A Web-based architectural competition fuses online networking and social activism to tackle South Africa's AIDS crisis -- with a little help from mobile technology. I spoke with Architecture for Humanity founder Cameron Sinclair for Wired News. At left, a photo from Somkhele, South Africa, where the group will build a combination soccer sports site, AIDS prevention center, and community economic hub. Run by medical professionals from the Africa Center for Health and Population Studies, the facility will serve as a gathering place for youth between the ages of 9 and 14, and will serve as the home for the first-ever girls' football league in the area.
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