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# Slum Dwellers International

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- [Stories of change](https://sdinet.org/stories-of-change/) - Local voices share stories of resilience and change from slums around the world.
- [SDI at the Resilience Evidence Forum](https://sdinet.org/2023/06/sdi-at-the-resilience-evidence-forum/) - Ariana Karamallis from SDI shares their programming at the Resilience Evidence Forum and highlights SDI’s work.
- [SDI at the 13th World Urban Forum](https://sdinet.org/2026/05/wuf13/) - Join Slum Dwellers International at the World Urban Forum 13Find us at the Favela Hub, the Habitat Village or email esley@sdinet.org to connect. 17 MAY Grassroots and Civil Society Assembly 13:00 - 17:00 Speakers: Rose Molokoane (South African Federation of the Urban Poor), Sarah Nandudu (National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda) and Melanie Chirwa (People's
- [20th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA20)](https://sdinet.org/2026/05/20th-international-conference-on-community-based-adaptation-to-climate-change-cba20/) - 11-14 May 2026 | Manila, Philippines For over 30 years, the SDI Network has demonstrated that organised communities, in partnership with local government and with the right resources placed directly in their hands, can lead their own settlement upgrading.This is the foundation of locally-led Climate Adaptation.Slum upgrading is Climate ActionUpgrading informal settlements, through sustainable housing,
- [SDI public tenders: KnowYourCity Data Platform Development AND Network Organisational Strengthening Support](https://sdinet.org/2026/04/sdi-public-tenders-knowyourcity-data-platform-development-and-network-organisational-strengthening-support/) - To scale and deepen the impact of our work SDI is investing in our tools and our national affiliate organisations.We have just launched two open tenders that together represent a significant commitment to scaling what we know works: community-led data and strong and grassroot-led organisation building. For nearly three decades SDI has demonstrated that urban
- [Accelerating Locally-Led Responses to Climate Change in Informal Settlements](https://sdinet.org/2026/02/accelerating-locally-led-responses-to-climate-change-in-informal-settlements/) - Reflections on the First Year of ImplementationInformal settlements face a combination of environmental, social and economic challenges, including poor infrastructure, limited access to land tenure security and basic services, overcrowding, and exposure to climate-related hazards such as flooding, extreme heat and landslides.In response, SDI launched the Accelerating Locally-Led Responses to Climate Change in Informal Settlements
- [SDI Media Statement, SOLIDARITY WITH MAKOKO: Condemning Forced Evictions in Makoko, Lagos in Nigeria](https://sdinet.org/2026/01/sdi-media-statement-solidarity-with-makoko-condemning-forced-evictions-in-makoko-lagos-in-nigeria/) - SDI Media Statement14 JANUARY 2025For Immediate ReleaseWe, the Slum Dwellers International (SDI) community, stand in solidarity with the people of Makoko and strongly condemn the ongoing forced evictions and demolitions in Makoko, Oko Agbon and Sogunro communities in Lagos, Nigeria, which continue to unfold as of 14 January 2026.Forced evictions are never only about the
- [Mmole Phaelo Philder: Growing Success Through Urban Agriculture](https://sdinet.org/2025/10/mmole-phaelo-philder-growing-success-through-urban-agriculture/) - By Mampho Mofokeng and Christopher MakuaAcross South Africa, organised communities in informal settlements are leading efforts to improve living conditions through collective action. The Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor (FEDUP), in partnership with the Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC), supports these efforts by strengthening community-led savings groups, housing projects, and livelihood initiatives. Women
- [Transforming Waste into Opportunity Through Climate Action](https://sdinet.org/2025/09/transforming-waste-into-opportunity-through-climate-action/) - By Samke Phewa, Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC) and SDI South Africa Alliance In KwaBester, a low-income township in the eThekwini Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal, residents have acquired vital knowledge and practical skills in solid waste management and recycling. It all began in 2023 with a six-month Public Employment Programme (PEP), initiated by the KwaZulu-Natal Government
- [Community-based Recycling Initiatives](https://sdinet.org/2025/09/community-based-recycling-initiatives/) - By Liyabona Matunywa, Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC) and SDI South Africa Alliance Members of the Informal Settlement Network (ISN) in Khayelitsha, Western Cape, South Africa, have embarked on a series of recycling initiatives aimed at improving solid waste management across several informal settlements. These interventions are anchored in the establishment of a solid waste
- [SDI at COP30: Community-Led Data as a Tool for Power Redistribution](https://sdinet.org/2025/11/sdi-at-cop30-community-led-data-as-a-tool-for-power-redistribution/) - True climate resilience requires a radical redistribution of power, not just participation.This was strongly emphasised at the Community-Led Data as a Tool for Power Redistribution event, hosted by SDI in partnership with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOT), International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and Enda Energy at the Peru Resilience Hub during COP30 in Belém in
- [World Meeting of Popular Movements](https://sdinet.org/2025/11/world-meeting-of-popular-movements/) - "Land, housing and labour, those for which you struggle, are sacred rights." - Pope Francis Rose Molokoane from the South African SDI Alliance and Charlton Ziervogel from the Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC) joined a South African delegation which included Abahlali baseMjondolo, Ndifuna Ukwazi and Housing Assembly at the 5th World Meeting of Popular Movements
- [Norec-SDI Youth Exchange Launches KYC TV Podcast Series](https://sdinet.org/2025/12/norec-sdi-youth-exchange-launches-kyc-tv-podcast-series/) - When Flora Alick from KYC TV Malawi arrived at the SDI Secretariat in Cape Town for a five-month Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation (Norec) youth media exchange, she carried with her the stories of communities on the frontlines of climate change. By October 2025, she had launched Voices From The Frontline, a new podcast series
- [Rethinking Roofs](https://sdinet.org/2025/12/rethinking-roofs/) - Over 1.1 billion people worldwide live in informal settlements, often built without formal planning, services or resilient construction materials. As climate change drives hotter urban environments, residents are often left with roof materials that trap heat and make daily life increasingly unsafe. A global call for innovationIn response, the Institute for Housing and Urban Development
- [“We have the problems, but we also have the solutions”](https://sdinet.org/2025/03/we-have-the-problems-but-we-also-have-the-solutions/) - During February 2025, the National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU) and ACTogether in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity in Uganda facilitated dialogues in Nakawa, Kawempe and Lubaga divisions in Kampala. These dialogues brought together government officials and informal settlement residents to co-create solutions for settlement upgrading and create space for communities to influence legislation,
- [CBA 19: Tenure security is vital for climate adaptation](https://sdinet.org/2025/05/cba-19-tenure-security-is-vital-for-climate-adaptation/) - SDI’s message at the Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA19) was clear, Slum Upgrading is Climate Action! Held from 12–16 May 2025 in Recife, Brazil, CBA19 marked the first time the conference took place in Latin America. The event brought together community practitioners from around the world to advance community-driven climate action. The SDI
- [KYC Zimbabwe, ready to create and make an impact!](https://sdinet.org/2025/07/kyc-zimbabwe-ready-to-create-and-make-an-impact/) - Seventeen Know Your City (KYC) TV Zimbabwe crew from Harare, Masvingo, Kadoma and Kariba gathered in Harare in July for a week long training workshop. The focus was on video production and social media management, both theory and practical. Some of the KYC TV crew participated in the filming of a video about the Gungano
- [SDI Media Statement, 12 November 2025](https://sdinet.org/2025/11/sdi-media-statement-12-november-2025/) - SDI Media Statement12 NOVEMBER 2025For Immediate ReleaseGrassroots leaders and experts among the more than 1 billion people living in favelas and slums worldwide have demanded to be taken seriously by leaders at COP30.The summit’s Brazilian hosts recognize that “cities are shaping the future of global climate action” while continuing the self-defeating trend of downplaying and
- [Enter the Resilience Through Our Eyes photo call](https://sdinet.org/2025/10/enter-the-resilience-through-our-eyes-photo-call/) - Let’s use a different lens to tell the story of Africa’s urban resilience!If you are a young, aspiring photographer living in Nairobi, Mwanza, Accra, Windhoek or Lusaka, here is your chance to take your passion for storytelling to the next level!Enter the Resilience Through Our Eyes photo call to document urban resilience with mentorship and
- [WATCH KYC TV | The Gungano Urban Poor Fund](https://sdinet.org/2025/07/watch-kyc-tv-the-gungano-urban-poor-fund/) - The Gungano Urban Poor Fund began with community members contributing just $1 USD per month. Since inception, the Fund has secured land for informal settlement residents valued at an estimated $84 million USD, an extraordinary achievement under difficult conditions.The Fund was launched in 1998 in Harare in Zimbabwe, by the then Minister of Local Government.
- [Viva SDI Brazil, Viva!](https://sdinet.org/2025/05/viva-sdi-brazil-viva/) - In May 2025, representatives from the SDI Secretariat and affiliates from the Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe visited the SDI Brazil Federation in Ilha de Deus (Island of God) in Recife in Brazil. The visit coincided with the 19th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA19) also held in Recife.Watch a short
- [SDI Youth Exchange in Kampala](https://sdinet.org/2025/04/sdi-youth-exchange-in-kampala/) - In a collaboration with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation (Norec) partnered with the SDI Secretariat to facilitate a transformative youth media exchange in Uganda.This initiative saw me, Xola Mteto as the Know Your City (KYC) TV Coordinator, participate in a five-month exchange in the second half of 2024. I
- [From Evictions to Engagement: Hazobit Benin’s Advocacy Sparks Dialogue](https://sdinet.org/2025/02/from-evictions-to-engagement-hazobit-benins-advocacy-sparks-dialogue/) - Instead of receiving Seasons Greetings, residents in seven informal settlements along Cotonou’s East Bank in Benin, were shocked to receive an evictions summons on 24 December 2024. The Ministry for the Living Environment ordered all residents to vacate by 6 January 2025, citing illegal occupation of public land and that the eviction formed part of an
- [TAKA for Education](https://sdinet.org/2025/04/taka-for-education/) - Kambi Moto Youth and Kids (KYAK) was established in 2018 and registered in 2019. We are a youth and children-led platform supporting 65 participants (14 members and 51 kids) based in a village within Kambimoto, Huruma informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.Our mission is to empower youth and children in our community by addressing poverty, unemployment,
- [Building Houses, Building Communities: Father Jorge’s Lifelong Dedication to Slum Dwellers](https://sdinet.org/2025/03/building-houses-building-communities-father-jorges-lifelong-dedication-to-slum-dwellers/) - Eduardo Jorge Anzorena’s (25 February 1930 to 22 February 2025) life was an unquestionable dedication to the urban poor. Better known as Father Jorge, his mission was to promote and support community-driven solutions to rapid urbanisation, homelessness and slums. Father Jorge spent his childhood in Argentina, but his calling to the Jesuit priesthood and commitment
- [SDI at CBA19 - Slum Upgrading is Climate Action!](https://sdinet.org/2025/05/cba19/) - A Call to Urgent Action. Over one billion people live on the frontlines of climate change in informal settlements. This number is projected to double by 2050.
- [Transforming Lives: Organised Women Striving to Achieve Access to Adequate Sanitation and Hygiene](https://sdinet.org/2023/10/transforming-lives-organised-women-striving-to-achieve-access-to-adequate-sanitation-and-hygiene/) - In a small village, called Mmadinare in the central district of Botswana with around 13 000 inhabitants, hails Rekopane savings group in Kelele ward, with a membership of 80 organised women who’ve decided to take matters into their own hands and build a toilet for their fellow women in the community.In a remarkable display of
- [Story of Kalivihar Slum: Cuttack Relocation](https://sdinet.org/2023/11/story-of-kalivihar-slum-cuttack-relocation/) - Nayana, the Mahila Milan leader is also a member of the Slum Development Association (SDA) and is well known for her work with slum dwellers.
- [Lights, Camera, Impact: Youth Voices Reshaping Slums in Sierra Leone ](https://sdinet.org/2023/12/lights-camera-impact-youth-voices-reshaping-slums-in-sierra-leone/) - How can we harness the potential of young people in our Federation to ignite a wave of social transformation and shape a new era of grassroots advocacy and social impact for the network?
- [Urban Agriculture: A Pathway Out of Poverty](https://sdinet.org/2023/10/urban-agriculture-a-pathway-out-of-poverty/) - Grasmere, JohannesburgThe Meriting Urban Farming Hub, situated in Grasmere, Johannesburg, is a testament to the transformative power of community-driven initiatives. This case study explores how this hub emerged, evolved, and continues to make a positive impact on its community through urban farming.Inception and partnershipIn July 2022, the Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC) partnered with the Industrial
- [Federation in Mwanza Embarks on Ambitious Grain Milling Business Project](https://sdinet.org/2023/10/federation-in-mwanza-embarks-on-ambitious-grain-milling-business-project/) - The Federation in Mwanza, a forward-thinking organisation dedicated to the economic development and prosperity of its members in the Mwanza region, has embarked on an ambitious project to open a grain milling business. This endeavor is seen as a significant step towards empowering the local community and creating sustainable economic opportunities for its members. The
- [Exploring Entrepreneurship Opportunities: TFUP Visit to SabaSaba International Trade Fair 2023](https://sdinet.org/2023/10/exploring-entrepreneurship-opportunities-tfup-visit-to-sabasaba-international-trade-fair-2023/) - In celebrating of the SabaSaba International Trade Fair in 2023, the Tanzania Federation of Urban Poor (TFUP) embarked on a mission to celebrate and promote entrepreneurship within the federation groups. Recognising the immense potential and power of entrepreneurship to uplift communities, TFUP took the opportunity to visit various pavilions at the event, each representing essential
- [Homeless Peoples Federation Philippines: Addressing Issues of the Urban Poor in the Philippines](https://sdinet.org/2023/10/homeless-peoples-federation-philippines-addressing-issues-of-the-urban-poor-in-the-philippines/) - Addressing Issues of the Urban Poor in the Philippines
- [Tanzania Federation for Urban poor in Morogoro-Tanzania Inspiring Venture: Transforming Sanitation with Public Toilet Project](https://sdinet.org/2023/10/tanzania-federation-for-urban-poor-in-morogoro-tanzania-inspiring-venture-transforming-sanitation-with-public-toilet-project/) - In another inspiring initiative, the Federation Morogoro has manage a public toilet project in Mlali area. This project, with a focus on improving sanitation facilities and services, showcases the Federation’s dedication to addressing essential community needs beyond economic development. The existing toilets have undergone extensive renovation to ensure they meet high standards of hygiene and
- [SDI's Philippine Alliance participates in the Philippine Urban Forum](https://sdinet.org/2023/10/sdis-philippine-alliance-participates-in-the-philippine-urban-forum/) - The first Philippine Urban Forum, organised by the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), was an exceptional platform that brought together various stakeholders to discuss pressing issues related to urban development in the Philippines.
