IADDIC Shelters offers
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solutions for disaster
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        Foldable Disaster Shelters
Erects like a tent but acts like a shelter. The DR1 from IADDIC
             Rigid Class Shelters
Rigid shelter acts like a HOME. The SR1 from IADDIC.
Did you know that 1.4 billion people in the world this year will go to sleep each night without adequate shelter ? Whether due to a natural disaster (such as earthquake, hurricanes, typhoon or tsunami) or economic tragedy (the kind that produces a slum village, shanty town, favela or other kind of slum), hundreds of millions of people throughout the world do not have adequate shelter.

If you’re like us, you probably thought when you first heard that statistic “somebody should do something.” We’re that somebody (or at least one of them).

At IADDIC Shelters, our goal is to build shelters for the “houseless” people of the world. But we don’t build just any kind of shelter. We build instant shelter units that are better than mere temporary housing. Depending on the configuration options, these portable emergency shelter units ARE NOT just temporary buildings, they’re  housing.

We believe our innovative technology and low cost will allow us to build our shelter structures for 500 million of these “houseless” people. The clock is ticking… and we’re already at work solving the problem.
 
Foldable Disaster Relief Solutions
A crucial component of disaster recovery is the relief of the shelter problem. Our disaster relief shelter units are lightweight, compact, durable – and inexpensive. These structures are at the leading edge of portable shelter technology today and offer prefabricated building type shelter at tent shelter type costs. This is the next generation of emergency housing.
Rigid Class Shelter
A big part of the global poverty problem is the lack of suitable urban housing and shelter. If you look at any slum village, shanty town, favela or other kind of slum the heartbreaking need for adequate shelter structures for people is clearly evident.
 
 
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UN's Ban to urge Myanmar leader to free prisoners

Source: Reuters * Plans to ask top general for permission to meet Suu Kyi * Trial of Suu Kyi is expected to resume on Friday By Louis Charbonneau SINGAPORE, July 3 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki- ...


Zimbabwe economy shows early signs of recovery-IMF

Source: Reuters * IMF says signs of an early recovery in Zimbabwe * No IMF aid until Zimbabwe clears arrears * IMF urges changes in transparency of central bank (Adds details on arrears, statement by IMF ...


Washington to give antiviral drugs to WHO

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Thursday it will give 420,000 treatment courses of Tamiflu to the Pan-American Health Organization to help fight the new H1N1 influenza virus ...


Behind the wall: Inside Baghdad's Sadr City, by David Enders, The Virgina Qu...

Source: Pulitzer center Baghdadis have a love-hate relationship with the neighborhood, but the fact is that the majority of people in Iraq’s capital live in areas like Sadr City; more than four million are crowded into impoverished slums.


In the heart of the narco-state, Marco Vernaschi, El Pais

Source: Pulitzer center Important drug cartels made Guinea Bissau their own territory and operative base to smuggle drug to Europe. An journalist from El Pais visited this wild region.


"The ghost schools of Pakistan," by Sarah Stuteville for the GlobalPost

Source: Pulitzer center KARACHI â€" Despite ankle deep garbage, charcoal-scribbled graffiti of machine guns and the scorched remains of squatters’ fires, the dusty green chalkboard still reads “December 2, 2006,” the last day that classes were held in the primary school wing of Mirza Adam Khan, a government-run compound of schools in the poor and violence plagued Karachi neighborhood of Lyari.


Nobel winner seeks UN human rights envoy for Iran

Source: Reuters By Daniel Bases UNITED NATIONS, July 2 (Reuters) - Iranian Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shirin Ebadi called on U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Thursday to appoint a personal envoy to ...


Afghan roadside bomb kills senior British commander

Source: Reuters * Blast kills senior British officer in southern province * Army chief says death is "devastating blow" By Peter Griffiths LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - One of the most senior British ...


