Contrasts and challenges of Lagos, Africa’s largest city
Lagos, Africa’s largest and soon the world’s largest city, is a city of inequality that faces a multitude of challenges.
Build with Gambia Earth Architecture Workshop: Social architecture in practice at Kantora Arts Village
Build with Gambia Earth Architecture Workshop was a project at Kantora Arts Village aiming to create a positive social impact through architecture.
Abetenim Arts Village and the rammed earth schools of Ghana
Abetenim Arts Village is a vocational school project in rural Ghana that is promoting earth building techniques, in particular rammed earth.
Participatory design of WASH in schools with UNICEF Guinea-Bissau
In January 2019 I took part in an in-situ studio in Guinea-Bissau where we used participatory design to design inclusive sanitation facilities for schools.
The Nubian vault is transforming low-cost housing in West Africa
The Nubian Vault Association is improving housing conditions, fighting climate change and creating employment in West Africa by facilitating a market in earth brick vaults.
Innovative agriculture meets entrepreneurship at MyFarm
MyFarm is an educational demonstration farm that is improving livelihoods in The Gambia by promoting agricultural innovation and entrepreneurship.
Cultural workshops and tourism promote Gambian arts at Franco Inn
At Franco Inn Guesthouse young Gambian artists can earn an income and share their skills by giving cultural workshops to tourists and local youths.
Senegalese villages fight desertification and poverty by becoming ecovillages
Rural communities in Senegal are turning to permaculture and the global ecovillage movement in an effort to fight desertification while improving food security and quality of life.
Nature conservation and community service at Al Numeira Environmental Association
Al Numeira Environmental Association is a non-profit organization in Jordan that promotes nature and water conservation in a way that benefits both the environment and the members of the local community.
Self-sufficiency and tourism in the Wadi Rum Desert
Malakot Camp in the Wadi Rum Desert of Jordan shows how a combination of responsible tourism and traditional Bedouin knowledge can improve lives while keeping traditional cultures alive.