- [Call for Consultancy: Conduct End Term Evaluation for VCA](https://sdinet.org/2024/11/call-for-consultancy-conduct-end-term-evaluation-for-vca/) - Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) is seeking applications from consultancy firms or a team of consultants to conduct an End Term Evaluation for the entire VCA implementation period between January 2021 and December 2025.
- [Empowering Entrepreneurs and Strengthening Community-Government Ties: A Transformative Visit to Dar es Salaam's Federation Groups](https://sdinet.org/2023/10/empowering-entrepreneurs-and-strengthening-community-government-ties-a-transformative-visit-to-dar-es-salaams-federation-groups-2/) - In a momentous effort to bolster economic growth, foster community development, and enhance collaboration between local entrepreneurs and the government, the Dar es Salaam regional office (Business Department) joined hands with the development officers from Kinondoni District, Temeke, and Ilala, alongside the esteemed Center for Community Initiatives (CCI), in a significant visit to nine Federation
- [Rooting for Resilience: Ensuring Climate Justice for the Urban Poor through Housing Justice](https://sdinet.org/2023/10/rooting-for-resilience-ensuring-climate-justice-for-the-urban-poor-through-housing-justice/) - Despite the urban poor contributing minimally to climate change, they bear a disproportionate burden of its impacts.
- [Enhancing Weather Training: CCI and TMA Empower School and Community in Kombo Settlement](https://sdinet.org/2023/10/enhancing-weather-training-cci-and-tma-empower-school-and-community-in-kombo-settlement/) - CCI and TMA empower school and community in Kombo settlement.
- [FEDUP Does It Again - Women In Savings](https://sdinet.org/2023/09/fedup-does-it-again-women-in-savings/) - Following a prolonged period of seeking assistance and transformation, a recently established savings collective known as Fikile Bomama, situated in Kwamashu (Gobogobo), comprises approximately 100 participants, with 90% of its members originating from the nearby community and placing their faith in the efficacy of saving. At long last, the arduous wait has come to an
- [Towards the Formulation of a Participatory WASH Framework for Informal Settlements in Harare:  Hopley Case Study](https://sdinet.org/2023/09/towards-the-formulation-of-a-participatory-wash-framework-for-informal-settlements-in-harare-hopley-case-study/) - The development of the Pro-poor WASH framework or policy is being formulated simultaneously while the City of Harare has kickstarted the long-awaited regularisation of targeted informal settlements. The informal settlement of Hopley is one such settlement that will benefit from both the regularisation programme and the proposed Pro-Poor WASH Policy.
- [Unveiling SDI's Global Impact: Exploring Global, City and Settlement Levels](https://sdinet.org/2023/08/unveiling-sdis-global-impact-exploring-global-city-and-settlement-levels/) - Get ready to dive into the dynamic world of SDI's global impact!
- [Co-Production of Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Zimbabwe](https://sdinet.org/2023/08/co-production-of-water-and-sanitation-infrastructure-in-zimbabwe/) - Co-owned approaches and experiences across Zimbabwean cities have provided better solutions to the urban problems of housing.
- [SDI Reflects on CBA17](https://sdinet.org/2023/08/sdi-reflects-on-cba17/) - The 17th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change took place from 22-25 May in Bangkok, Thailand. Our SDI at CBA17 delegation made impactful connections while gaining invaluable insight.
- [Improving Lighting, Improving Life in Slums in Zimbabwe](https://sdinet.org/2023/07/improving-lighting-improving-life-in-slums-in-zimbabwe/) - Meet Silivia Chijoko, a widow in her sixties and a federation member of the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation from Hatcliffe extension.
- [SA SDI Alliance and the Asivikelane Campaign](https://sdinet.org/2023/07/sa-sdi-alliance-and-the-asivikelane-campaign/) - Through the Asivikelane campaign, social movements (ISN and FEDUP leaders who are community facilitators for different informal settlements) collect data by contacting community residents about the conditions of their services.
- [Empowering Entrepreneurs and Strengthening Community-Government Ties: A Transformative Visit to Dar es Salaam's Federation Groups](https://sdinet.org/2023/07/empowering-entrepreneurs-and-strengthening-community-government-ties-a-transformative-visit-to-dar-es-salaams-federation-groups/) - In a momentous effort to bolster economic growth, foster community development, and enhance collaboration between local entrepreneurs and the government, the Region office, through the Business Officer of Dar es Salaam joined hands with the development officers from Kinondoni District, Temeke, and Ilala, alongside the esteemed Center for Community Initiatives (CCI), in a significant visit
- [#DignifiedUrbanLife Youth Summit: Intergenerational Dialogue and Music Unite to Fight Inequality](https://sdinet.org/2023/03/dignifiedurbanlife-youth-summit-intergenerational-dialogue-and-music-unite-to-fight-inequality/) - This Friday the 31st of March marks the launch of the #DignifiedUrbanLife campaign, and it is sure to be an inspiring event.
- [The Art of Ark Building in Langrug, South Africa](https://sdinet.org/2012/05/the-art-of-ark-building-in-langrug-south-africa/) - **Cross-posted from the CORC blog** By Walter Fieuw, CORC The dystopia of the urbanisation of poverty is a confounding reality, to say the least. People eek out a living in the harshest environment, are subject to environmental torture, and have little prospect of escaping the vices of modern life. Under imperial and apartheid South Africa,
- [Support for Cyclone Freddy Affected Households in Malawi](https://sdinet.org/2023/03/support-for-cyclone-freddy-affected-households-in-malawi/) - From Friday, March 10, 2022 Malawi was hit by Cyclone Freddy, which has resulted to over 500 confirmed deaths in the country, loss of livestock and property. Cyclone Freddy was characterized by heavy rains, which led to flooding and mudslides, and storms, which destroyed homes and critical infrastructure. The impact of this cyclone has been highly
- [Welcoming SDI's Board & Director](https://sdinet.org/2022/02/welcoming-sdis-board-director/) - Welcoming SDI’s Board & Director SDI is pleased to announce the appointment of the new Board of Directors and Director of the Secretariat: these are two key milestones in the reform and strengthening of SDI’s governance and operational capacity.The Board of Directors is chaired by Joseph Muturi, national leader of Muunango wa Wanavijiji, the Kenyan Slum Dweller Federation. The majority - SDI is pleased to announce the appointment of the new Board of Directors and Director of the Secretariat: these are two key milestones in the reform and strengthening of SDI’s governance and operational capacity.The Board of Directors is chaired by Joseph Muturi, national leader of Muunango wa Wanavijiji, the Kenyan Slum Dweller Federation. The majority
- [SDI at COP27: Amplifying Voices of the Urban Poor for Transformative Change](https://sdinet.org/2022/12/sdi-at-cop27-amplifying-voices-of-the-urban-poor-for-transformative-change/) - From 6 - 18 November, delegates from Kenya, India, the Philippines, Malawi, Zambia, and the SDI Secretariat attended COP27.
- [Voicing the urban poor: New report highlights experiences from an energy justice programme](https://sdinet.org/2022/08/voicing-the-urban-poor-new-report-highlights-experiences-from-an-energy-justice-programme/) - A new report published in FACTS Reports aims at voicing the urban poor and their experiences from the Energy Justice Programme.
- [SDI case studies featured in the UCLG GOLD Report](https://sdinet.org/2022/08/sdi-case-studies-featured-in-the-uclg-gold-report/) - SDI case studies from across the network featured in the latest United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) sixth edition of the GOLD Report.
- [SDI Co-developed a Working Paper on Locally Led Adaptation](https://sdinet.org/2022/08/sdi-co-developed-a-working-paper-on-locally-led-adaptation/) - As part of our climate justice work, SDI co-developed a working paper entitled “Locally Led Adaptation From Principles to Practice.”
- [SDI at the COP27 African Regional Resilience Hub](https://sdinet.org/2022/09/sdi-at-the-cop27-african-regional-resilience-hub/) - Join SDI at COP27 African Regional Resilience Hub from the 19th - 22nd of September 2022 will mobilise toward adapatation and resilience.
- [SDI at COP27: Co-creating resilient and just climate future and effective climate interventions that are inclusive of the urban poor](https://sdinet.org/2022/11/sdi-at-cop27-co-creating-resilient-and-just-climate-future-and-effective-climate-interventions-that-are-inclusive-of-the-urban-poor/) - Join SDI at COP27 this year, as civil society organisations, governments and other agencies come together to reducing global carbon emissions.
- [Ghanaian Federation & People's Dialogue: Responses to COVID-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/04/ghanaian-federation-peoples-dialogue-responses-covid-19/) - On behalf of the Ghanian Federation of the Urban Poor and People's Dialogue on Human Settlements - SDI presents the work to fight COVID-19 across Accra. A community-led management and response to the COVID-19 pandemic (CLeMRoC) is being actioned in collaboration with Accra Municipal Assembly, and other civil society organisations has been launched in Accra. The
- [Nigerian Federation & JEI: Responses to COVID-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/04/nigerian-federation-jei-responses-covid-19/) - On behalf of the Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation and Justice & Empowerment Initiatives (JEI) – SDI presents the work to fight COVID-19 across Nigeria. Over a month ago, the Nigerian Federation with support of JEI, began rapidly preparing to address the impending spread of COVID-19. Through cancelling all meetings, creating handwashing stations, distributing flyers in multiple languages, Federation tailors sewing 2,500
- [Zambian Federation & PPHPZ: Responses to COVID-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/04/zambian-federation-pphpz-responses-covid-19/) - On behalf of the Zambian Federation and People's Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia (PPHPZ) – SDI presents the work to fight COVID-19 across Zambia.The following is an account directly from the SDI affiliate in Zambia, alongside updates on the current work of the Zambian Federation & PPHPZ. Approximately 40% (6 million) Zambians live in urban areas
- [Namibian Federation & Namibian Housing Action Group: Responses to COVID-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/04/namibian-federation-namibian-housing-action-group-responses-covid-19/) - On behalf of the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) and Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG) – SDI presents the work to fight COVID-19 across Namibia. In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic the Namibian Alliance (Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia and Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG)) alongside the National Alliance for Informal Settlement Upgrading, have been able to pivot the partnership through facilitating
- [Responding to COVID-19 in a high-density low-income district in Mumbai](https://sdinet.org/2020/05/responding-covid-19-high-density-low-income-district-mumbai/) - A representative from a grassroots federation in Mumbai describes how the community is self-organising for an effective COVID-19 response. This text is drawn from an interview with Selvi Manivanan Devandra conducted by Sharmila Gimonkarpril. Selvi is a community leader with Mahila Milan, a federation of women’s savings groups, active in housing and basic service issues. Indian
- [Responses to COVID 19: Uganda Federation & ACTogether Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2020/05/responses-covid-19-uganda-federation-actogether-uganda/) - Cities and Infrastructure for Growth (CIG) programme in Uganda, in collaboration with Cities Alliance, AcTogether and PLAVU, have partnered to support vulnerable communities in Nakawa market and Kinawataka and Kasokoso areas that are facing challenges arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. For more on this work, click here. *** On behalf of the the National Slum
- [Kenya Community Health Volunteers Reflect on Covid-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/05/kenya-community-health-volunteers-reflect-covid-19/) - VIDEO: Community Health Worker Reflects on Covid-19 in Mukuru, Kenya In this KYC-TV Kenya production , Alice Wanini, a community health volunteer (CHV) in Mukuru Kwa Reuben and member of Muungano wa Wanavijiji, describes the challenges her team faces as they attempt to educate and screen residents for Covid-19. Alice describes how difficult it is to encourage preventative
- [Liberia Federation Response to Covid-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/05/liberia-federation-response-covid-19/) - On behalf of the Federation of Liberia Urban Poor Savers and YMCA Liberia – SDI presents the work to fight COVID-19 in Liberia. Malnutrition and disease means COVID - 19 could be more deadly in Africa than elsewhere in the world. Health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa, including in Liberia, have limited capacity to absorb large numbers of patients made sick
- [South Africa Response to Covid-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/05/south-africa-response-covid-19/) - *** Over the past two months, the South African SDI Alliance has taken action in various municipalities where they are active to implement effective preventative measures to slow the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa's informal settlements. The SA SDI Alliance's has worked in partnership with civil society actors, development partners, and local and regional government,
- [Malawi SDI Alliance Response to Covid-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/05/malawi-sdi-alliance-response-covid-19/) - On behalf of the the Malawi Federation of the Urban & Rural Poor and The Centre for Community Organization & Development (CCODE), SDI presents the work to fight COVID-19 in Malawi. *** On Thursday, April 2, President of the republic of Malawi confirmed the country's first three cases of COVID-19. On the same day, the president declared a state of
- [Tanzania SDI Alliance Response to Covid-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/05/tanzania-sdi-alliance-response-covid-19/) - On behalf of the the Tanzania SDI Alliance, SDI presents the work to fight COVID-19 in Tanzania. The following is an account from the SDI affiliate in Tanzania, with updates on the current work of theTanzania federation and CCI. *** INTRODUCTION The Tanzania Urban Poor Federation together with the Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI) have been carrying out awareness campaigns
- [Covid-19 in a Mumbai Slum: An interview with Shamim Banu of Rafik nagar](https://sdinet.org/2020/06/covid-19-mumbai-slum-interview-shamim-banu-rafik-nagar/) - Last week, SPARC India spoke to Shamim Banu Salim Sheikh (age 55), a member of Mahila Milan living in Mumbai's Rafik nagar slum in Govandi about conditions in her community. The below are her reflections on her community and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. "My name is Shamimbanu. I am the taluka vice president of Samajwadi party.