New flu may not spread like regular flu -studies

Source: Reuters * New virus has not quite mutated to human form * Additional changes could worsen spread By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - The new H1N1 influenza strain may ...


REFILE-Brazil wants C02 cuts based on historic emissions

Source: Reuters (Refiles to add bullet points) * Brazil says rich nations must make up for past emissions * Says developed nations should lead in setting targets * Amazon forest credits unlikely with current ...


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Jackson's former wife 'undecided'
The late Michael Jackson's ex-wife is undecided over whether to fight for custody of their two children, her lawyer says.
OAS will not bargain with de facto government in Honduras
The General Secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, will not bargain with the de facto government in Honduras, he will instead notify the international rejection to the coup d"ιtat and he will give an ultimatum for the reestablishment of the constitutional order on the Central American nation.
Child killed, four wounded in Gaza blast
GAZA CITY - Hamas security officials say an Israeli tank shell has exploded in a Gaza village, killing a 3-year-old girl and wounding four other people. The Israeli military said soldiers came under fire from Palestinian militants...
American soldier feared captured in Afghanistan
An American soldier, who disappeared after walking off his base in eastern Afghanistan with three Afghan counterparts, is believed captured, officials said Thursday. Spokeswoman Capt. Elizabeth Mathias said the soldier disappeared Tuesday. "We understand him to be have been captured by militant forces.
Air France flight fell 'vertically into the ocean'
The chances of finding the flight recorders are falling as the signals they emit fade. Without them, the full causes of the tragic accident may never be known. The French air accident investigation agency, the BEA, presented its preliminary report to journalists at its headquarters in Le Bourget, outside Paris this afternoon.
Commander among Afghanistan victims
Updated on 02 July 2009 Source PA News The most senior British officer to be killed in action in Afghanistan was one of the two latest casualties in the country, the Ministry of Defence has said. Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, and Trooper....
UK faces swine flu upsurge
Britain's health secretary has warned the country could soon face more than 100,000 daily cases of swine flu.
North Korea Launches Short-Range Missiles
President Obama says US trying to keep a 'door open' for North Korea, but adds there could be more sanctions in store for North Korea for its May nuclear test
Federal judge acquits Missouri woman charged with computer fraud
LOS ANGELES, July 2 (Xinhua) -- A federal judge in Los Angeles tentatively decided on Thursday to acquit a Missouri woman who had been convicted of computer fraud charges stemming from an Internet hoax that prompted a teenage girl to commit suicide. The decision reversed a jury's verdicts which convicted the woman of computer fraud charges.
Jet crash survivor returns home
A 12-year-old girl who survived a Yemeni airliner crash by clinging to wreckage in the Indian Ocean has arrived in Paris for an emotional reunion with her father.
Obama: Putin Has 'One Foot in Old Ways'
Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over. On next week's trip, Obama will meet not only with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev....
Biden on surprise trip to Iraq
BAGHDAD: US Vice President Joe Biden flew in to Baghdad on Thursday on a surprise visit just two days after a long-planned pullback of American troops from conflict-hit Iraq's towns and cities.
Wife of S.C. Gov. Sanford says she may forgive affair
The wife of embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford called his affair with an Argentine woman "inexcusable" but said Thursday ...
Serena, Venus in 4th Wimbledon showdown
Serena and Venus Williams will meet in the Wimbledon final for the fourth time after a rollercoaster Thursday comprising epic drama and a farcical no-contest.
Cong decision invites allies' anger
NEW DELHI: The DMK and the Trinamool Congress ? two constituents of the Manmohan Singh government ? on Thursday joined the Opposition in attacking the Centre for its decision to hike prices of petrol and diesel. The DMK, which was particularly scathing in its criticism of the Centre, said there was....
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RWANDA: Sugar daddies and mummies have bitter consequences
KIGALI, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - A new HIV prevention campaign in Rwanda – "Sinigurisha" (I am not for sale) – warns against cross-generational sex involving both older men and older women.
MOZAMBIQUE: Who's who when disaster strikes
