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SDI at the COP27 African Regional Resilience Hub

12 Sep 2022

Join SDI at COP27 African Regional Resilience Hub from the 19th - 22nd of September 2022, as we shed light on and discuss important priorities, and actions. and more to…

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SDI Co-developed a Working Paper on Locally Led Adaptation

25 Aug 2022

As part of our climate justice work, SDI co-developed a working paper entitled “Locally Led Adaptation From Principles to Practice”, highlighting the value of Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) in managing…

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Reflections from SDI at WUF

06 Jul 2022

This year, a delegation from SDI’s network attended the World Urban Forum (WUF), here are our reflections from SDI at WUF. Katowice, Poland hosted this year’s event from Sunday the…

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SDI at WUF11

23 Jun 2022

Join SDI at WUF11! Slum Dwellers International is excited to be attending this year’s World Urban Forum (WUF) for its eleventh session. We are hosting an event entitled, ‘Recovery and…

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The world’s poorest have the strongest resilience, yet their voices remain unheard

06 Jun 2022

*This article was originally posted on the Climate Home News Website and was written by Sheela Patel and Sohanur Rahman. Historically, the UN’s Conferences of the Parties (Cops) on climate…

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What women want: how COVID-19 has highlighted ...

18 May 2021

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

Women

Mbarara, Uganda: An informal community uses c ...

06 Apr 2021

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

Uganda

Savings

Predicting Covid-19 Contagion Risk Hotspots ...

25 Mar 2021

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

India

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Enhancing the Resilience of Slum Communities ...

25 Feb 2021

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

Youth

Building Inclusive and Resilient Societies in ...

01 Feb 2021

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

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Zimbabwe's Urban Resilience Programme ...

23 Oct 2020

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

Zimbabwe

Slum Upgrading

Call to international funders: address grassr ...

21 Oct 2020

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

Savings

How the Youth are Leading the Way in Tackling ...

14 Oct 2020

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

Zimbabwe

Youth

SDI welcomes Joseph Muturi as new Chair ...

05 Oct 2020

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

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SDI at the COP27 African Regional Resilience Hub

SDI Co-developed a Working Paper on Locally Led Adaptation

Reflections from SDI at WUF

SDI at WUF11

The world’s poorest have the strongest resilience, yet their voices remain unheard

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SDI Co-developed a Working Paper on Locally Led Adaptation

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SDI at WUF11

The world’s poorest have the strongest resilience, yet their voices remain unheard

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