life box container- an overview
A Global problem
All over the world, millions of people suffer from diseases related to malnutrition and lack of access to/unclean water. On top of that, most of these communities do not have access to proper health care, if any. Infant mortality rates are skyrocketing, HIV/AIDS run rampant in many communities, and illnesses that could be prevented by a simple vaccine continue to cause deaths. For millions of children in these communities, going to school is something they only dream about. Men and women go their whole lives without any formal job training or education. The community has no hope of better things to come but instead focuses solely on survival.
From any port in the world, you will see an abundance of used shipping containers. These shipping containers are used for a variety of goods and resources. However, in almost every port, the number of containers imported is greater than the number that are exported. This leaves an abundance of used shipping containers in communities all over the world.
From any port in the world, you will see an abundance of used shipping containers. These shipping containers are used for a variety of goods and resources. However, in almost every port, the number of containers imported is greater than the number that are exported. This leaves an abundance of used shipping containers in communities all over the world.
a community's solution
So what do these two scenarios have to do with each other? Imagine a center in the middle of one of these communities. A center that offers medical care, a classroom with all of the necessary technology, a water purification system, even a housing and construction unit that provides both shelter and job skills training. ACI, in partnership with architect and designer Dale Duncan, has created a mobile life infrastructure called The LifeBox Container. Using shipping containers already in the target community, ACI helps convert them into the specific modules chosen by the community. The technology and design for the LifeBox Container gives capacity for eight modules: medical, education, water/sanitation, agriculture, telecommunications, micro-credit/banking, housing/constructions, and entrepreneurship/job training. For more specific information on the modules, check out the Module Page.
how does it work?
The modules can be designed in either 20 or 40 foot containers. As part of a joint-venture, we begin with a container that is already located in the target community. We will build out the containers with our designs and work with our partners to integrate the equipment for the modules. The community will eventually be able to take control of the container, training its community members to maintain it, transporting it to the areas they find most in need, and running each module to best satisfy their own community.
The concept of the LifeBox Container is that it is transportable, allowing even the most remote of communities access to the most essential resources (education, clean water, medical care, etc.). We believe the LifeBox Container has the ability to radically and effectively combat poverty and other issues plaguing so many communities around the world. More importantly, however, the LifeBox Container will empower these communities. It will allow them to become champions of justice for their own people and be a self sustaining community.
For more information on the LifeBox Container, see the attachments below from our original design with Helix. Also, check out the Module, Collaboration, Sustainability, and How You Can Help tabs. If you have any questions or would like to get involved, do not hesitate to contact us.
Let us do what we can, with what we have, in this lifetime, for those with whom we were born to share life.
For more information on the LifeBox Container, see the attachments below from our original design with Helix. Also, check out the Module, Collaboration, Sustainability, and How You Can Help tabs. If you have any questions or would like to get involved, do not hesitate to contact us.
Let us do what we can, with what we have, in this lifetime, for those with whom we were born to share life.
| aci-helix_ict_village_center_presentation_2010.pdf |
| aci-helix_ict_village_center_concept_pictures_2010.pdf |
| aci-helix_model_pictures_1.pdf |