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- EIN 20-5231643
- (212) 886-2267
- 1205 Atlantic Ave Unit 160009 Brooklyn NY 11216-8600 USA
- www.archiveglobal.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Health, Public Health
Mission: Archive (architecture for health in vulnerable environments) works at the intersection of architecture, housing and public health, delvering housing design strategies to combat disease around the world. Our core belief is that a person's health should not be negatively impacted by their housing environment. Instead, we view healthy housing as a basic human right, playing a critical role in preventing disease and thereby improving socio-economic outcomes in poor and vulnerable households, including:improved school attendance, academic performance and human capital development; increased home-value and access to credit; improved income-generation and economic opportunity; an escape from persistent cyclic poverty.
Programs: Building malaria prevention presents innovative preventative strategy for malaria reduction in sub-saharan africa. In the village of minkoameyos in cameroon, malaria is a year-round threat. The local malaria burden is exacerbated by (i) substandard housing construction that allows easy insect-entry and (ii) the development of drug resistance to both medication and insecticide. Working in a socio-economically vulnerable community, where households often cannot afford the high cost of malaria treatment, archive has led the effort to screen 260 homes, thereby reducing mosquito entry by up to 80%, and has engaged over 1,144 individuals in malaria-prevention workshops, impacting more than 1,690 people in total.
namibia technical support to clinton health access initiative vector control program provided technical consultancy services to combat vector-borne illnesses in north namibia. Archive traveled to the country twice and trained technicians, community health workers and local leaders. Additionally, the organization designed technical manuals and tot manuals.
health from the ground up is a flooring project in savar, bangladesh that directly reduces parasitic disease among households with small children. Children under 5 carry a large portion of the disease burden as they are most likely to come in contact with contaminants found in dirt floors within the home. Through the design and construction of impermeable flooring systems, archive has achieved a reduction in rates of parasitic infections and diarrheal disease, resulting in reduced anemia and malnutrition in children, lower domestic burden for women and increased home value and reduced healthcare costs for households. With the success of its pilot project, archive also launched high fives, a crowd-funding campaign working to raise $250k to install improved flooring systems in 500 homes in bangladesh.
in 2016, archive worked to obtain various grants for work in asia and africa. Resources were allocated towards international flights, meetings, and other expenses.