- [Sierra Leone SDI Alliance Response to Covid-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/06/sierra-leone-sdi-alliance-response-covid-19/) - Nearly three months since the first case of Covid-19 was reported in Sierra Leone, the Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor (FEDURP) and their support NGO the Centre for Dialogue on Human Settlements and Poverty Alleviation (CODOHSAPA) reflect on actions taken to date and the challenges that still lie ahead in taking action
- [Community-led COVID-19 Response: Philippine’s Homeless People’s Federation](https://sdinet.org/2020/06/community-led-covid-19-response-philippines-homeless-peoples-federation/) - By Rolando A. Tuazon and Theresa Carampatana Originally featured on the IIED blog: https://www.iied.org/community-led-covid-19-response-work-philippines-homeless-peoples-federation Based on member interviews and accounts, the Philippines Homeless People’s Federation describes how community organizations have rallied to support vulnerable groups, hit hardest by the pandemic. This blog describes how the Philippines Homeless People’s Federation (HPFPI) has responded to the health and
- [Zimbabwe Federation Response to Covid-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/06/zimbabwe-federation-response-covid-19/) - On behalf of the the The Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation and Dialogue on Shelter Trust, SDI presents the work to fight COVID-19 in Zimbabwe. The following is an account from the SDI affiliate in Zimbabwe. *** Zimbabwe recored its first Covid 19 case on the 20th of March 2020. On the 23rd of March the nation recorded its
- [Community Based Organisations are Key to Covid-19 Response](https://sdinet.org/2020/06/community-based-organisations-key-covid-19-response/) - In this article, which originally appeared on the Sanitation & Water for All website, one of SDI's co-founders and former chair of the SDI Board, Sheela Patel, highlights some of the notable responses to the Covid-19 pandemic - and resulting lockdowns - by SDI-affiliated federations of the urban poor. *** To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the two
- [Mitigating the Impact of Covid-19 on Informal Settlements: An update from the Uganda SDI Alliance](https://sdinet.org/2020/06/mitigating-impact-covid-19-informal-settlements-update-uganda-sdi-alliance/) - The following is an account from the National Slum Dweller Federation of Uganda (NSDFU) and ACTogether Uganda, with updates on the current work of the Uganda federation and ACTogether. *** Introduction ACTogether Uganda is an independent Ugandan organisation affiliated to Slum Dwellers International (SDI). Since its establishment in 2006, ACTogether Uganda continues to support the community savings groups
- [Ghana SDI Alliance Community Response to Covid-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/06/ghana-sdi-alliance-community-response-covid-19/) - An update from the Ghana SDI Alliance, comprised of Ghana Federation of the Urban Poor (GHAFUP) and People's Dialogue on Human Settlements - Ghana. *** Introduction Following the confirmation of positive Covid-19 cases in Ghana, the Alliance quickened plans to establish the Community-Led Response and Management of the Coronavirus Disease-19 (CLeRMoC-19) response teams in slums,
- [Responding to Covid 19: Update from the Botswana SDI Alliance](https://sdinet.org/2020/07/responding-covid-19-update-botswana-sdi-alliance/) - 4 June 2020 BACKGROUND Botswana is one of many other African countries that are facing the challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic and it is one of the first African countries to register a Covid-19 case. The pandemic has caused borders with the neighbouring countries to be temporarily closed as an effort to control the spread
- [New narratives for a 'new normal'](https://sdinet.org/2020/07/new-narratives-new-normal/) - This post originally featured on the IIED blog. By Sheela Patel and Suranjana Gupta Sheela Patel and Suranjana Gupta report that women at the grassroots are generating practical responses to the coronavirus pandemic. Their effectiveness in this crisis highlights the importance of including grassroots women in climate change planning. Megan Rowling of the Thomson Reuters
- [News Release: Cities Alliance supports SDI affiliates to address Covid-19 crisis](https://sdinet.org/2020/08/news-release-cities-alliance-supports-sdi-affiliates-address-covid-19-crisis/) - SDI is excited to announce the below partnership with Cities Alliance, supporting SDI-affiliated federations in their work to fight COVID-19. This programme gives SDI, a long-standing member of The Cities Alliance, the opportunity to work closely with CA on this critical project, aligning the missions of our two organisations to respond to this important
- [Impact of Covid-19 on Nigeria's Informal Settlements](https://sdinet.org/2020/07/impact-covid-19-nigerias-informal-settlements/) - An update from the Nigeria SDI Alliance, comprised of Justice & Empowerment Initiatives - Nigeria (JEI), the Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation (the Federation), and the Physically Challenged Empowerment Initiative (PCEI). *** On 1 April 2020, Justice & Empowerment Initiatives - Nigeria (JEI), the Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation (the Federation), and the Physically Challenged Empowerment Initiative (PCEI)
- [KYC.TV Online Training: Lessons Taught and Lessons Learnt](https://sdinet.org/2020/09/kyc-tv-online-training-lessons-taught-lessons-learnt/) - Towards a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for and by youth in slums Photo credit: Nigeria Media Team With in person learning exchanges put on hold due to Covid-19 lockdowns, and in response to a demand from participants for training on social impact media, filmmaking and storytelling for change, KYC.TV hosted a number of
- [SDI at CBA14: Claiming Space for Communities](https://sdinet.org/2020/09/sdi-cba14-claiming-space-communities/) - From 21 - 24 September, a delegation of SDI slum dweller leaders and support professionals will participate in the 14th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA14) - "From local solutions to global action." The conference brings together practitioners, grassroots representatives, local and national government planners, policymakers and donors working at all levels and scales to
- [How the Youth are Leading the Way in Tackling COVID-19](https://sdinet.org/2020/10/youth-leading-way-tackling-covid-19/) - This article was originally published by ICCCAD. Click here for the original post. In Hatcliffe extension, an informal settlement located in the northern part of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, a group of young people are leading the fight against the pandemic. They are building awareness, adapting their businesses to promote hygiene and encouraging fellow
- [Call to international funders: address grassroots organisations’ priorities, not yours](https://sdinet.org/2020/10/call-international-funders-address-grassroots-organisations-priorities-not/) - This article was originally posted on the IIED blog. By Sheela Patel As COVID-19 persists and spreads, urban poor organisations need funding that is flexible enough to meet the evolving needs of their communities. *** This series of blogs focusing on the transition to a predominantly urban world began before COVID-19 took hold. The pandemic brings devastating
- [Building Inclusive and Resilient Societies in Unpredictable Times](https://sdinet.org/2021/02/building-inclusive-and-resilient-societies-in-unpredictable-times/) - The COVID-19 pandemic has starkly exposed many fragilities of our modern world. Fragilities driven by an unsustainable, unequal and hyperconnected global economic structure that has become obsessively focused on top-down productivity and efficiency at the expense of resilience and social inclusion.
- [Enhancing the Resilience of Slum Communities to Overcome the Covid-19 Crisis](https://sdinet.org/2021/02/enhancing-the-resilience-of-slum-communities-to-overcome-the-covid-19-crisis/) - Since last year, SDI has partnered with Cities Alliance to support federations in 16 countries across Africa and Asia who have been working tirelessly to respond to and recover from the Covid-19 pandemic in their communities. The article below, originally published
- [Predicting Covid-19 Contagion Risk Hotspots](https://sdinet.org/2021/03/predicting-covid-19-contagion-risk-hotspots/) - A new initiative on the ground in eight SDI-affiliated cities, with support from Cities Alliance and The World Bank.
- [Mbarara, Uganda: An informal community uses collective savings to deal with Covid-19](https://sdinet.org/2021/04/mbarara-uganda-an-informal-community-uses-collective-savings-to-deal-with-covid-19/) - The slum dwellers in Mbarara city, Uganda are using collective savings to deal with the global pandemic and investing in new businesses. Sarah Nandudu reports This is the fortieth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN and was originally posted on the ICCCAD website. Mbarara city, located
- [What women want: how COVID-19 has highlighted the priorities and most pressing needs of urban poor women](https://sdinet.org/2021/05/what-women-want/) - Sheela Patel discusses how COVID-19 has highlighted the priorities and most pressing needs of women living in informal settlements and tenements. Women members of informal saving groups and of urban poor federations (and Slum Dwellers International) have long visited each other to share knowledge and experience. Learning from each other strengthens their organisations. But
- [What women want – part two: to map vulnerability to climate change](https://sdinet.org/2021/06/what-women-want-part-two-to-map-vulnerability-to-climate-change/) - This article was originally published by IIED. By Sheela Patel, founder director of SPARC India and co-founder of SDI This blog draws mostly on the experiences of SDI's federations, (usually) formed by women’s savings groups. For members of these groups and their federations, exchange visits within their city or between cities – and internationally –
- [Covid-19: Fostering Community Resilience Amid the Pandemic](https://sdinet.org/2021/09/covid-19-fostering-community-resilience-amid-the-pandemic/) - *This article was originally posted on the Cities Alliance website here. Covid-19 inflicted new levels of despair on residents of informal settlements in developing countries. Over a year later, immense challenges remain but some progress has been made to strengthen the resilience and improve the public health of these communities, which are home to
- [From Recovery to Resilience: Community-led Responses to Covid-19 in Informal Settlements](https://sdinet.org/2022/01/from-recovery-to-resilience-community-led-responses-to-covid-19-in-informal-settlements/) - In 2020, as Covid-19 spread rapidly across the cities where SDI is active, federations recognised the need for both urgent responses to the acute humanitarian crises facing their communities and longer-term strategies to engage with government and other stakeholders to address the prolonged effects of this global crisis. Through a partnership supported by the Swedish
- [The world’s poorest have the strongest resilience, yet their voices remain unheard](https://sdinet.org/2022/06/worlds-poorest-have-strongest-resilience-yet-voices-remain-unheard/) - The UN’s Conferences of the Parties on climate change have been overwhelmingly focused on cutting emissions, but Cop26 highlighted resilience.
- [What does it mean to “Know Your City” in South Africa?](https://sdinet.org/2017/09/mean-know-city-south-africa/) - **This post originally appeared on the SA SDI Alliance blog.** By Yolande Hendler and Kwanda Lande (on behalf of CORC) “What’s the difference when we collect data on our own informal settlements?” – a question that Melanie and Nozuko asked to a packed room of 150 people, including the South African Minister of Human SettIements,
- [Cleaner Cooking in Slums](https://sdinet.org/2017/09/cleaner-cooking-slums/) - Toxic smoke of household cooking with charcoal or paraffin kills 4.3 million people annually (more than HIV/AIDS and Malaria combined) and primarily affects women and children. In slums, the indoor air pollution risks are coupled with grave risk of fires that frequently destroy lives and livelihoods. SDI's people-driven clean cooking initiative improves public health in
- [Inauguration of Solar Energy Project in Mumbai Slum Housing Project](https://sdinet.org/2017/12/inauguration-solar-energy-project-mumbai-slum-housing-project/) - Success stories in accessing affordable, reliable, and safe electricity for the poor are commonly registered from rural areas but what of the urban poor? There is far less real world success in addressing challenges the poor face in cities across the world, limited understanding of how cities will manage the secure supply of clean and affordable electricity
- [Private Sector Collaboration for Energy Justice in Mumbai](https://sdinet.org/2018/05/private-sector-collaboration-energy-justice-mumbai/) - Organize As of 2017, the National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF) and Mahila Milan in India have organized 694 groups in 81 cities and towns. Home to the oldest national federation in the network, the India SDI Alliance is a critical driver of peer-to-peer exchanges to organize and capacitate federations in Asia and the network at
- [Solar for the Slums of Jinja](https://sdinet.org/2018/05/solar-slums-jinja/) - Organize As of 2017, the National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU) has organized 2,052 groups in 20 cities and towns. In Jinja, as in many cities in Uganda, the poor generally pay significantly more for electricity than formally grid-connected city residents. In addition, they are often exposed to grave danger by illegally tapping the
- [What's Cooking in Urban Africa? A Michelin Star Chef Travels Africa's Slums on a Quest for Cooking Wisdom](https://sdinet.org/2018/06/whats-cooking-urban-africa-michelin-star-chef-travels-africas-slums-quest-cooking-wisdom/) - Toxic smoke of household cooking with charcoal or paraffin kills 4.3 million people every year -- more than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined -- and primarily affects women and children. SDI's clean cooking initiative - providing clean, safe, affordable cookstoves to slum dweller communities - improves public health in slum communities and adds to incremental upgrading
- [Clean Cooking for Improved Health in Cape Town](https://sdinet.org/2018/07/clean-cooking-improved-health-cape-town/) - Organise As of 2017, the South African Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor (FEDUP) has organised 626 groups in 51 cities and towns and works in close collaboration with the Informal Settlements Network (ISN) as part of the SA SDI Alliance. This year, the Alliance organised around the issue of unclean cooking. Toxic smoke
- [iShack Project & South African SDI Alliance expand solar services to Longlands community](https://sdinet.org/2018/07/ishack-project-south-african-sdi-alliance-expand-solar-services-longlands-community/) - This material originally appeared on the iShack Facebook page. The Longlands community is a small group of households living in informal dwellings on the outskirts of Stellenbosch in South Africa’s Western Cape. The South African SDI Alliance has been working with the community since 2016 and is providing support to address their needs for basic services.
