Programs: Architecture for Humanity
Facts
Announced:
December 2, 2010
Category:
Promoting Job Growth & Economic Opportunity
Grant Amount: $816,472
Disbursed to Date: $300,000
Grant Objective:
To support and expand the Haiti Rebuilding Center and enable Haitian enterprises to participate in reconstruction.
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Haitians receive training through the Rebuilding Center.
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Haitian architects practice on Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software at the Rebuilding Center.
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Volunteer architect teaches camp volunteers about safe and sustainable design.
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Volunteers work toward completing a new women's health clinic.
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Design rendering for a proposed school building in Port-au-Prince.
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund awarded a grant of $816,472 to Architecture for Humanity (AfH), a nonprofit design services firm that seeks to build a more sustainable future through the power of professional design.
Funds will help establish the AfH Haitian Rebuilding Center in Port-au-Prince, which will serve as a one-stop shop for professional design and construction services.
The grant will enable Haitian small and growing businesses to participate in post-earthquake reconstruction and ensure rebuilding incorporates better design and engineering. Smaller Haitian construction firms will benefit from the Center as they engage in the large-scale reconstruction projects currently underway.
These building projects will provide skills training to Haitian professionals, contributing to both short-term and long-term economic growth. With support from the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Architecture for Humanity will seek to put more than 5,000 Haitians back to work and to leave a lasting legacy for economic prosperity by evolving the Rebuilding Center into a local economic development agency after three to five years.
Why We Invested in Architecture for Humanity
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund's grant to Architecture for Humanity reflects our commitment to helping restart, expand, and create sustainable small and growing Haitian businesses — especially in the construction sector — that can leave a lasting legacy in Haiti.
Transforming Lives and Livelihoods
With support from the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Architecture for Humanity will seek to:
- Put more than 5,000 Haitians back to work.
- Benefit the lives of 30,000 people within three years by providing workforce training, consumer education, professional referrals, and serving as a clearinghouse for reconstruction bids.
- Leave a lasting legacy for economic prosperity by evolving the Rebuilding Center into a local economic development agency after three to five years.
About Architecture for Humanity
Architecture for Humanity is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit design services firm founded in 1999 which seeks to build a more sustainable future through the power of professional design. By tapping a network of more than 40,000 professionals willing to lend time and expertise to help those who would not otherwise be able to afford their services, they bring design, construction, and development services where they are most critically needed.
Each year 10,000 people directly benefit from structures designed by Architecture for Humanity, and their advocacy, training, and outreach programs impact an additional 50,000 people annually. They channel the resources of the global funding community to meaningful projects that make a difference locally. From conception to completion, Architects for Humanity manages all aspects of the design and construction process. Their clients include community groups, aid organizations, housing developers, government agencies, corporate divisions, and foundations.
