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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#0000ff>Dear
Friends,</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#0000ff>On Saturday,
August 30th, at 7:30pm on CNN, Architecture for Humanity's </FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff>latest project, a full-fledged media center serving youth in slum
areas of Nairobi, Kenya, will be featured. For more see these
websites:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/">http://www.architectureforhumanity.org</A>
and</FONT><FONT color=#0000ff> <A
href="http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/node/1677">http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/node/1677</A></FONT></P>
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color=#0000ff></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#0000ff>And read more
below about the Open Architecture Contest, including the overall
winner: SIDAREC (Slums Information, Development, and Resource Centers), at
</FONT><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
/><o:p><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.sidarec.org/">http://www.sidarec.org</A>. <FONT
color=#0000ff>SIDAREC is an amazing nonprofit started by young people, and it is
young people who still manage the organization and are served by
it.</FONT></FONT></o:p></P>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT color=#0000ff>The
media center will help to transform many individual lives, the communities
in which SIDAREC operates, and also a city whose slums are among the worst in
the world. Please tune in Saturday and hear more about the outstanding work
being done by these organizations.</FONT></o:p></P>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT color=#0000ff>Thanks
and all best wishes, Janet (Feldman, KAIPPG International and ActALIVE, <A
href="mailto:kaippg@earthlink.net">kaippg@earthlink.net</A>) </FONT></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">CNN's Charles Hodson presents the
second Principal Voices program: "Principal Voices: Design for Good" at the
times below: <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><A
href="http://edition.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/principal.voices/design/">http://edition.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/principal.voices/design/</A></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Saturday, August 30 <FONT
color=#008000>(SIDAREC featured today)<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">0730 ET</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">1330 ET</P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Sunday, August 31<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">0330 ET</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">0930 ET</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">1430 ET</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Monday, September 1<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">0930 ET</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">1330 ET</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR>PRESS RELEASE<BR><BR>SIDAREC
SCOOPS THE 2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge: An ultra-modern technology
media lab and radio station to be constructed in Mukuru
Slums<BR><BR><BR>Organizational summary:<BR><BR>SIDAREC is an acronym that
stands for Slums Information Development and Resource Centres. This is a
community based organization operating in the slum areas of Mukuru and Majengo
in Nairobi, Kenya. SIDAREC was formed in 1996 as a youth group but later
developed and changed status to an NGO in 1997. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">It is instructive to note that
SIDAREC was founded by a group of youth who have managed it to date. The primary
<BR>target group for SIDAREC is children, youth, and women living in these
slums. SIDAREC pillars (programmes) include: Youth Reproductive Health and
Development, Early Childhood Development, Community Media and ICT, and
Livelihood.<BR><BR><BR>Vision:<BR><BR>Empowered slum community with easy access
to information and opportunities that enable them to lead a decent life on a
sustainable basis.<BR><BR>Mission:<BR><BR>To build the capacity of slum
communities through provision of quality services in the areas of Information,
Communication, and Technology, as well as advocacy and socio-economic
initiatives.<BR><BR><BR>Global Challenge:<BR><BR>SIDAREC submitted its bid
to the global challenge organized by Architecture For Humanity in 2006. There
were about 556 entries received from all over the world. The screening and
selection process was very competitive and time-consuming. On Tuesday June 3,
2008, Architecture for Humanity and AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced SIDAREC as the
winner of the 2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge during the World Economic
Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">AMD sponsored the 2007 challenge
through 50x15, a global initiative founded by AMD with the goal of enabling
affordable Internet access and computing capability for 50 percent of the
world's population by the year 2015.<BR><BR>The winners, including one overall
competition winner and two regional site winners, were determined by an
international review board of jurors comprised of architects, technologists, and
community members. SIDAREC was <BR>not only the Africa challenge winner but also
scooped the overall competition prize among three entries from Nepal
(construction of a health facility) and Ecuador (establishment of an indigenous
chocolate factory).<BR><BR>The site winner for SIDAREC is the Global Studio of
Seattle, WA, USA, which will construct a technology media lab. This Community
Media lab will include but is not limited to an internet centre, computer
training lab, day care, <BR>amphitheatre, elevated wide screen, and radio
station. With the construction of this media lab, the youth feel like
managers (who are also the pioneers), and they believe that it will become "the
next Silicon Valley," in the slum area of Mukuru.<BR><BR><BR>Benefit of Award to
SIDAREC:<BR></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>-</FONT>Build institutional capacity in terms of technology.<BR>-Generate
revenue from the hire of amphitheatre, hall, computer training which will be
ploughed back to social development activities.<BR>-Establish offices within the
facility as opposed to renting elsewhere and thus saving on this
cost.<BR><BR><BR>Benefits to be accrued by the community
members:<BR><BR>-Narrowing of the digital divide.<BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>-</FONT>Increased affordability and accessibility of technology in the
slum areas.<BR>-Improvements in the surrounding environment by building a
facility complete with a greening concept.<BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>-</FONT>Increased markets to local entrepreneurs through e-marketing and
advertising.<BR><BR><BR>About the Sponsors:<BR><BR>AMD<BR>Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is a leading global provider of innovative processing
solutions in the computing, graphics and consumer electronics markets. AMD is
dedicated to driving open innovation, choice and <BR>industry growth by
delivering superior customer-centric solutions that empower consumers and
businesses worldwide.<BR><BR>For more information, visit <A
href="http://www.amd.com/">http://www.amd.com</A><BR><BR></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The 50x15 Initiative, launched by
AMD in 2004 at the World Economic Forum, is a bold and far-reaching effort to
develop new technology and solutions to help enable affordable Internet access
and computing capability for 50 <BR>percent of the world's population by the
year 2015. More than just goodwill, 50x15 is about fostering long-term economic
progress and investment within high-growth markets in ways that benefit a wide
range of people and businesses. For more information, visit <A
href="">http://www.50x15.com</A><BR><BR><BR>Architecture for
Humanity:<BR>Architecture for Humanity is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization
that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and provides
professional design services to communities in need. For more information,
please visit <BR><A
href="">http://www.architectureforhumanity.org</A><BR><BR><BR>Open Architecture
Challenge:<BR><BR>Each year, Architecture for Humanity hosts a global design
challenge on the Open Architecture Network to harness the creativity and energy
of the design community to address a different systemic issue facing those
living in underserved communities. By reaching beyond the traditional bounds of
architecture, the open design competition challenges architects, designers and
others to solve inequities in the built environment affecting the health,
prosperity and well-being of under-served
communities.<BR><BR>Contacts:<BR><BR>Lucy Mathai, Executive Director<BR>Slums
Information Development & Resource Centres (SIDAREC)<BR>P.O. Box 9687
00300<BR>Nairobi, Kenya<BR>Tel: +254 020 246961 / 247356<BR><BR>Email: <A
href="">info@sidarec.or.ke</A>, <A
href="">lucy@sidarec.or.ke</A><BR><BR><BR>Laura Galloway<BR>Galloway Media
Group<BR>Tel: (212) 260-3708<BR>Email: <A
href="mailto:laura@gallowaymediagroup.com">laura@gallowaymediagroup.com</A><BR><BR></P></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Travis Bullard<BR>AMD Public Relations
Executive<BR>Tel: (512) 602-5667<BR>Email: <A
href="">travis.bullard@amd.com</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>