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The JI team of volunteer Architects, Engineers, Designers, Students and passionate humanitarians are currently working on the following projects around the world. Submit an application and join our team today!
UGANDA: Eco-Industrial Park
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.journeymaninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_5948.jpg" alt="UGANDA: Eco-Industrial Park"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>UGANDA: Eco-Industrial Park</h3> <h5 class="p1">Project Details</h5> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><b>Humanitarian Partner:</b><a href="http://www.empoweringvillages.org"> Empowering Villages</a></span></li> <li class="li3"><b>Sponsor(s): </b><a href="http://mithun.com/">Mithun</a></li> <li class="li3"><b>Location:</b> Uganda</li> <li class="li3"><b>Designer(s): </b>Emma Petersen and Jodie Buchholz</li> <li class="li3"><b>Status: </b>Design Pending</li> </ul> <p class="p7">Architecture student Emma and engineering student Jodie are designing an industrial park in rural Uganda that will act as an eco-hub for sustainable community development alongside local entrepreneurs. It will act as a facility to incubate small businesses and grow the local economy, provide jobs, and increase livelihood in a place that has limited access to infrastructure and services.</p> </div>
ZIMBABWE: Agricultural Homesteads
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.journeymaninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lib5-scaled.jpg" alt="ZIMBABWE: Agricultural Homesteads"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>ZIMBABWE: Agricultural Homesteads</h3> <h5 class="p1">Project Details</h5> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><b>Humanitarian Partner: </b><a href="http://www.foundationsforfarming.org">Foundations for Farming</a></span></li> <li class="li3"><b>Sponsor(s): </b>PBK and KPFF</li> <li class="li3"><b>Location:</b> Zimbabwe</li> <li class="li3"><b>Designer(s): </b>Hannah Oitzman and Robert Garland</li> <li class="li3"><b>Status: </b>Design Pending</li> </ul> <p class="p7">Architecture student Hannah and engineering student Robert are collaborating to design community spaces and housing that caters to local farmers in rural Zimbabwe. Connected to a future solar power plant, this center employs renewable energy and permacultural strategies to encourage more sustainable living for underprivileged people groups.</p> </div>
RWANDA: Sustainable Eco-Lodge
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.journeymaninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1744-scaled.jpg" alt="RWANDA: Sustainable Eco-Lodge"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>RWANDA: Sustainable Eco-Lodge</h3> <h5 class="p1">Project Details</h5> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><b>Humanitarian Partner: </b><a href="http://www.empoweringvillages.org">Empowering Villages</a></span></li> <li class="li3"><b>Sponsor(s): </b>Available</li> <li class="li3"><b>Location:</b> Rwanda</li> <li class="li3"><b>Designer(s): </b>Ernest Mushimiyimana</li> <li class="li3"><b>Status: </b>Design Pending</li> </ul> <p class="p7"><span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Foundation shall become a forum for bringing people and countries together to solve\nproblems, share ideas and develop strategies for cultural, scientific and economic development, thereby contributing to peace and prosperity in Nepal and the world.Under the dynamic leadership of Giraja Parsad Koiral,( late ministerial of Nepal), Nepal able to end autocratic system and established democracy through popular peoples' movement of 2007.However, we have still facing several challenge for peace building and development. Therefore GP Foundation want to build an institute for promoting peace and development. Foundation will provide opportunity for local leaders, social activist, journalists, women for training, research and study. For this, project currently we have strong team, land and resources. we want to build a role-model centre."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":13117,"3":{"1":0},"5":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"6":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"7":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"8":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"11":4,"12":0,"15":"Arial","16":9}">University of Rwanda architecture student Ernest is designing an eco-lodge that serves the community of Sunzu Village by providing jobs and bringing in tourism that teaches cultural and environmental values. This lodge will be constructed entirely of local materials and methods across the road from the JI-designed Sunzu Library and Multipurpose Center.</span></p> </div>
RWANDA: Library
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.journeymaninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1807-scaled.jpg" alt="RWANDA: Library"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>RWANDA: Library</h3> <h5 class="p1">Project Details</h5> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><b>Humanitarian Partner: </b>Empowering Villages</span></li> <li class="li3"><b>Sponsor(s): </b>Available</li> <li class="li3"><b>Location:</b> Rwanda</li> <li class="li3"><b>Designer(s): </b>Joselyne Uwineza</li> <li class="li3"><b>Status: </b>Design Pending</li> </ul> <p class="p7"><span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Foundation shall become a forum for bringing people and countries together to solve\nproblems, share ideas and develop strategies for cultural, scientific and economic development, thereby contributing to peace and prosperity in Nepal and the world.Under the dynamic leadership of Giraja Parsad Koiral,( late ministerial of Nepal), Nepal able to end autocratic system and established democracy through popular peoples' movement of 2007.However, we have still facing several challenge for peace building and development. Therefore GP Foundation want to build an institute for promoting peace and development. Foundation will provide opportunity for local leaders, social activist, journalists, women for training, research and study. For this, project currently we have strong team, land and resources. we want to build a role-model centre."