- [Amui Dzor Solar Project in Ashaiman, Ghana](https://sdinet.org/2018/08/amui-dzor-solar-project-ashaiman-ghana/) - Organize As of 2017, the Ghana Federation of the Urban Poor (GHAFUP) has organized 338 groups in 25 cities and towns. A few years ago in Ashaiman, Greater Accra, the federation and its partners constructed a low cost housing project for 36 families, incorporating commercial facilities and public space. The development is called the Amui
- [Launch of Upgrading at Flamingo Crescent with Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille](https://sdinet.org/2015/02/launch-of-upgrading-at-flamingo-crescent-with-cape-town-mayor-patricia-de-lille/) - **Cross posted from the SA SDI Alliance blog** Authored by CORC “People said Flamingo Crescent [Upgrading] will never happen. But today is here and this is the proof that it has happened – one cannot do it alone we need to work as a collective!” - Melanie Manuel, Informal Settlement Network (ISN) Co-ordinator Last week’s
- [Breakthrough and Struggle: Land, Housing and Backyarders in Tiryville, Eastern Cape](https://sdinet.org/2016/02/breakthrough-and-struggle-land-housing-and-backyarders-in-tiryville-eastern-cape/) - By Dolly Cedras (on behalf of FEDUP)* When you look down the hill, there’s a flat piece of land called Lapland. That’s where we used to live before we moved to Tiryville. At the time Tiryville already had bank financed houses and some open land where we built our shacks.. I lived in my shack
- [First Lady hands over houses to Namibia Federation](https://sdinet.org/2018/04/first-lady-hands-houses-namibia-federation/)
- [Building Resilience Brick-by-Brick in Namibia](https://sdinet.org/2018/06/building-resilience-brick-brick-namibia/) - Organize As of this year, the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) has organized 724 groups in 86 cities. The federation has been recognized for decades of strength as an organizer of informal communities around savings and self-build housing in Namibia. These efforts were recognized in 2015 by a campaign launched by the honourable Monica
- [New Beginnings for Stoneridge Evictees in Harare](https://sdinet.org/2018/07/new-beginnings-stoneridge-evictees-harare/) - Organize In January 2016 over 3,000 Arlington families were evicted by the Central Government and re-settled in Stoneridge without proper shelter or basic services. The Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation and its support NGO Dialogue on Shelter commenced an emergency shelter project in December 2016 aimed at providing emergency transitional housing to 231 of the most
- [Lessons from Namibia: A week with one of SDI's oldest Federations](https://sdinet.org/2018/08/lessons-namibia-week-one-sdis-oldest-federations/) - This month, SDI co-founder Joel Bolnick spent ten days with the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia and its support NGO the Namibia Housing Action Group during his overland trip across Africa. These two organisations comprise the Namibia SDI Alliance, one of the oldest and most mature affiliates in the SDI network. There is much to be learned from the
- [2019 Community-Led Habitat Award for Africa: Call for Submissions](https://sdinet.org/2019/02/2019-community-led-habitat-award-africa-call-submissions/) - We invite you to learn more about the 2019 Community-Led Habitat Award for Africa, an initiative of the CoHabitat Network, and submit your project today! Deadline: 31 March 2019 In Africa, millions are faced with insecure and inadequate housing. But around the continent, there are inspiring examples of how communities are developing innovative and affordable housing
- [SDI at WUF11](https://sdinet.org/2022/06/sdi-at-wuf11/) - Slum Dwellers International (SDI) is excited to be attending this year’s World Urban Forum (WUF) for its eleventh session. SDI at WUF11.
- [Resilience & Sustainability from the Bottom Up: Building Partnerships for Scale & Impact](https://sdinet.org/2013/09/resilience-sustainability-from-the-bottom-up-building-partnerships-for-scale-impact/) - By Sheela Patel, Chair of the SDI Board and Co-Founder & Director, SPARC For actors and institutions concerned with the economic and social well-being of humanity, urban development is increasingly recognized as the major lacuna of fighting poverty, managing climate change, and generating inclusive growth. Within our network, we are transitioning to a new scale
- [Reflections from SDI at WUF](https://sdinet.org/2022/07/reflections-from-sdi-at-wuf/) - This year, a delegation from SDI’s network attend this year’s World Urban Forum (WUF), here are our reflections from SDI at WUF.
- [Sharper Learning Focus: A Culture of Learning By and for the Poor](https://sdinet.org/2018/09/sharper-learning-focus-culture-learning-poor/) - The end of 2017 marked the end of a four-year strategic planning period for SDI and the close-out of various projects and contracts in support of implementation of that plan. To report on the successes, challenges, and impact of our work over that time, SDI produced a Basket Fund Close Out report, available in full here. In this series
- [SDI Week 2019: The Amsterdam Sessions. Every Street Matters.](https://sdinet.org/2019/09/sdi-week-2019-amsterdam-sessions-every-street-matters/) - SDI is excited to announce the upcoming 2019 SDI Week, The Amsterdam Sessions. This is the second annual week of events organized and hosted by SDI. This gives SDI the chance to talk to entrepreneurs, politicians and professionals, on their own terms rather than as guests at someone else’s party, where the urban poor are
- [Living on the Edge: Kenya's Mathare Valley Disaster](https://sdinet.org/2012/06/living-on-the-edge-kenyas-mathare-valley-disaster/) - **Cross-posted from Living the City blog** By Baraka Mwau, Muungano Support Trust, Kenya On the dawn of Wednesday 4 April, Mathare valley residents in Nairobi woke up to yet another disaster; a massive rock landslide that left 9 people dead (as of the morning of 5th April), several others hospitalized and another number still unaccounted
- [Building Capacity, Creating Identity, and Shifting Decision-Making from the Bottom Up](https://sdinet.org/2018/09/building-capacity-creating-identity-shifting-decision-making-bottom/) - The end of 2017 marked the end of a four-year strategic planning period for SDI and the close-out of various projects and contracts in support of implementation of that plan. To report on the successes, challenges, and impact of our work over that time, SDI produced a Basket Fund Close Out report, available in full here. In this series
- [Leadership in Philippines' Urban Areas](https://sdinet.org/2012/11/leadership-in-philippines-urban-areas/) - By Celine d'Cruz, SDI Celine d’Cruz describes how strong leadership from the Philippines Homeless People’s Federation is helping the urban poor cope with climatic disasters Main points The author describes how federations of the urban poor in the Philippines are helping families affected by floods rebuild their lives after Typhoon Durian. Helping poor people save,
- [Informal Planning in Malawi](https://sdinet.org/2012/08/informal-planning-in-malawi/) - By Baraka Mwau and Noah Schermbrucker, SDI secretariat Blantyre is the second largest city, after Lilongwe in Malawi, with a population of about 700, 000 people. This city is the commercial and industrial hub of Malawi and hence it has a relatively better off infrastructure system compared to the other urban centers in Malawi. However,
- [Ten Essentials of the New Urban Agenda](https://sdinet.org/2017/02/ten-essentials-new-urban-agenda/) - This article was originally published on the IIED blog shortly before PrepCom 3 in July 2016, where intense negotiations on the New Urban Agenda took place ahead of Habitat III in October. By David Satterthwaite, IIED Human Settlements research group Habitat III will seek global political commitment to making urban centres more sustainable, inclusive and
- [Women Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye](https://sdinet.org/2018/03/women-transformers-meets-eye/) - By Skye Dobson, SDI As the Black Panther movie continues to smash box office records and enthrall the world with fearless female African superheroes, a meeting in eThekwini last week suggests we brace ourselves for Women Transformers – coming to a city near you. The words stretch out across her bosom: Women transforming the slums
- [Looking Ahead -- Opportunities for Fundamental Change](https://sdinet.org/2018/04/looking-ahead-opportunities-fundamental-change/) - By Joel Bolnick, Robert M. Buckley, Sarah Colenbrander, Achilles Kallergis, Nancy MacPherson, Diana Mitlin, and David Satterthwaite SDI has been inspired by the vision of socially and economically integrated slum settlements with security of tenure, universal access to affordable basic services, and adequate housing. To that end, SDI has demonstrated over many decades that constructive dialogue,
- [Well-Run Cities Are Resilient: The Importance of  Responsive Relationships Between Local Governments & Slum Communities](https://sdinet.org/2014/02/well-run-cities-are-resilient-the-importance-of-responsive-relationships-between-local-governments-slum-communities/) - By Caroline Walker, SDI Secretariat “Time and again, those who have the least lose the most”[1] Solutions to major challenges that have become exacerbated by climate change are often found in the hands of communities at the coalface of such disasters. In a recent New York Times article Tim Hanstad and Roy Prosterman discuss Typhoon
- [New Publication: REALISING THE MULTIPLE BENEFITS OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS](https://sdinet.org/2019/10/new-publication-realising-multiple-benefits-climate-resilience-inclusive-development-informal-settlements/) - A publication by C40 Cities, ICLEI, IIED, SDI, and UN Habitat, with support from Cities Alliance. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Climate change will worsen many existing shocks and stresses, in addition to creating new challenges in informal settlements (‘slums’) 1 . Climate and disaster-related risks in cities cannot be addressed without upgrading informal settlements; likewise, upgrading will
- [Community-Driven Solutions to Climate Change](https://sdinet.org/2013/11/community-driven-solutions-to-climate-change/) - Edith Samia of the National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda being interviewed at the Local Climate Solutions for Africa (LOCS) conference. By Mara Forbes, SDI Secretariat “Climate change is improving on what we have so we can sustain in what we are doing.” Edith Samia, National Slum Dwellers of Federation of Uganda A delegation from
- [Climate Change Renaissance: The bottom-up city approach](https://sdinet.org/2015/12/climate-change-renaissance-the-bottom-up-city-approach/) - **This article was cross posted from the Muungano wa Wanavijiji blog** Similarly to local governments, federations of the urban poor globally are equally concerned about the strong impacts of climate change they continue to experience. Urban poor communities living in global cities believe that COP21 in
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- [Template Post](https://sdinet.org/1970/11/template-post/) - BeninBotswanaBrazilBurkina FasoeSwatiniGhanaIndiaKenyaLiberiaMalawiNamibiaNigeriaPhilippinesSenegalSierra LeoneSouth AfricaTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe 2
- [Living on the Margins of COVID-19: New Research unpacks the Impact on Informal Livelihoods in Masvingo, Zimbabwe](https://sdinet.org/2022/07/living-on-the-margins-of-covid-19-new-research-unpacks-the-impact-on-informal-livelihoods-in-masvingo-zimbabwe/) - The Covid-19 pandemic’s impacts have been felt far and wide by those living on the margins, such as in Masvingo, Zimbabwe.
- [A just recovery from COVID-19: youth speak out from eight African cities](https://sdinet.org/2022/06/a-just-recovery-from-covid-19-youth-speak-out/) - As cities across Africa start to lift COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, young people are hoping for a more equitable future and speak out.
- [SDI invites federation youth to tackle youth inclusion](https://sdinet.org/2022/06/sdiyouthinclusio/) - Youth inclusion takes centre stage as SDI invites its youth to participate in a digital survey to co-create a strategy for youth in the SDI network.
- [SDI and KYC.TV proudly presents its very first #HiddenTreasure](https://sdinet.org/2022/05/sdi-and-kyc-tv-proudly-presents-its-very-first-hiddentreasure/) - Slum Dwellers Internation (SDI), Know Your City TV (KYC.TV) and CoHabitat Network have officially launched our very first digital publication ‘Hidden Treasure’.
- [SDI hosted its Annual Board Meeting and Secretariat sessions](https://sdinet.org/2022/05/sdi-hosted-its-annual-board-meeting-and-secretariat-sessions/) - SDI Board and Secretariat hosted a collection of meetings from 19-23 April 2022 at the SDI Secretariat in Cape Town. 
