community

Amani Africa is establishing a community in the town of Nyamata, Rwanda, creating an environment that will allow us to fulfill our underlying mission: to promote sustainable peace in a post-conflict society by training and educating vulnerable youth. Amani Africa has recognized that a holistic approach to reconciliation is vital. Amani Village will combine human rights, education, and economic empowerment to provide opportunities to vulnerable youth. All three of these components are absolutely essential if we wish to create sustainable peace in a region devastated by decades of violence and civil war. Amani Village will consist of: vocational training school, library and resource center for human rights and peace-building, a computer laboratory, “green” guesthouse and restaurant, playgrounds and sport fields for all of our sports teams, home for street children, health clinic, primary school, secondary school

Working with REACH and Bethania Kids, there are two sites we are exploring to accommodate the housing of orphanages in southern India. The 1st site which we will be exploring is about an acre, accommodating about 45 orphanages. We are viewing this site as a smaller scaled prototype site to apply onto the 2nd site, a larger site looking to accommodate 200+ orphanges with consideration to having a "handicapped friendly" building and a day care center. Both are exciting sites and since we picked this up recently in December, we are looking for members to participate in this project. The scope of work is to design both sites to accommodate the orphanes needs, establish a form of "branding", and fundraising opportunies.

Design services for a nursery school playground located in Hung Trach Commune. The project was developed to work with a small budget and develop solutions to create a safer play environment by referring US stringent safety code measures.

Working with NCCF (National Center for Children and Families - http://www.nccf-cares.org/), we are designing a Donate and Shop space that allows for donations to be channeled, organized and then placed for display for the individuals to shop as they please. The design is planned to go to a schematic level. During construction, we will be looking to see if members would be interested in helping out also.

Partnering with UNIFI (www.unifiinc.org), we look to design for the village of Umueze, Nigeria a safe and functional primary schoolhouse. The new building is to replace an existing schoolhouse that has become old and dilapidated, requiring a disproportionate amount of resources and maintenance. The schoolhouse is seen as the center of growth within the village. It is not only a place for children to learn, but a gathering place for the students to populate and create connections that strengthen the community as a whole.