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":13117,"3":{"1":0},"5":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"6":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"7":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"8":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"11":4,"12":0,"15":"Arial","16":9}">University of Rwanda architecture student Joselyne is designing a library that employs water collection and storage features to serve a poor community in the remote Eastern Province that often faces drought and lack of access to clean water. In partnership with local NGOs Empowering Villages and Hope Assistance Foundation, Joselyne’s library design will provide a space for kids and adults to enjoy the resources provided to them by various donors.</span></p> </div>
NEPAL: Peace-Building Center
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.journeymaninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_20190808_123253-scaled.jpg" alt="NEPAL: Peace-Building Center"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>NEPAL: Peace-Building Center</h3> <h5 class="p1">Project Details</h5> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><b>Humanitarian Partner: </b>GP Koirala Foundation</span></li> <li class="li3"><b>Sponsor(s): </b>Available</li> <li class="li3"><b>Location:</b> Nepal</li> <li class="li3"><b>Designer(s): </b>Bhavesh Wadhwani</li> <li class="li3"><b>Status: </b>Design Pending</li> </ul> <p class="p7"><span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Foundation shall become a forum for bringing people and countries together to solve\nproblems, share ideas and develop strategies for cultural, scientific and economic development, thereby contributing to peace and prosperity in Nepal and the world.Under the dynamic leadership of Giraja Parsad Koiral,( late ministerial of Nepal), Nepal able to end autocratic system and established democracy through popular peoples' movement of 2007.However, we have still facing several challenge for peace building and development. Therefore GP Foundation want to build an institute for promoting peace and development. Foundation will provide opportunity for local leaders, social activist, journalists, women for training, research and study. For this, project currently we have strong team, land and resources. we want to build a role-model centre."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":13117,"3":{"1":0},"5":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"6":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"7":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"8":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"11":4,"12":0,"15":"Arial","16":9}">GP Foundation wants to build an institute for promoting peace in Nepal, in support of the local government’s reconciliation and development initiatives. Their new facility, being designed by Bhavesh, a volunteer architect from India, will provide opportunities for local leaders, social activists, journalists, and women to hold trainings, research and studies. This project will be a role model for community togetherness and a celebration of local culture in Nepal.</span></p> </div>
RWANDA: Recreational Community Center
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.journeymaninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/moneyshot-kpi.jpg" alt="RWANDA: Recreational Community Center"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>RWANDA: Recreational Community Center</h3> <h5 class="p1">Project Details</h5> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><b>Humanitarian Partner: </b><a href="http://kidsplayintl.org/">Kids Play International</a></span></li> <li class="li3"><b>Sponsor(s): </b>Available</li> <li class="li3"><b>Location:</b> Rwanda</li> <li class="li3"><b>Designer(s): </b>Nicole Thompson</li> <li class="li3"><b>Status: </b>Design Pending</li> </ul> <p class="p7">Nonprofit Kids Play International has been working in Rwanda since 2012, running holistic community development programs through sports and team-building in a rural area of the country. They plan to construct an indoor recreational facility that will allow athletes to participate in games and hold large scale community events in a sheltered space. Longtime JI alumni, Nicole, has volunteered to design this space for KPI using local materials and construction methods, to serve locals who take part in its programs.</p> </div>
HONDURAS: Volunteer Housing
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.journeymaninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_2612-scaled.jpg" alt="HONDURAS: Volunteer Housing"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>HONDURAS: Volunteer Housing</h3> <h5 class="p1">Project Details</h5> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><b>Humanitarian Partner: </b>Community Health Partnership</span></li> <li class="li3"><b>Sponsor(s): </b>Available</li> <li class="li3"><b>Location:</b> Honduras</li> <li class="li3"><b>Designer(s): </b>Amanda Sengstacken</li> <li class="li3"><b>Status: </b>Design Pending</li> </ul> <p class="p7"><span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"CHP-Honduras was created to facilitate a more collaborative and community-based model of health care delivery with an arc of sustainability. CHP-Honduras works side-by-side with the regional health care promoters, doctors and dentists and elected community volunteers. We are integrated with local and regional health services with additional support from the municipalities.Our goal is to build a simple house to house up to 27 volunteers involved in medical and dental brigades that service the region three times a year. With 7 bedrooms, a kitchen, dining area and bathrooms, CHPH hopes not only to house its own volunteers and those of other NGOs, but also to offer the space gratis for local community events, such as town