- [Winners of the 2019 Community Led Habitat Award for Africa](https://sdinet.org/2019/05/winners-2019-community-led-habitat-award-africa/) - SDI is excited to announce the winners of the 2019 Community-Led Habitat Awards: Project Call for Africa, an initiative of the CoHabitat Network implemented in partnership with urbaMonde and World Habitat. The aim of the call was to highlight innovations produced in relation to community-led habitat and the built environment. The winning teams will be awarded USD
- [Zimbabwe's Urban Resilience Programme](https://sdinet.org/2020/10/zimbabwes-urban-resilience-programme/) - Project Background Dialogue on Shelter, the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation (ZHPF) and the Zimbabwe Young People’s Federation ZYPF) are part of a consortium of non-governmental organisations implementing the Urban Social Assistance Programme in 3 Zimbabwean cities: Harare South, Epworth and Bulawayo. The Urban Social Assistance Programme has two complementary focus areas, namely the cash transfer
- [SDI welcomes Joseph Muturi as new Chair](https://sdinet.org/2020/10/sdi-welcomes-joseph-muturi-new-chair/) - SDI is excited to announce an important milestone in our organisation. In May 2020, Joseph Muturi assumed the role of Chair of the SDI Management Committee, succeeding Sheela Patel, who served as SDI Board Chair for decades. SDI wishes to thank the members of the outgoing SDI Board for their hard work and dedication. We
- [Media Making an Impact: #ChangeOurPicture](https://sdinet.org/2020/02/media-making-impact-changeourpicture/) - Originally published on urbanet, SDI presents the work of youth slum dwellers across the SDI network linked to documenting issues linked to resilience, livelihoods and housing. A photo competition called for urban residents in African countries to portray how they use media to change the narrative on their environment. Slum Dwellers International presents some beautiful
- [Follow the 2019 Community-Led Habitat Awardees](https://sdinet.org/2020/02/follow-2019-community-led-habitat-awardees/) - Last year SDI and the CoHabitat Network launched the inaugural Community-Led Habitat Awards for Africa. The awards recognise inspiring community-driven habitat solutions from across the continent with the aim to advocate for the expansion of community-led urban development and housing. Five awards were given in 2019 to the following categories: Best Project Award (3 winning
- [SDI at WUF10](https://sdinet.org/2020/02/sdi-at-wuf10/) - SDI is participating in 25+ events at the upcoming World Urban Forum 10 in Abu Dhabi, including an SDI-hosted networking event, the WUF10 Grassroots Assembly and other official WUF10 events. Details of our main networking event are listed below. Click here for a snapshot of SDI's main events and be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for daily event highlights. Click
- [Nigerian Navy Forcibly Evicts Thousands from Okun Ayo & Tarkwa Bay Communities in Lagos](https://sdinet.org/2020/01/nigerian-navy-forcibly-evicts-thousands-okun-ayo-tarkwa-bay-communities-lagos/) - 22 January 2020 Lagos, Nigeria JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: NIGERIAN NAVY ACTING ON ORDERS "FROM ABOVE" FORCIBLY EVICTS THOUSANDS FROM OKUN AYO & TARKWA BAY COMMUNITIES IN BRAZEN DISREGARD FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES & DUE PROCESS OF LAW The Nigerian Slum / Informal Settlement Federation (Federation) and Justice & Empowerment Initiatives - Nigeria (JEI) condemn the demolition
- [SDI Rituals: Profiling & Enumeration through the Vusi Ntsuntsha Project](https://sdinet.org/2019/11/sdi-rituals-profiling-enumeration-vusi-ntsuntsha-project/) - A piece written by Camila Yanzaguano, Erica Levenson, Manuela Chedjou, with photography by Ana Holschuch. Every year SDI hosts students from The New School, as part of their International Field Program. During the internship the students, alongside the SA SDI Alliance and Know Your City youth from the Western Cape, documented the data collection process and community organising
- [Malayamma Savings Mama](https://sdinet.org/2019/10/malayamma-savings-mama/) - Malayamma, a savings collector with the Mahila Milan poor women's network, begins each day walking house-to-house collecting the daily savings of members residing in Bangalore's Vinobha Nagar settlement. It is the very settlement in which she grew up and where her family has lived for generations. Malayamma's grandparents moved into the settlement some 60 years ago when
- [Announcing #ChangeOurPicture Cell Phone Photography Competition](https://sdinet.org/2019/10/announcing-changeourpicture-cell-phone-photography-competition/) - #ChangeOurPicture This is a cellphone photography competition open to anyone who lives in an informal settlement in Africa. When you search for images of slums on social media what do you see? Dirt, despair, desperation? Informal settlements are alive with possibilities and places of great resilience and innovation. To enter and for more information click
- [Makhodo savings has gone digital](https://sdinet.org/2019/09/makhodo-savings-gone-digital/) - Between June and August 2019, the Malawi federation has begun a process to digitize its savings data. The following reflections have been compiled with an aim of providing insight on how the exercise was conducted, observations made this far, and recommendations to continue this work. At a touch of a button the federation is able to
- [“Don’t remove them from the slum, remove the slum-ness from them."](https://sdinet.org/2019/08/dont-remove-slum-remove-slum-ness/) - **Cross posted from ARISE Consortium blog By Samuel Saidu and Abu Conteh “Don’t remove them from the slum, remove the slum-ness from them…Informal settlement residents are used to their communities, which they relate with socially, culturally, economically, so it makes much sense to improve conditions around them rather than removing them.” These were the words
- [Zambia federation & government travel to Namibia for community-led housing & upgrading exchange](https://sdinet.org/2019/03/zambia-learning-exchange-namibia-community-based-housing-upgrading/) - Zambia is a fast developing lower middle-income country with an estimated population of 16.9 million people and a growth rate of 3 per cent per annum. It is estimated that close to 40 per cent of the Zambian population reside in urban areas with an annual growth rate of 4.37 per cent. As a result
- [Sanitation Learning Exchange Visit to Simplified and Decentralised Sanitation Systems in Tanzania](https://sdinet.org/2019/02/sanitation-learning-exchange-visit-simplified-decentralised-sanitation-systems-tanzania/) - Group photo at Mabatini pilot project, Mwanza, Tanzania. In early February, the Water, Sanitation & Energy (WSE) Consortium of the Mukuru SPA project in Nairobi, Kenya traveled to Tanzania for a learning exchange to visit simplified and decentralised sanitation systems. The Water Sanitation and Energy consortium is one of the eight consortia, contributing to the Mukuru integrated development
- [Citywide Profiling, Mapping, & Enumeration in Monrovia, Liberia](https://sdinet.org/2019/02/citywide-profiling-mapping-enumeration-monrovia-liberia/) - The Liberia slum dwellers federation (FOLUPS) and support NGO (YMCA) have made and impressive contribution to achieving the intended outcomes of the Cities Alliance-supported Liberia Country Program (LCP). Since 2016, they have organized slum dweller communities across Monrovia (reaching over 60 settlements); and undertaken a community-led city wide slum profiling and mapping effort (completing over
- [Know Your City & 100RC Joint Work in Cape Town](https://sdinet.org/2018/10/know-city-100rc-joint-work-cape-town/) - This report outlines the engagements between the South African SDI Alliance and the City of Cape Town, as part of a partnership between 100 Resilient Cities and SDI's Know Your City programme. Initial engagements with 100RC City of Cape Town: the Agenda Setting Workshop (19 May 2017) The SA SDI Alliance involvement in the 100RC
- [Muungano’s history, told by those who were there](https://sdinet.org/2019/01/muunganos-history-told/) - **Originally posted on the Muungano wa Wanavijiji blog** -— — — Kenya's national federation leader Joseph Muturi introduces our new oral history archive that tells the history in film and text of Muungano wa Wanavijiji’s first 20 years, 1996–2016, through the words, memories, and stories of 47 slum dwellers, activists, professionals, and civil society partners
- [Re-blocking & Resilience in Canumay East, Manila](https://sdinet.org/2018/12/re-blocking-resilience-canumay-east-manila/) - This case study was prepared by the Homeless People's Federation of the Philippines, SDI and COADY as part of a collaboration to understand innovations in citizen-led slum upgrading and its contribution to urban resilience. The case studies are produced based on first person accounts of the innovation as they experienced it and offer insights into the process of community organizing,
- [Know Your City takes Latin America by storm!](https://sdinet.org/2018/10/know-city-takes-latin-america-storm/) - Earlier this month, delegates from countries across Latin America gathered in Lima, Peru for the inaugural Know Your City Latin America learning exchange. The exchange was a success, providing an important opportunity for community groups and their support organizations engaged in Know Your City community-driven data collection work to develop a shared vision for the Know Your City Latin America campaign
- [Remembering Jockin Arputham: SDI's president, leader, mentor, & friend](https://sdinet.org/2018/10/loss-sdis-leader-mentor-friend-remembering-jockin-arputham/) - By Joel Bolnick, lifelong friend and colleague, and manager of SDI Secretariat I am very angry that Jockin has died. Anger is a normal response to the death of someone you love and admire. But the thing about Jockin is that you could never be angry with him for long, no matter how much he
- [Know Your City: the Process, the Platform, and the Campaign](https://sdinet.org/2018/10/know-city-process-platform-campaign/) - The end of 2017 marked the end of a four-year strategic planning period for SDI and the close-out of various projects and contracts in support of implementation of that plan. To report on the successes, challenges, and impact of our work over that time, SDI produced a Basket Fund Close Out report, available in full here. In this series
- [A Learning Centre Emerges in Mukuru, Nairobi](https://sdinet.org/2018/10/learning-centre-emerges-mukuru-nairobi/) - The end of 2017 marked the end of a four-year strategic planning period for SDI and the close-out of various projects and contracts in support of implementation of that plan. To report on the successes, challenges, and impact of our work over that time, SDI produced a Basket Fund Close Out report, available in full here. In this series
- [Highlights from the Nigeria Federation: A year of hard work shows great results](https://sdinet.org/2018/10/highlights-nigeria-federation-year-hard-work-shows-great-results/) - Port Harcourt Federation volunteers launch a new savings group in Diobu waterfront Despite being one of the younger affiliates in the SDI network, the Nigerian SDI Alliance - comprised of the Nigeria Slum / Informal Settlement Federation and support NGO Justice & Empowerment Initiatives - is doing impressive work building a solid foundation of networked savings schemes,
- [Strategic Planning & Organizational Development in Sierra Leone](https://sdinet.org/2018/10/strategic-planning-organizational-development-sierra-leone/)
- [Report for Youth Exchange to Nairobi, Kenya](https://sdinet.org/2018/09/report-youth-exchange-nairobi-kenya/) - This report was written by Moho Mofokeng, a youth leader from Orange Farm, South Africa. The purpose for this exchange between the South Africans, Kenyans and the Paraysam youth was for sharing ideas and helping each other as they have a similar project they youth is working on. Kenyans are doing numbering while the South Africans
- [Krishnappa: The black Raaj Kumar has come for your savings](https://sdinet.org/2018/09/krishnappa-black-raaj-kumar-come-savings/) - "You must hear this man's story. He is very good at stopping the land grabbers" says Thomas, a National Slum Dwellers Federation leader, as he gestures toward Krishnappa. Like the rest of us, Krishnappa sits cross-legged on a colorful straw mat squishing the last of his daal and rice together with his fingers. The two
- [Learning & Growing from Strength to Strength: SDI Basket Fund Close-out Report 2013-2017](https://sdinet.org/2018/09/learning-growing-strength-strength-sdi-basket-fund-close-report-2013-2017/) - “Today if you are hungry and have nothing, you become a subject for discussion and a resource for those who would then spend the first five years discussing and strategizing how to desist you from your poverty. There will be workshops, seminars and conferences to discuss how to give you a meal.” - Patrick Hunsley,
- [Transforming Bulawayo from the Bottom Up](https://sdinet.org/2018/08/transforming-bulawayo-bottom/) - SDI co-founder Joel Bolnick has spent the past few months living out of a suitcase as he travels overland to spend time with SDI-affiliated urban poor federations across Southern Africa. During his recent time in Zimbabwe, Joel shared reflections on the Bulawayo chapter of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation, noting that the Bulawayo federation's achievements
- [A People’s Housing Fund for Bolivia’s Poorest](https://sdinet.org/2018/08/peoples-housing-fund-bolivias-poorest/) - Organize As of 2017, the Tejiendo Ciudades federation has organized 32 groups in 3 cities and towns. The groups - comprising of more than 500 members - meet weekly, and this women-led federation organizes around securing tenure and improving lives and livelihoods. The federation has undertaken profiling and enumeration in support of their efforts to
- [Recife Hosts Brazil’s First National Slum Dweller Exchange](https://sdinet.org/2018/08/recife-hosts-brazils-first-national-slum-dweller-exchange/) - Organize As of 2017, SDI’s Brazil partner is supporting 17 savings groups in 3 cities. In the last year, organizing efforts concentrated on coordination with local institutional partners, expansion to bring new groups into the network, and supporting groups with their specific challenges. These strategies were pursued in Osasco, Varzea Paulista, and Recife. In September
- [Collaboration for Reducing Risk in the Coastal Slums of Freetown](https://sdinet.org/2018/08/collaboration-reducing-risk-coastal-slums-freetown/) - Organize As of 2017, Sierra Leone’s Federation of Urban and Rural Poor (FEDURP) has organized 272 groups in 5 cities. Vulnerable coastal slums in Freetown are plagued by seasonal flooding and their designation as risk prone areas means the threat of eviction is ever present and the extension of basic services restricted. For communities whose
- [The Protest, The Representatives and The Petition: Kenya Evictions Diary](https://sdinet.org/2018/08/protest-representatives-petition-day-8-muunganos-evictions-diary/) - By Jack Makau, SDI Kenya It's Day 8: Demo Day. The procession of 300 to 400 slum dwellers gets moving at 10 am. There is a small smartphone army of NGOs who are continuously dashing ahead of the procession to snap away. Some idiot runs forward and takes a selfie. To the dismay of the
- [The Collaborative Urban Resilience Exchange: How KYC data & partnerships support more inclusive development outcomes](https://sdinet.org/2018/08/collaborative-urban-resilience-exchange-kyc-data-partnerships-support-inclusive-development-outcomes/) - Resilience building has emerged as an important priority for cities worldwide. With an increasing number of cities developing Resilience Strategies, there is a pressing need to understand how these strategies intersect with issues of exclusion and poverty. In cities with large portions of their population living in informal settlements it is critical that more attention
- [Developing Alternatives to Waterfront Evictions in Lagos](https://sdinet.org/2018/08/developing-alternatives-waterfront-evictions-lagos/) - Organize As of 2017, the Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation has organized 162 groups in 2 cities. As with most federations in the SDI network, combating evictions is the federation’s key mobilizing force. In the past 5 years, waterfront evictions have escalated owing to land grabs associated with an inflow of finance for luxury coastal development
- [Turning Evidence to Influence at Forums in Monrovia](https://sdinet.org/2018/08/turning-evidence-influence-forums-monrovia/) - Organize As of 2017, the Federation of Liberia Urban Poor Savers (FOLUPS) has organized 62 groups in 2 cities. In July 2016, as part of the Cities Alliance-supported Liberia Country Program (LCP), slum dwellers in Liberia began profiling, enumerating, and mapping their settlements. This year, the federation conducted the citywide slum profiling and mapping of
- [Kenya Federation mobilises to prevent & negotiate alternatives to evictions in Nairobi](https://sdinet.org/2018/07/kenya-federation-mobilises-prevent-negotiate-alternatives-evictions-nairobi/) - We, the Kenya SDI Alliance, appreciate the solidarity and support from everyone on the fight against forced evictions. The Kibera demolition caught most of us flat footed despite ongoing efforts and negotiations between the Kenya Urban Roads Authority, residents of Kibera, members of Muungano wa Wanavijiji living in in Kibera, the Kenya National Human
- [Homeless but not Hopeless: Working together for eviction alternatives in Kibera](https://sdinet.org/2018/07/12579/) - Last week SDI received news of demolitions and evictions in Kibera, one of Nairobi’s largest slums, that have left 30,000 families homeless, their homes, businesses, and belongings destroyed. SDI knows that there is another way. Successful alternatives to evictions have been demonstrated across the SDI network. In fact, Kibera itself is home to a successful
- [Know Your City Touches Down in Botswana](https://sdinet.org/2018/07/know-city-touches-botswana/) - Organize As of 2017, the Botswana Homeless & Poor People Support Federation has organized 106 groups in 6 cities and towns. Thanks to impressive organizing by the Botswana federation, it was able to negotiate the development and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Francistown City Council in 2016 to launch a Know Your
- [Improving Public Sanitation in Masala Market, Ndola](https://sdinet.org/2018/06/improving-public-sanitation-masala-market-ndola/) - Organize As of 2017, the Zambia Homeless and Poor People’s Federation (ZHPPF) has organized 600 groups in 45 cities and towns. The federation has long organized communities around the issue of sanitation. This year ZHPPF took on the challenge of creating a public sanitation facility for one of the busiest markets in Zambia: Masala Market
- [Building Savings & Social Capital in Malawi](https://sdinet.org/2018/06/building-savings-social-capital-malawi/) - Organize As of 2017, the Malawi Homeless People’s Federation has organized 505 groups in 28 cities and towns. It is well known that the central organizing tenet of SDI revolves around women-led savings groups. The value of savings to a poor community’s ability to absorb or adapt to shocks and stressors is paramount, and the
- [Revolutionary Planning: The Mukuru Special Planning Area, Nairobi](https://sdinet.org/2018/06/revolutionary-planning-mukuru-special-planning-area-nairobi/) - Organize As of 2017, the Kenya slum dwellers federation - Muungano wa Wanavijiji - has organized 1,026 groups in 21 cities and towns. In Nairobi, the Mukuru belt of slums forms one of Nairobi’s largest informal settlements. A 2016 structure count by the federation established the settlement’s 100,561 units comprised of residential households, businesses, institutions,
- [SDI partners with Twins on Tour to share stories of African youth](https://sdinet.org/2018/06/sdi-partners-twins-tour-share-stories-african-youth/) - Next week SDI's co-founder Joel Bolnick will hit the road with Morgan and Gabriel, the brothers who make up Twins on Tour. Read more below about how this project came into being and what this partnership hopes to achieve for the twins and for SDI. Guest post by Morgan & Gabriel Bolnick, Twins on Tour.
