Videos of a talk at the Royal Geographical Society, London, 25 May 2010; part of a series on 21st Century Challenges:Cameron Sinclair, co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, discusses the role of NGOs in post-disaster reconstruction, along with Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive of Oxfam GB, and Martin Bell, UNICEF Ambassador for Humanitarian Emergencies, and questions from members of the audience.
Architecture for Humanity is a nonprofit design firm founded in 1999 to provide sustainable architectural solutions to communities that are most in need and who would otherwise not be able to afford their services. In particular they specialise in designs for areas hit by natural or manmade disasters and those facing humanitarian crises, such as Haiti, Sri Lanka and even the USA, following Hurricane Katrina.
The organisation is supported by a network of more than 40,000 professionals who lend their time and expertise to create designs that can be replicated for free by communities around the world, democratising a sometimes elitist service.
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