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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>You are
invited to a presentation on:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=4 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>"REBUILDING HOMES AND COMMUNITIES IN </span></font></b><st1:country-region><st1:place><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=4 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>AFGHANISTAN</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=4 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>When:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Monday, May 10th <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Time:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><st1:time
Hour="11" Minute="30"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>11:30-1:00</span></font></st1:time><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Where:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Stella Room (7-338)</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>across from Architecture Headquarters</span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=SpellE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Lalith</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <span class=SpellE>Lankatilleke</span>,
the Senior Housing Advisor for UN-Habitat in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kabul</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, will give
a presentation on the rebuilding of </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kabul</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, community involvement
and shelter.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He will use an interactive format, so it
should be quite different from the more conventional presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=SpellE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Lalith's</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> area of specialization is
people-centered policy formulation and participatory planning.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>He is
willing to meet with students during the afternoon for more informal discussion.
Send an email (<a href="mailto:sigus@mit.edu">sigus@mit.edu</a>) so that this
could be arranged.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=SpellE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Lalith</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> started to work in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Afghanistan</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> on June
2002 as the Senior Housing Advisor.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>During this time he:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- Developed
a People’s Rebuilding and Housing Development Strategy. (This paper was
used as background to the 'Kabul Challenge' SIGUS workshop in January) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- Completed
the rebuilding of 3300 houses in 3 months with returnee families. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>- Prepared
project documents for the upgrading of informal settlements in <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kabul</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-
Responsible for the rebuilding of 3000 houses in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><span
class=SpellE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kandahar</span></font></span></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and 2750 in
<span class=SpellE>Jalalabad</span> and 1000 <span class=SpellE>Mazar-e-Sharif</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-
Responsible for the implementation of the World Bank funded Municipal <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Public Works
<span class=SpellE>Programme</span> and </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kabul</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Solid Waste
Management Project<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Before
Kabul, he set up a country-wide poverty alleviation program in Bangladesh,
established a the national People's Housing Process which set up a mechanism
for rapid<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>provision and
regularization of land throughout South Africa, set up the national shelter
strategy in Namibia.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He also has
worked in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thailand</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sudan</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Seychelles</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sri Lanka</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Botswana</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Refreshments
will be provided.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hosted by
SIGUS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If
questions, <span class=GramE>contact<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>sigus@mit.edu</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>or<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Susana Williams, TA (susanamw@mit.edu)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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