03 Sep 2021

*This article was originally posted on the Cities Alliance website here.   Covid-19 inflicted new...

24 Jun 2021

  This article was originally published by IIED.  By Sheela Patel, founder director of SPARC...

18 May 2021

  Sheela Patel discusses how COVID-19 has highlighted the priorities and most pressing needs of...

06 Apr 2021

The slum dwellers in Mbarara city, Uganda are using collective savings to deal with the...

25 Mar 2021

[caption id="attachment_13126" align="alignnone" width="450"] Dharavi, India. Photo credit: SDI[/caption]   This article was originally published...

25 Feb 2021

[caption id="attachment_13337" align="alignleft" width="450"] Youth training in the fabrication of hand washing facilities (People’s Process...

01 Feb 2021

Photo: Know Your City TV Nigeria This article was originally published in Voices for a...

23 Oct 2020

Project Background Dialogue on Shelter, the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation (ZHPF) and the Zimbabwe Young...

21 Oct 2020

This article was originally posted on the IIED blog. By Sheela Patel  As COVID-19 persists...

14 Oct 2020

This article was originally published by ICCCAD. Click here for the original post. In Hatcliffe...

05 Oct 2020

SDI is excited to announce an important milestone in our organisation.  In May 2020, Joseph...

17 Sep 2020

  From 21 - 24 September, a delegation of SDI slum dweller leaders and support professionals will participate...