Cameron sez,
The non-profit Architecture for Humanity and Lulan Artisans are vying for $1.5M worth of funding to build weaving cooperatives in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and India. These centers will be designed through the Open Architecture Network with the Creative Commons Developing Nations License.These funds will allow 6000 women access to a stable income and create an alternative to the human trafficking going on in many of these rural villages.
Voting for the AmEx Members Prize is on September 1st and the top 25 go through. This project is currently in 27th place out of 1190.
Vote for Architecture for Humanity and Lulan at Amex Members Project
(Thanks, Cameron!)