30 Dec 2014

Nandipha & Noziphiwo team up to expand the community garden at the Masiphumelele Soup Kitchen.  -- Introduction A national industry which offers public-sector employment to 50,000 economically disadvantaged beneficiaries should...

23 Dec 2014

**Cross-posted from the South African SDI Alliance blog** By Yolande Hendler (on behalf of SA SDI Alliance) Father Jorge is one of the longest-standing friends and a much-valued mentor not...

04 Dec 2014

With no electricity, kids study under a street light at night.  **Cross-posted from the SPARC/MM/NSDF blog** If you can read this, you’re not affected. For most urban dwellers electricity is...

14 Nov 2014

By Samuel Sesay, CODOHSAPA The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the most severe outbreak of the disease in history and has now resulted in over 4,960 deaths and...

10 Nov 2014

By Julia Stricker, SDI Secretariat  During a very successful learning exchange focused around settlement level data visualisation and mapping, community members from K2 and Green Park, two informal settlements in...

04 Nov 2014

Last week, a delegation from South Africa travelled to Swaziland to support communities in their work with government around a national upgrading policy currently under review. Read the full report...

27 Oct 2014

This paper describes the construction and management processes related to two toilet blocks in Uganda, one in Jinja and one in Kampala. Designs, financial models and insights into the process...

23 Oct 2014

By Diana Mitlin, IIED and Mercy Kamwanja, CCODE (Malawi)   Achieving universal access to sanitation is going to take a lot. In the urban context, high residential densities and extremely...

21 Oct 2014

This paper describes the community savings groups that are the foundation of many federations of slum/shack dwellers/homeless people in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It reports on discussions with federation...

20 Oct 2014

SDI affiliates continued to work closely with academic institutions to co-produce knowledge through undertaking collective planning studios. SDI’s position is that these types of engagements expose students and academics to informal...