- [Simplified Sewer System in Dar es Salaam](https://sdinet.org/2018/05/simplified-sewer-system-dar-es-salaam/) - Organize As of 2017, the Tanzanian Urban Poor Federation (TUPF) has organized 735 groups in 8 cities and towns. Community-led profiling in Dar es Salaam consistently identifies sanitation as a primary concern for informal settlement communities and the affordability of solutions as a principle barrier to scalable solutions. In 2013, the community in Vinguguti began
- [The SDI Stockholm Sessions](https://sdinet.org/2018/05/sdi-stockholm-sessions/) - Next week, SDI will travel to Stockholm, Sweden for a week of seminars, workshops, and partnership meetings with key urban decision makers from across the urban development sector. This week of events, which we are calling The SDI Stockholm Sessions, will promote a broader understanding of urban poverty and informality, specifically focusing on why these
- [Remembering Daniel Aya  |  #OtodoGbame #SaveOurWaterfronts](https://sdinet.org/2018/05/remembering-daniel-aya-otodogbame-saveourwaterfronts/) - By Megan S. Chapman, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Justice & Empowerment Initiatives - Nigeria The footage you see at the beginning of the promo clip for “The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos” showing thousands of people in wooden fishing boats on the Lagos Lagoon watching their homes being burned by the government was taken almost
- [Legends of Lagos: KYC.TV Youth Produce Web Documentaries as Research for Feature Film](https://sdinet.org/2018/05/legends-lagos-kyc-tv-youth-produce-web-documentaries-research-feature-film/) - By James Tayler, SDI Legends of Lagos is an online documentary series in production by SDI's youth media programme, Know Your City TV, which seeks to reveal the invisible legends that hold the waterfront communities of Lagos together by collecting stories of resilience and hope from informal settlements. The documentary series serves another function as research
- [SDI Invests in Income-Generating Community Resource Centres: The case of 302 Albert Road](https://sdinet.org/2018/05/sdi-generating-surpluses-investing-income-generating-community-resource-centres-case-302-albert-road-woodstock-cape-town/) - By Merhawi Okbaselasie, SDI Secretariat In this fast-changing environment, NGOs are becoming particularly concerned about financial sustainability, and SDI is no exception. The challenge is how to become financially sustainable without drifting from SDI’s core mission of realising inclusive and resilient cities that improve the lives of the urban poor. SDI achieves this core mission
- [Stories from the ground: Know Your City settlement profiling in SDI's Asian Hub](https://sdinet.org/2018/05/stories-ground-know-city-settlement-profiling-sdis-asian-hub/) - In July 2017 during the Asia Hub meeting, members made a renewed commitment to explore links between SDI and a longstanding partner organization in the urban space, the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR), through the Know Your City campaign. They developed a plan to initiate, implement, and activate the settlement profiling process in 25 cities in
- [Inclusive Investment Guided by Community-led Profiling in Manila](https://sdinet.org/2018/05/inclusive-investment-guided-community-led-profiling-manila/) - In the coming weeks, SDI will share the case studies from our 2017 Annual Report titled 'The Road to Resilience' here on our blog. Emerging from the field of ecology, 'resilience' describes the capacity of a system to maintain or recover from disruption or disturbance. Cities are also complex systems and a resilience framework addresses the inter- connectedness
- [Know Your City Concluding Thoughts: Democratizing Data & Making the Invisible Visible](https://sdinet.org/2018/04/kyc-conclusion-democratizing-data-making-invisible-visible/) - By Jockin Arputham, Joel Bolnick, Somsook Boonyabancha, and Sheela Patel When the police van went up We went down When it came down We went up. When the police stood We also stood When they sat down We also sat down When the committee went to negotiate We went to invade When they evicted
- [Would We Know Scale If She Walked By? Revolutionary Planning in Mukuru, Nairobi](https://sdinet.org/2018/04/mukuru-chapter-kyc-book/) - By Jack Makau and Jane Weru Oh, I see her hand reaching out to me Only she can set me free Have you seen her Tell me have you seen her “Have You Seen Her” The Chi-Lites, 1971 Muungano wa Wanavijiji is a slum dweller movement that emerged in Nairobi in the 1990s as a
- [Shifting Investment Decisions Toward Inclusion in Manila and Jakarta](https://sdinet.org/2018/04/shifting-investment-decisions-toward-inclusion-manila-jakarta/) - By Smruti Jukur, Fleur Henderson, Sheela Patel, and Anne-Marie Rakhorst City development is increasingly financed through global, national, and local private sector investments. Local and national governments welcome these investments. The public sector rarely has the resources or expertise to undertake large-scale investments to meet urgent needs. Increased private sector funding may be both the
- [The Cities We Create Depend on the Choices We Make: Lagos](https://sdinet.org/2018/03/cities-create-depend-choices-make-lagos/) - By Megan Chapman and Andrew Maki The year 2017 witnessed two very different approaches to urban informal settlements in one city—Lagos, Nigeria. The largest city in Africa, Lagos epitomize the tension between tremendous economic potential and the overwhelming urban planning challenges posed by massive growth and rapid urbanization. Within the space of a few months,
- [Know Your City Campaign Launches in Latin America](https://sdinet.org/2018/02/know-city-touches-latin-america/) - *Desplácese hacia abajo para español* SDI is excited to announce that in 2018 we will support organized urban poor communities in Latin America looking to use community-led profiling and mapping to catalyze dialogue with government or other authorities to improve the lives of the poor. Small support grants for this work will be available to
- [Producing and Aggregating Local Knowledge](https://sdinet.org/2018/03/producing-aggregating-local-knowledge/) - By Luis M.A. Bettencourt, Anni Beukes, and José Lobo The power of the SDI network is predicated on the strength of collective action. The power of knowledge is predicated on its scope, quality, and credibility. At the close of 2017, SDI-affiliated slum dweller organizations had profiled 103 cities covering 1,238 settlements. Settlement profiling is a process
- [Flawed Assumptions](https://sdinet.org/2018/03/flawed-assumptions/) - By Robert M. Buckley, Achilles Kallergis, and David Satterthwaite Forty-two years after Habitat I—the first international commitment toward an urban agenda—urban poverty persists, the number of slum dwellers continues to increase, and hundreds of millions lack access to the basic services associated with city living: shelter, water and sanitation, and jobs. How is it possible
- [Essential Partnerships: Local Governments and Organized Communities](https://sdinet.org/2018/03/essential-partnerships-local-governments-organized-communities/) - By Joel Bolnick, William Cobbett, and Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi The roots of the Know Your City campaign grew from the acknowledgment over the past decades that a fundamental shift in the approach to urban development is urgently needed. From its initial work in two slum areas to its current partnerships in 103 cities covering 1,238
- [Know Your City: Slum Dwellers Count](https://sdinet.org/2018/02/know-city-slum-dwellers-count/) - Earlier this month, SDI launched a landmark publication: "Know Your City: Slum Dwellers Count," showcasing the extraordinary contribution of the Know Your City (KYC) campaign to understanding and taking action to reduce urban poverty and exclusion. Over the next weeks, we will post a chapter from the book to our blog weekly and related material on
- [OpenReblock: Safe, Inclusive, and Integrated Cities](https://sdinet.org/2018/02/openreblock-safe-inclusive-integrated-cities/) - Re-blocking is an element of incremental slum/informal settlement upgrading that supports area-based design and planning. Through spatial reconfiguration and the introduction of new streets and paths, each home or workplace gains an address and obtains urban services, especially water, sanitation, and drainage. These are essential elements of response to slum development, climate change, and to
- [Southern African Slum Dwellers Strategise Ahead of World Urban Forum 2018](https://sdinet.org/2018/01/southern-african-slum-dwellers-strategise-ahead-world-urban-forum-2018/) - *This article originally appeared on the SA SDI Alliance blog.* By Kwanda Lande, on behalf of CORC On 11 February 2018, the ninth World Urban Forum (WUF9) will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. WUF9 will have a specific thematic focus on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda(NUA). This theme of implementation is particularly important to urban poor
- [One year on from Lagos' Otodo Gbame evictions, evictees still seek justice](https://sdinet.org/2017/11/one-year-lagos-otodo-gbame-evictions-evictees-still-seek-justice/) - SDI demands no forced evictions and no relocations without negotiated alternatives! But what happens when anti-poor governments refuse to negotiate? This continues to be the case in Nigeria. When this happens SDI affiliates are compelled to take to the streets and the courts. While that plays itself out, often with tragic consequences, SDI calls on
- [Know Your City TV Launches in Kenya](https://sdinet.org/2017/09/know-city-tv-launches-kenya/) - Photo: Nicera Wanjiru **This article was originally featured on the Muungano wa Wanavijiji blog.** By Jack Makau Art has always been central to the struggle of the Kenyan slum dweller for a place in the city. From the prayer associated with the ‘theatre of the oppressed’, to puppetry, traditional and contemporary music, graffiti, film making,
- [Sheela Patel on the Urban Housing Crisis: Think Big, Act Local (Cross-posted)](https://sdinet.org/2017/08/sheela-patel-urban-housing-crisis-think-big-act-local-cross-posted/) - **This article originally appeared on TheCityFix, produced by WRI** By Alex Rogala From evictions and skyrocketing rents to substandard infrastructure and services, many residents in cities across the global south face acute housing challenges. And the problem is growing. According to estimates, one-in-three people in cities are unable to access affordable and secure housing, leading to burgeoning
- [Our Urban Agenda: Waterfront Evictions in Lagos, Nigeria](https://sdinet.org/2017/07/urban-agenda-waterfront-evictions-lagos-nigeria/) - (c) Omoregie Osakpolor 2017 This second half of 2016 witnessed the most intensive period of sustained popular action in the history of the Nigerian Federation. It started with the mass eviction threat to 17 waterfronts in Port Harcourt in July 2016. In response, the Federation turned out in their thousands in peaceful demonstrations. A delegation
- [Information is Power: Turning data into Action in Liberia](https://sdinet.org/2017/07/information-power-turning-data-action-liberia/) - Click on the image below for a multimedia look at the data collection work being done by organized communities of slum dwellers in Monrovia.
