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World Habitat Day 2011

The World Habitat Awards were presented on Monday 3rd October at the UN-HABITAT global observance of World Habitat Day in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Winning projects

The two recipients of this year's World Habitat Award are:

Community Programme for Neighbourhood Improvement, MEXICO
A community initiated neighbourhood improvement programme using a participatory approach to improving public spaces in informal settlements and low-income neighbourhoods ... more
Housing for Health Programme, AUSTRALIA
Improving the health of Indigenous Australians by ensuring access to safe and well functioning homes and an improved living environment ... more

World Habitat Day

The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October every year as World Habitat Day to reflect on the state of human settlements and the basic right to adequate shelter for all. The theme of this year’s World Habitat Day was ‘Cities and Climate Change'. To find out more about this year's celebrations, please click here.

World Habitat Day 2011 also marks twenty-five years since the presentation of the first World Habitat Awards in 1986. To mark this occasion, BSHF has produced a commemorative publication celebrating the inspiring work carried out by all the winners and finalists over the years ... more

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