zaidi ya dreams children’s family home plans · 2018-10-15 ·...
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Zaidi ya Dreams Children’s Family Home Plans. Following a devastating fire that destroyed the Zaidi home and almost all of our possessions other than the pajamas they were wearing (amazingly no on was seriously hurt) we are faced with a housing dilemma for our children. A requirement of the government is that we must own or lease land for a minimum of five years. This has made finding a home very difficult. Lack of funding means we can not purchase land near adequate schools. We are very grateful that we have managed to secure a half acre plot with a five-‐year lease. The plot has basic structures on it however they do not form an ideal or safe living environment for the children. Given that we do not own the land we have decided the best way forward is to create a shipping container home. This plan uses three 40ft containers and two 20ft containers to produce a functional, adaptable and movable home for 20 children. The down stairs areas all living spaces. Up stairs we will use the roof space to create our therapy room as well as other purposes as the need becomes apparent. We have a large out door tent space that survived the fire and will be moved to the new location. This area is used for all art and and messy play. The garden will house play equipment, sensory play activity’s, a sand pit and a water play area. The existing structures need to be renovated. This will allow them to be used as class rooms. A third 20 ft container will be needed to house the office and computer room.
1. Dining area. 2. Dining tables. Outer
table are low allowing for children while inner tables are high allowing the Aunts to sit with the children for meals.
3. Sinks for washing dishes 4. Small tooth bruising,
hand and face washing sink.
5. Large window and counter area so that children can help prepare meals while not all being around the stove.
6. Kitchen with bench tops, oven, stove and fridge
7. kitchen Store room. 8. Aunts room. 9. Sports store room with
emergency exit. 10. Staff toilet and shower. 11. Aunts room 12. laundry room with
emergency exit. 13. Children’s beds. 14. Girls bedrooms 15. Multi purpose room. –
isolation room – aunts room or by locking door 24 and stopping access to the children it is a self contained room for volunteers.
16. Bath and shower 17. Children’s bathing and shower area with multiple access points. 18. Access point from outside so that post messy play children do not need to take mess into the house to
shower it also allows them to quickly use the toilet when playing outside. Emergency exit. 19. Reading area with beanbags or other reading nooks. 20. Anti tip bookshelves on wheels. The book shelf also functions as a wall between the dining room and the
living area. All furniture in the interior space is movable so that the space can be opened up if any events or rainy day activities are taking place.
21. Toy and play space. 22. Toy storage on wheels, see 22. 23. Boys bedroom.
24. Isolation door. See 15.
Container Configuration. The containers form walls for a roofed open plan living area. Three 40 foot containers and 2 20 foot containers are used.
Fire and safety Plan.