- [Botswana Know Your City Enumeration Exchange](https://sdinet.org/2017/07/botswana-know-city-enumeration-exchange/) - The federation of Botswana was mobilized by the Zimbabwean federation and established in 2011. Because of the challenges faced in their communities, the Botswana federation identified SDI’s data collection tools to be a necessary weapon for them to ascertain their socio-economic profile, level of services as well as development aspirations. Botswana Federation and the Francistown City Council
- [Movement of the Mamas](https://sdinet.org/2017/06/movement-of-the-mamas/) - This text comprises excerpts from the South Africa affiliate’s reporting. “Saving is our heartbeat”, any member of South Africa’s Federation of the Urban Poor (FEDUP) will tell you. “This is how we organise, how we build trust, open spaces to talk and share, find ways to support each other and change our lives. We don’t
- [KYC 3.0: Using Community-Driven Slum Data to Build Resilient Cities](https://sdinet.org/2017/06/kyc-3-0-using-community-driven-slum-data-build-resilient-cities/) - SDI’s city-wide profiling work has fed the growth of the Know Your City Campaign. The second phase of this collaboration (KYC 2.0) between SDI, United Cities and Local Governments-Africa (UCLG-A) and Cities Alliance was launched at Habitat III in Quito and a new MOU between UCLG-A and SDI to expand the work was signed. SDI
- [KnowYourCity.TV Workshops in Ghana & Nigeria](https://sdinet.org/2017/06/knowyourcity-tv-workshops-ghana-nigeria/) - Images from SDI's May 2017 KnowYourCity.TV workshops in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana.
- [Bridging the Affordability Gap: The Nairobi Special Housing Fund](https://sdinet.org/2017/06/bridging-affordability-gap-nairobi-special-housing-fund/) - The Kenya Federation has the second oldest Urban Poor Fund in the network: Akiba Mashinani Trust. Based on its experience with community upgrading fund management, the federation and its partners in government have developed a detailed proposal for the establishment of a Special Housing Fund for Nairobi. The Special Housing Fund will establish a long-term
- [Innovations in Solar Energy for Slums](https://sdinet.org/2017/05/innovations-solar-energy-slums/) - Posting on the newly formed East Africa Solar Hub instant message group, Sammy Lema Manfere (Dar-e-Salam) wrote, “Hey guyz we nw cross the border.” Compatriot Kasugga Abubaker (Jinja) replied from Nairobi, “Waawo, checking out now at the hotel!” Such is the interconnectedness of the SDI Federations which inter-country exchanges enable. Between the 24th and 29th
- [SDI Kenya & Ghana Evictions Solidarity Exchange to Nigeria](https://sdinet.org/2017/05/sdi-kenya-ghana-evictions-solidarity-exchange-nigeria/) - An SDI delegation from Ghana and Kenya are in Nigeria this week to share 20+ years of experience negotiating successful eviction alternatives. The Nigerian SDI affiliate has been fighting ongoing violent forced evictions for nearly three years. Yesterday was the Ghana & Kenya team's first day in Lagos. They started the week with a solidarity visit
- [A new paradigm in understanding slums & urbanization of growing cities in Kenya](https://sdinet.org/2017/02/new-paradigm-understanding-slums-urbanization-growing-cities-kenya/) - “Addressing the issue of informal settlements and urban poverty in a traditional single lens cannot solve the problem. This research is unique at three levels: First: It looked at the issue from multiple angles; as a land and legal problem, as a social problem, as an urban planning problem, as an economic problem, as well
- [Launch of Lusaka Water Security Initiative in Zambia](https://sdinet.org/2017/01/launch-of-lusaka-water-security-initiative-in-zambia/)
- [Public Forum on Namibia's Urban Future](https://sdinet.org/2017/02/public-forum-namibias-urban-future/) - Anna Muller (left) director of SDI support NGO in Namibia (NHAG) at Namibia's "Public Forum on Namibia's Urban Future" where Sophie Shaningwa, Minister of Urban and Rural Development (right), and a longstanding friend of the Namibia Federation gave the keynote address. The main thrust of her speech resonated strongly with the SDI network. She suggested
- [The Battle for Living Space in Our Cities: A social movement based around alternatives to demolitions](https://sdinet.org/2017/03/battle-living-space-cities-social-movement-based-around-alternatives-demolitions/) - "It should come as no surprise that SDI affiliated federations of the urban poor, representing organized communities in a struggle for inclusive cities, almost always trace their roots to bitter and prolonged struggles against forced evictions. It began in the early 1970's, when Janata Colony, a slum in South Mumbai India, itself the creation of
- [SDI at Habitat III: Highlights from Quito](https://sdinet.org/2016/11/sdi-habitat-iii-highlights-quito/) - 45+ SDI delegates 14 affiliates from Africa, Asia, and Latin America 80+ speaking engagements Some highlights from SDI's eventful week at Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador: Click here for the full report. Rose Molokoane, a national community leader from South Africa, SDI Coordinator and founding member of the SDI Network, was elected Chairperson of the
- [CoLab for Change: Case Studies for Collaborative Urban Transformation](https://sdinet.org/2016/12/colab-change-case-studies-collaborative-urban-transformation/) - CoLab for Change: Case Studies for Collaborative Urban Transformation is a project of the Cities Alliance Joint Work Programme for Habitat III. Transforming fast growing cities of the global south into globally attractive hubs of the world economy cannot be achieved without including the urban poor as leaders in housing and urban development processes. Roughly
- [24: The Day Huruma Slums Got Secure Land Tenure](https://sdinet.org/2015/02/24-the-day-huruma-slums-got-secure-land-tenure/) - A backstory inspired by the TV drama, "24".
- [Those Who Tell the Stories Rule the World](https://sdinet.org/2015/07/those-who-tell-the-stories-rule-the-world/) - Youth documenter Sophia Khamis. Photo by Shaddy Mbaka, SDI Kenya - In a recent trip to SDI’s Kenya affiliate I was fortunate enough to meet a group of young federation members making their entry into the world of blogging. The youth came from the slums in which Muungano wa Wanavijiji organizes. Below are the highlights
- [Uncovering the Pockets: Profiling Accra's Slums](https://sdinet.org/2015/08/uncovering-the-pockets-profiling-accras-slums/) - By Mara Forbes, SDI Secretariat The Ghana federation is embarking on its largest and most ambitious data collection process to date – citywide profiling of seven municipalities in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA). GAMA is comprised of 11 districts, each of which has multiple sub-metros and many neighborhoods. Last week the Ghana Federation of
- [Addressing Evictions Before Push Comes to Shove](https://sdinet.org/2015/09/making-noise-how-sdi-fights-evictions/) - A Commentary On A Recent Spate Of Evictions To Affect Federation Groups In West And Southern Africa. In the last fortnight the SDI Secretariat has received reports from a number of our affiliates about large-scale evictions taking place in settlements in which the SDI network has a presence. Current estimates are that over 40,000 people
- [What might slum dwellers want from the SDGs?](https://sdinet.org/2015/10/what-might-slum-dwellers-want-from-the-sdgs/) - Jockin Arputham has been fighting for the rights of slum dwellers for nearly 50 years. This blog is drawn from an interview by IIED’s David Satterthwaite ahead of World Habitat Day about what the Sustainable Development Goals could mean for slum dwellers. Jockin Arputham founded the first national slum dweller federation in India in 1976
- [Art in the Service of Transformation. Transformation in the Service of Art.](https://sdinet.org/2015/10/art-in-the-service-of-transformation-the-boda-boda-thieves/) - Earlier this year SDI co-produced a film about life in Uganda's slums, called The Boda Boda thieves. This was a first and highly experimental investigation of how to freely construct the everyday lives of slum dwellers and to find ways to contribute to the development of a new form of grassroots contestation - not through ideology or representation but through
- [Communities Drive Progress in Slum Sanitation](https://sdinet.org/2015/10/communities-drive-progress-in-slum-sanitation/) - By Diana Mitlin and Noah Schermbrucker The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) make a clear commitment to universal sanitation. This is to be welcomed. But for the SDGs to be realized, they must be grounded in practical actions that can be replicated affordably, rapidly, and at scale. The challenge is evident in the failure to achieve
- [KYC.TV Is Born!](https://sdinet.org/2015/10/kyc-tv-is-born/) - Our KYC.TV youth film makers deserve a rousing thumbs up upon the launch of their first productions. These are the voices and images of slum dweller youth capturing life in the slums through their own eyes.
- [Joint Communique Against Forced Evictions Affecting the Urban Poor](https://sdinet.org/2015/10/joint-communique-against-forced-evictions-affecting-the-urban-poor/) - West Africa Regional Hub condemns forced evictions, calling on stakeholders to join hands with organised communities of the urban poor to prevent these practices.
- [The Kenya SDI Alliance Ramps Up Activities](https://sdinet.org/2015/11/the-kenya-sdi-alliance-ramps-up-activities/) - India, Kenya and South Africa are arguably the most frequently referenced Federations in the SDI network - both internally and externally. This is the result of a combination of factors, including the geopolitical space occupied by these three countries. Equally important is the scale of the 3 Federations in terms of the number of settlements,
- [In Short, "Mapping is Important"](https://sdinet.org/2015/11/in-short-mapping-is-important/) - By the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia “Mapping helps in starting the upgrading process for our communities, as partners in the development process” - Rebekka, Oshikoto Region, Namibia Shack Dwellers Federation To date, the Namibia Shack Dwellers Federation has completed the only national level informal settlement profile within the SDI Network. Ms Rosalinda Hendricks
- [A Lesson for All: Orangi Pilot Project Visits Tanzania Federation](https://sdinet.org/2015/12/a-lesson-for-all-orangi-pilot-project-visits-tanzania-federation/) - Background Orangi Pilot Project is one of the most successful community-based upgrading projects in the world. Over 750,000 slum-based households in this Karachi neighbourhood have contributed directly to the material improvement of their sanitation situation. Through their sustained practical action they have forced the authorities to respond and the Orangi process is now being rolled
- [Evictions Continue to Wreak Havoc in Dar es Salaam](https://sdinet.org/2016/03/destroying-lives-evictions-in-dar-es-salaam/) - On the 17th December 2015, demolitions began. By the time they were halted by a court injunction in the first week of January, 1,412 houses in six sub-wards had been destroyed and an estimated 9,900 people made homeless. The government agency gave no warning. People were phoned at work by their neighbours to be told
- [Federations Put Data to Use in Lagos, Nigeria](https://sdinet.org/2016/03/federations-put-data-to-use-in-lagos-nigeria/) - UN Habitat's Global Land Tools Network (GLTN) Urban Cluster Work Plan Project was conceptualized and developed by GLTN’s urban civil society partners at the Partners Meeting held at the Hague in November 2013. The project was facilitated by the secretariat of GLTN, and coordinated by Shack / Slum Dwellers International, serving as the urban CSO cluster
- [PRESS RELEASE: Ground Breaking Informal Settlement Ruling: Upgrading Policy is Binding and Must Be Obeyed](https://sdinet.org/2016/04/press-release-ground-breaking-informal-settlement-ruling-upgrading-policy-is-binding-and-must-be-obeyed/) - The below press statement was released by Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) South Africa on 5 April 2016. -- The Gauteng Local Division of the High Court today ordered the City of Johannesburg (the City) to apply to the Gauteng Province for a grant to upgrade the Slovo Park Informal Settlement. For 20 years, the
- [Tackling the Challenge of Sanitation in South Africa](https://sdinet.org/2016/06/tackling-the-challenge-of-sanitation-in-south-africa/) - Cross posted from the SA SDI Alliance website By Ava Rose Hoffman (on behalf of CORC) In this blog, Mzwanele Zulu—National Informal Settlement Network (ISN) Coordinator—discusses the process of identifying community priorities and engaging with local government to construct the Midrand Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) Facility, which will become operational in the coming weeks. Midrand is an
- [Breaking News: 60,000 People Face Immediate Threat of Eviction in Port Harcourt, Nigeria](https://sdinet.org/2016/07/port-harcourt-joint-press-release-condemns-forced-evictions/) - On Friday July 15th, 2016 the Rivers State government made a radio announcement notifying citizens of 17 waterfront slums in Port Harcourt, Nigeria of a 7-day "notice to vacate," saying that anyone who remains will be deemed a criminal and arrested. From the Nigerian Federation's profiling data, we estimate as many as 60,000 people stand to
- [For a better Mumbai, fix the slums first](https://sdinet.org/2016/07/for-a-better-mumbai-fix-the-slums-first/) - This article was first published in The Hindu. By Jockin Arputham The government has plenty of schemes for slum redevelopment, but most of these are on paper. Importantly, sanitation is not on the agenda. I was all of 17 when I migrated to Mumbai in 1967 from Kolar, Karnataka. I didn’t have a purpose then;
- [Transformation begins: city-wide profiling and mapping in Monrovia](https://sdinet.org/2016/08/transforming-begins-city-wide-profiling-and-mapping-in-monrovia/)
- [OPENING DOORS FOR COOPERATION - BOTSWANA NATIONAL FORUM IN FRANCISTOWN](https://sdinet.org/2016/08/opening-doors-for-cooperation-botswana-national-forum-in-francistown/)
- [LEARNING FROM OUR NEIGHBORS - SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGIONAL HUB MEETING 2016](https://sdinet.org/2016/08/learning-from-our-neighbors-southern-african-regional-hub-meeting-2016/)
- [Launch of new Know Your City website, powered by SDI](https://sdinet.org/2016/10/launch-of-new-know-your-city-website-powered-by-sdi/) - SDI will launch a new website next week. Current SDI sites will be replaced by a dynamic new platform. Rooted in the informal settlements of our cities, it will be based on slum data collected and applied by SDI federations on three continents. Slum dwellers own maps, surveys, stories, films and photos will give visitors
- [SDI at Habitat III](https://sdinet.org/2016/10/sdi-at-habitat-iii/) - SDI is participating in over 60 events over the next week at the Habitat III Conference in Quito, Ecuador, including participation in at least 9 high-level events and co-hosting of at least 11 side, networking, and other events. This packed schedule includes a joint networking event hosted by SDI, UCLG-Africa and Cities Alliance. This event, entitled “Know Your
- [KnowYourCity.TV in Action!](https://sdinet.org/2016/10/knowyourcity-tv-in-action/) - A few images from behind the scenes and on location in Afghanistan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Ghana, South Africa and Uganda. Follow KnowYourCity.TV on Facebook for updates.
