRA for the start of the microprojects in Karaikal district
Kottucherrymedu, Kilinjalmedu and Karaikalmedu are the three villages in this region which DA has intervened for building 3 housing colonies.
Interview of a beneficiary : Muttu
In Rajakamangalamthurai the majority of the land where the inhabitants live in the centre of the village belong to the Catholic parish ; its occupants cannot thus obtain document of title.
An extended home
In Arunthanganvillai each home has been built in a special way- it was agreed right from the beginning to build in situ context, to take into consideration the size of the plots of the beneficiaries, and not to cut (…)
Two houses around a courtyard
Some beneficiaries had fields in the centre of the village of Arunthangavillai where they had dilapidated shacks made of coconut tree leaves or makeshift houses. For constructing their new homes, it was sometimes (…)
Situation of the construction site in Arunthangavillai on November 22nd, 2006
The construction in Arunthangavillai has reached the final stages but this final stage is without doubt the longest !
The situation in Arunthanganvillai on October 12th 2006
The situation of the construction site in Arunthanganvillai on October 12th 2006
Interview of a beneficiary in Rajakamangalamthurai
The beneficiary’s participation to the design of their houses.
Situation of the construction site in Rajakamangalamthurai on November 2nd, 2006
Situation of the construction site in Rajakamangalamthurai on November 2nd, 2006
Situation of the construction site in Arunthangavilai on November 2nd, 2006
Situation of the construction site in Arunthangavilai on November 2nd, 2006
Fishing in Troubled Waters- Booklet Produced
A DocPost special on the livelihood issues of the traditional fishing communities has been published. It contains a collection of articles and reports needed by activists and communities, organised and pieced (…)