Project Name: Santo Nino Clinica Guadalupana

Project Type: (Choose one of the following)
6) architecture

Project Mission/Goal:
1) improve the human spirit
3) respond to our growing need for clean water, power, shelter, healthcare, education
4) address humanitarian crises

Please note: If you choose other, we will look closely to ensure it meets our mission. Please briefly explain why you feel it should be considered within the project description.)

Project Description:
With neurological disorders being an unusually high incidence in children born to border residents who work in the factories producing goods for the United States market and with no clinic in the Anapra neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez to serve low-income families there, World Hands Project worked to improve an existing concrete block and metal-roofed building; it was only usable in the mildest of weather. With two straw bale additions to the original structure much needed space was added for the massage and hydrotherapy treatments for the child patients. Structural systems include pallet truss roof, load-bearing straw bale walls, packed tire foundations and earthen plasters.

Links and Captions:
http://www.worldhandsproject.org

Project Details: (Please complete as applicable)
Location: Colonia Anapra, Ciudad Juarez, Chiuhuahua, Mexico
Concept/Lead Architect(s)/Designer(s): Alfred von Bachmayr
Project Architect(s): Dafyd Rawlings
Year (s): November 2005 - March 2006
Client: Sisters of Charity
User Client: children w/neurological disorders and their families of Colonia Anapra
Number of beneficiaries/users: 50+
Project Phase: completed
Major Funding: Sisters of Charity/Columban Order of the Catholic Church
Cost/Cost per unit: approx. $10-12 USD/s.f.
Area (if applicable): approx. 1500 s.f. added
Structural Engineers: n/a
Electrical/Mechanical Engineers: n/a
Contractor/Manufacturer: local people/families of patients + volunteers from the USA under guidance of World Hands Project facilitators
Additional Consultants:
Other:

Nominated by Dafyd Rawlings

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