The Next Generation
of Disaster Relief
No matter how many technological advances we make as a society,
we are painfully aware that mankind will always be at the
mercy of nature. At least one natural disaster will strike
our planet each year, and they usually occur in developing
countries, in which the means of disaster recovery are woefully
inadequate. Just as the world is changing, the ways in which
nations come together to provide aid for developing and emerging
countries must also change. The need for sustainable development
has never been greater – and the team behind the disaster
relief units at My Space Pod are fully aware of this.
Many providers of aid to the third world, or any country torn
apart by disaster for that matter, still exist in the dark
ages. It is, of course, simply not enough to throw money at
a problem in the vague hope that it will go away. As the old
saying goes, give a man and a fish and you’ll feed him
for a day, but give him a rod (or in this case, a pod) and
you’ll feed him for a lifetime. This ethos of sustainable
development, looking ahead to the long term benefits of disaster
relief, is exactly how any provider of aid-related products
should operate.
Take the modular systems at My Space Pod, for example. Whereas
many units of housing providing temporary disaster relief
are costly and time-consuming to build, My Space Pod units
are developed with sustainable, eco-friendly technology. The
minimalistic, straightforward design, developed by the critically
acclaimed architect Will Alsop, facilitates construction.
Their life begins as shipping containers, which are then adapted
to take upon green, renewable energy sources. They are therefore
not only cost-efficient, but also space-efficient and can
easily be slotted together to form small complexes of pods.
Such aspects are particularly important for any units destined
to be used in third world countries such as the Sudan, as
they can benefit the local area for years, as opposed to months.
Another benefit of the My Space Pod unit is flexibility. The
modular systems can be customized at the client’s convenience
to include storage, care or simply accommodation facilities.
They can form temporary housing for refugees or those who
have lost homes in a natural disaster, but can also be relied
upon to store aid supplies safely and securely. A My Space
Pod can be exactly what you want it to be, and in the protean
and sometimes chaotic world of disaster relief, this is a
particularly sought-after characteristic.
The future of effective disaster relief does not lie in funding
alone. With the help of modular systems such as those at My
Space Pod, we can work together as nations to provide storage
and housing that will not only stand the elements, but the
ravages of time. Even now, the pods could be put to excellent
use in countries as close to home as America, to assist those
rendered homeless by the hurricane Katrina disaster. Once
again, don’t just throw money at those suffering in
countries rent apart by disaster. Give them a pod instead,
and watch as they grow through economically and ecologically
sustainable development.
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