meetings, wedding receptions and conferences. As mentioned earlier, our dream is a 14X21 m2 two story house. Here is a proposed description: First/Ground floor (no basement)"}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":13117,"3":{"1":0},"5":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"6":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"7":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"8":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":[null,2,0]},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":1}]},"11":4,"12":0,"15":"Arial","16":9}">CHP-Honduras works side-by-side with the regional health care promoters, doctors and dentists and elected community volunteers. This project aims to build a simple house for up to 27 volunteers involved in medical and dental brigades that service the region three times a year. Volunteer designer Amanda has been tasked to create a space that will not only house volunteers, but also be a place for local community events, such as town meetings, wedding receptions and conferences.</span></p> </div>
MALAWI: Orphan School Teacher’s Housing
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.journeymaninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_6476.jpg" alt="MALAWI: Orphan School Teacher’s Housing"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>MALAWI: Orphan School Teacher’s Housing</h3> <h5 class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Project Details</span></h5> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="s1"><b>Humanitarian Partner: </b><a href="http://malawichildrensvillage.org/">Malawi Children’s Village</a></span></span></li> <li class="li3"><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Sponsor(s): </b>Available</span></li> <li class="li3"><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Location:</b> Mangochi, Malawi</span></li> <li class="li3"><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Designer(s): </b>Maggie Smith</span></li> <li class="li3"><b>Status: </b>Design Pending</li> </ul> <p class="p7">The Malawi Children’s Village provides high quality education to orphan youth in a rural region of the country, but the schoolteachers are currently forced to commute a long distance to get to the work they are so passionate about. JI Volunteer Maggie is designing innovative and eco-friendly duplex housing blocks out of local materials just across the street from the existing school to allow staff easy access to the school while still retaining necessary privacy. The local team is already constructing the first duplex on a fast-track schedule!</p> </div>
UGANDA: School Master Plan
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.journeymaninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/DWuganda-01.png" alt="UGANDA: School Master Plan"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>UGANDA: School Master Plan</h3> <h5 class="p1">Project Details</h5> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s1"><b>Humanitarian Partner: </b><a href="http://acct6.wixsite.com/rmichildren">Rescue Mission International</a></span></li> <li class="li3"><b>Sponsor(s): </b>Zero Energy Design</li> <li class="li3"><b>Location:</b> Uganda</li> <li class="li3"><b>Designer(s): </b>Ben Uyeda</li> <li class="li3"><b>Status: </b>Design Pending</li> </ul> <p class="p7">Professional firm Zero Energy Design, through architect Ben Uyeda, is volunteering its expertise to design a school master plan for the orphaned and abandoned children to learn and be empowered at all levels of education. This preschool, primary, and secondary school complex hopes to provide space for life change and growth for those who need it in Uganda.</p> </div>
UGANDA: School
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.journeymaninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/unnamed-file.c.jpg" alt="UGANDA: School"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>UGANDA: School</h3> <h5 class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Project Details</span></h5> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="s1"><b>Humanitarian Partner: </b>Educational Support and Health Organization (ESHO)</span></span></li> <li class="li3"><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Sponsor(s): </b>Available</span></li> <li class="li3"><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Location:</b> Uganda</span></li> <li class="li3"><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Designer(s): </b>Claudia Marun</span></li> <li class="li3"><b>Status: </b>Design Pending</li> </ul> <p class="p7">Claudia is a Brazilian Architect who lives in Switzerland, and is dedicating her time and talent to designing a school for impoverished children in Uganda.</p> </div>
RWANDA: Rubagabaga Community Center and Industrial Park
<div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-preview"> <img src="https://www.journeymaninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/andrew.png" alt="RWANDA: Rubagabaga Community Center and Industrial Park"> </div> <div class="w-portfolio-item-details-content-text"> <h3>RWANDA: Rubagabaga Community Center and Industrial Park</h3> <h5 class="p1"><span style="color: #000000;">Project Details</span></h5> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="s1"><b>Humanitarian Partner: </b><a href="https://www.empoweringvillages.org/">Empowering Villages</a></span></span></li> <li class="li3"><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Sponsor(s): </b>Available</span></li> <li class="li3"><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Location:</b> Rwanda</span></li> <li class="li3"><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Designer(s): </b>Andrew Goodwin</span></li> <li class="li3"><b>Status: </b>Design Pending</li> </ul> <p class="p7">Andrew is a professional architect, university lecturer, and active member of the JI team. He was the designer of the award-winning JI library in Rwanda. He has teamed up with JI Africa director Carly to design an industrial business incubator next to a hydropower plant in rural Rwanda.</p> <p class="p7"> </div>