JOHANNESBURG, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - It's not a matter of 'if' but 'when and where' a flood, cyclone, drought or wild fire will strike in Mozambique, so it pays to know who's who in the disaster management and preparedness arena.
ZIMBABWE: Global Fund moves to safeguard money
HARARE, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - Government officials in Zimbabwe are unhappy about a decision by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to ditch the National AIDS Council (NAC) as the principal recipient of its existing and future grants and to instead channel funds through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
EAST AFRICA/HORN: Preparedness gaps evident as first flu cases diagnosed
NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA/KAMPALA, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - Although some countries within East Africa and the Horn region have scaled up their influenza A(H1N1) contingency plans, overall pandemic preparedness remains "relatively inactive", a UN agency has said, as the first cases were reported in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
NEPAL: Heartache for wives of Bhutanese refugees
DAMAK, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - More than a thousand Nepalese women married to Bhutanese refugees fear they may be left out of the third country resettlement programme and end up separated from their families.
AFGHANISTAN: Italian NGO faces funding crunch
KABUL, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - An Italian NGO called Emergency, which runs three hospitals and 28 healthcare centres for war victims in Afghanistan, is planning to cut back its activities due to shrinking funds.
AFRICA: Funding boost for local think tanks
DAKAR, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - Under a new initiative international donors are backing Africa-based policy research to improve local decision-making on complex global issues with potentially enormous humanitarian consequences like food security and climate change.
ISRAEL: Refugees, asylum-seekers and protection - analysis
TEL AVIV, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - The Israeli Interior Ministry is taking over the process of Refugee Status Determination (RSD) from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on 2 July. Some 15,000 mainly African asylum-seekers in Israel have put the regulatory, security and welfare response under strain, according to the Interior Ministry and UNHCR.
OPT: Gaza-Egypt crossing to open three days a month
GAZA CITY, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border opened briefly on 25, 26 and 27 June allowing Gaza patients in need of emergency care, students, and foreign visa holders to exit.
NIGER: Timeline of constitution controversy
DAKAR, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - Calls to change Niger's constitution to allow President Mamadou Tandja to stay in office have been met with protests from parts of Niger's civil society, a negative ruling from the country's highest court and a regional sanctions threat. Against the backdrop of the onset of the rainy season - and attendant concerns of heightened flooding and malnutrition - preparation continues to hold a constitutional referendum on 4 August. Below is a timeline of events that may affect Niger's governance, regional trade and aid.
NIGER: Mixed views on constitution controversy
NIAMEY, 1 July 2009 (IRIN) - Responses were mixed in Niger to union leaders' call for a 24-hour work stoppage on 1 July to protest a planned constitutional referendum to allow President Mamadou Tandja to remain in power.
NIGER: Constitution standoff prompts donor warnings
NIAMEY, 1 July 2009 (IRIN) - Amid mounting international opposition to a proposed referendum for President Mamadou Tandja to stay in power, the European Commission – one of Niger's largest donors – has warned of aid cuts if leaders do not respect constitutional order.
AFRICA: Helping small farmers feed a continent
DAKAR, 1 July 2009 (IRIN) - As an African Union summit on agricultural investments opens in Libya, donors and non-profits are calling participants' attention to the role smallholder farmers – mostly women – can have in feeding their communities.
AFRICA: River blindness drug trial launched
DAKAR, 1 July 2009 (IRIN) - Researchers are launching a clinical trial with 1,500 people infected with onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Liberia, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo to test a remedy that could help stop transmission, according to drug manufacturer Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and the World Health Organization (WHO).
ZIMBABWE: No winds of change at the Grain Marketing Board
HARARE, 1 July 2009 (IRIN) - The Zimbabwean government has announced new measures to boost local cereal purchases through its crisis-ridden Grain Marketing Board (GMB), but farmers are not convinced the plan will work.
 
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