- [Understanding SDI's Governance Structures](https://sdinet.org/2016/11/understanding-sdis-governance-structure/) - Many people ask us about SDI’s governance structures. Here is a detailed explanation from Sheela Patel, SDI Board Chair and Joel Bolnick, Manager of the SDI Secretariat.
- [BREAKING NEWS: Ongoing Forced Evictions & Demolitions Leave Over 30,000 Homeless in Lagos' Waterfront Communities](https://sdinet.org/2016/11/breaking-news-forced-evictions-demolitions-ongoing-in-lagos-waterfront-communities/) - SDI has been receiving photos and videos all morning from our Nigerian federation members of large scale evictions and demolitions taking place in Lagos' waterfront communities. These are taking place despite an injunction from the High Court of Lagos State. This is not what implementation of the New Urban Agenda, the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development
- [Botswana Federation Launches Know Your City Campaign in Francistown](https://sdinet.org/2017/02/botswana-federation-launches-know-city-campaign-francistown/) - In Francistown, Botswana the Federation has been working hard to establish a working relationship with the local city government in order to scale up their community-driven data collection and slum upgrading work to the citywide scale. This work bore fruit last year with the signing of an MOU and the formalisation of plans to carry
- [Announcing SDI Annual Report 2015-16 | 20th Anniversary Edition](https://sdinet.org/2016/11/announcing-sdi-annual-report-2015-16-20th-anniversary-edition/) - SDI is pleased to announce the publication of our 2015 - 2016 Annual Report. This year marks the 20th anniversary of SDI. The journey from a people’s movement founded in India to the largest global movement of slum dwellers in the world has been long and the victories hard won. This annual report will document
- [Putting Community Data to Use in Three Kenyan Cities](https://sdinet.org/2016/03/putting-community-data-to-use-in-three-kenyan-cities/) - UN Habitat's Global Land Tools Network (GLTN) Urban Cluster Work Plan Project was conceptualised and developed by GLTN’s urban civil society partners at the Partners Meeting held at the Hague in November 2013. The project was facilitated by the secretariat of GLTN, and coordinated by Shack / Slum Dwellers International, serving as the urban CSO cluster
- [SDI at Habitat 3 Regional Meeting for Africa](https://sdinet.org/2016/04/habitat3abuja/) - As the UN-wide Habitat 3 Conference draws closer, SDI is being invited to and involved in an increasing number of events to prepare for both the conference and the release in May of the Zero Draft of the much anticipated New Urban Agenda. Over the course of preparations for Habitat 3, SDI continues to pursue our global advocacy
- [Slum Dwellers & Students Planning Partnership in Kitui, Kenya](https://sdinet.org/2016/05/slum-dwellers-students-planning-partnership-in-kitui-kenya/) - By Baraka Mwau (Studio Facilitator) for CURI / SDI / AAPS The Kenya partnership of Slum Dwellers International-Kenya Affiliate and Centre of Urban Research and Innovations (CURI)-University of Nairobi (UoN) commenced field activities for the Kitui Learning studio in the first quarter of this year. The studio is part of a broader collaborative programme
- [“As soon as possible I have to practice email”: SDI's Bolivia & Brazil Affiliates Visit Chile](https://sdinet.org/2016/05/sdis-bolivia-brazil-affiliates-visit-chile/) - In the last week of April 2016, representatives of the slum dweller federations of Bolivia and Brazil traveled to Santiago to attend the 10th Anniversary of the "I love my neighborhood" program of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development of Chile. The anniversary was also attended by representatives from Peru and Uruguay. Thanks to
- [SDI Makes a Splash at World Urban Forum](https://sdinet.org/2010/03/sdi-makes-a-splash-at-world-urban-forum/) - By Louise Cobbett, SDI Secretariat Slum Dwellers International is, by far, the largest delegation at the fifth World Urban Forum, which is being held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All delegates wore bright green t-shirts with the slogan "Making Cities Inclusive" to the opening ceremony on the 25th. The 67 strong green contingency
- [New MoU with UCLG-Africa](https://sdinet.org/2011/06/new-mou-with-uclg-africa/) - SDI federations have long understood the strategic importance of brokering partnerships with local government. This stems from the understanding that in order to scale up federation practices, experiences, and learning, the formal government has to be engaged actively.At the end of April, SDI’s Zimbabwean affiliate federation — Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation — and support organization
- [Young Leaders Explore Issues of Youth & Land with GLTN and UN-Habitat](https://sdinet.org/2012/02/young-leaders-explore-issues-of-youth-land-with-gltn-and-un-habitat/) - By Sizwe Mxobo, CORC Kholeka Xuza, a community leader from Langrug settlement outside Stellenbosch, and myself, a young professional from Cape Town, South Africa, met at Cape Town International Airport late in the evening on 22 January 2012 prior to boarding our first flight north to Norway. We both checked in with no challenges, except
- [Kenya SDI Affiliate Reports on the World Urban Forum](https://sdinet.org/2012/09/kenya-sdi-affiliate-reports-on-the-world-urban-forum/) - **Cross-posted from the MuST Kenya blog** By Irene Karanja, MuST Kenya The World Urban Forum was established by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing problems facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies. In the space of a few short years, the
- [SDI at World Urban Forum 6: Making Space for the Urban Poor](https://sdinet.org/2012/10/sdi-at-world-urban-forum-6-making-space-for-the-urban-poor/) - By Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat In early September a large delegation from SDI attended the World Urban Forum in Naples, Italy. The weeklong event was attended by virtually all major players in the urban development field and was host to a wide variety of sessions focusing on everything from water and sanitation to evictions
- [Sheela Patel attends IMF AGM in Tokyo](https://sdinet.org/2012/10/sheela-patel-attends-imf-agm-in-tokyo/) - Sheela Patel at the Annual General Meeting of the International Monetary Fund, held in Tokyo last week. Pictured: Far Right, Sheela Patel (Chair of SDI). Next to her Jim Yong Kim (President of the World Bank) and second from left Christine Legarde (President of the International Monetary Fund). At a related event, Sheela Patel spoke
- [Beyond Participation: SDI Showcases Partnership Models at AfriCities Conference](https://sdinet.org/2013/01/beyond-participation-sdi-showcases-partnership-models-at-africities-conference/) - SDI delegates take part in a reflection on the Land, Services and Citizenship Project hosted by Cities Alliance at Africities By George Masimba, Dialogue on Shelter, Zimbabwe The recent Afri-Cities conference was held in Dakar, Senegal and took place under the theme - ‘Building Africa from its territories: which challenges for local governments’. About
- [Discussing Slum Upgrading Strategies: SDI Attends Habitat III](https://sdinet.org/2013/01/discussing-slum-upgrading-strategies-sdi-attends-habitat-iii/) - By Joseph Kimani (Muungano Support Trust, Kenya) and Joseph Muturi (Muungano Wa Wanavijiji, Kenya) Introduction Imagine a world without slums. Fine, let's keep it close: imagine the city of Nairobi, Cape Town, Mumbai or your favorite city without a single informal settlement, slum or shacks. That is exactly the thing…your mind is probably saying, "Well
- [Activating Social & Political Change through Community-Driven Slum Profiling](https://sdinet.org/2013/04/activating-social-political-change-through-community-driven-slum-profiling/) - By Walter Fieuw, CORC, South Africa (on behalf of SDI Secretariat) Community-driven settlement profiling, enumerations, and spatial mapping are practices that federations associated with SDI have developed over two decades. These become valuable tools in negotiating more equitable resource flows from the public and private sector to urban poor communities. Profiling is a “top-level scan”
- [SDI Joins World Urban Campaign](https://sdinet.org/2013/04/sdl-joins-world-urban-campaign/) - **Cross-posted from MuST Blog** By Shaddy Mbaka, Muungano Support Trust (Kenya) NAIROBI, 18 APRIL 2013 | SDI has officially joined the World Urban Campaign, a lobby and advocacy platform on sustainable urbanization for “Better City, Better Life,” coordinated by UN-HABITAT. The World Urban Campaign brings together partners from across sectors. It is designed to facilitate international
- [Celine d'Cruz Speaks on Slum Enumeration & Community Development](https://sdinet.org/2013/07/celine-dcruz-speaks-on-slum-enumeration-community-development/)
- [From Mumbai to the World: Building a Slum Dweller Movement](https://sdinet.org/2013/09/from-mumbai-to-the-world-building-a-slum-dweller-movement/) - By Jockin Arputham, President, SDI and National Slum Dwellers Federation of India (NSDF) It is sometimes hard to imagine that it is 28 years since the National Slum Dweller Federation of India (NSDF) linked up with Mahila Milan and SPARC to negotiate solutions to demolitions of hutments on the pavements of Byculla in Mumbai. Little did
- [Towards the Urban Poor Development Goals: Setting Milestones for a Sustainable Post-MDG Development Agenda](https://sdinet.org/2013/09/towards-the-urban-poor-development-goals-setting-milestones-for-a-sustainable-post-mdg-development-agenda/) - Global discussions and serious reflections on development goal setting post-2015 have begun. To some degree the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been able to inject socially responsible goal setting into national budgeting processes. They have also served as a strong rhetorical tool for justifying the allocation and transparency of resources for ends that improve human
- [From the Bottom Up: Connecting SDI to Global Urban Development Processes](https://sdinet.org/2013/10/from-the-bottom-up-connecting-sdi-to-global-urban-development-processes/) - SDI signs an MOU with Cities Alliance and United Cities & Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA). The experience of federations of the urban poor that make up the SDI network underlines the interconnections of actions that impact both locally and globally. Every time a foreign corporation, government, or other type of organization expresses interest in
- [Institutional & Policy Review: SDI Evaluation 2013](https://sdinet.org/2014/01/institutional-policy-review-sdi-evaluation-2013/) - In the recent months SDI, in partnership with external consultants, has been involved in an institutional and policy oriented evaluation. The purpose was to take stock of major changes in the SDI network over the past five years, as well as to focus on major strategic choices that the network faces in its future growth.
- [Jockin Arputham: From Slum Dweller to Nobel Peace Prize Nominee](https://sdinet.org/2014/07/jockin-arputham-from-slum-dweller-to-nobel-peace-prize-nominee-2/) - 'Jockin-sir', as Mumbai's slum dwellers call him, is an inspirational figure helping India's dispossessed stand up for their rights, find new homes, and plot a way out of urban poverty Jockin Arputham chats with children about school in the Madanpura slum in central Mumbai. Photograph: Reuters **Cross-posted from The Guardian** By Srinath Perur Parveen Shaikh was
- [The Post MDG Debate: "For the Poor,"  but no Voice of the Poor](https://sdinet.org/2014/10/the-post-mdg-debate-for-the-poor-but-no-voice-of-the-poor/) - An influential debate is playing out in the proverbial halls of global development decision-making far from the informal settlements in African cities. The basic targets that will drive government decisions around spending and policy priorities, donor areas of focus, and wider perspectives aound development, are under discussion. These are targets that will promise much of what the post-World War II development institutions
- [Cities Alliance Voices Support for SDI Nobel Peace Prize Nomination](https://sdinet.org/2014/02/cities-alliance-voices-support-for-sdi-nobel-peace-prize-nomination/) - SDI is pleased to share the below letter of support from Billy Cobbett, Director of Cities Alliance, for SDI's nomination for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Included is a link to the press release issued by Shelter Norway reporting the nomination. Dear Consultative Group Members and CA Partners, I am really delighted to write to
- [SDI Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize](https://sdinet.org/2014/02/sdi-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize/) - Shelter Norway reports that SDI has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Below is the full press release in English. **Press release** BEACON OF THE WORLD’S URBAN POOR NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2014 Jockin Arputham and Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), the largest urban slum dweller movement in the world, have been nominated for the Nobel Peace
- [SDI Attends Launch of World Urban Campaign's "The City We Need"](https://sdinet.org/2014/03/sdi-attends-launch-of-world-urban-campaigns-the-city-we-need/) - While cities are increasingly central to global development agendas, the precise strategies of city development remain contested. In almost all cities in Africa and Asia, the allocation of resources and political will towards provision of land, services, and shelter for the poor is woefully inadequate. Dominant methods of delivery through “public-private partnerships” and centrally
- [SDI Launches Know Your City Campaign at World Urban Forum 7](https://sdinet.org/2014/03/sdi-launches-know-your-city-campaign-at-world-urban-forum-7/) - SDI is getting ready for the seventh World Urban Forum (WUF) to be held in Medellin, Colombia from 5 - 11 April 2014. As the largest and most widely attended conference on cities, World Urban Forum presents an excellent opportunity for SDI affiliates to present their work at the global scale, and network with key
- [Know Your City: Discussing Community-Collected Data at World Urban Forum 7](https://sdinet.org/2014/04/know-your-city-discussing-community-collected-data-at-world-urban-forum-7/) - By Ariana MacPherson, SDI Secretariat There has been a lot of discussion at this week’s World Urban Forum about the use of data as a key tool in the development of inclusive, sustainable cities. Key to this discussion is how data can be used in the cities of Africa, Asia and Latin America, most of
- [Less Talk, More Walk: Rose Molokoane on Localising Implementation of the SDGs](https://sdinet.org/2015/10/less-talk-more-walk-rose-molokoane-on-localising-implementation-of-the-sdgs/) - Last week New York City was buzzing with events surrounding the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit for the post-2015 development agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were formally adopted on the first day of the summit. SDI's Rose Molokoane and Beth Chitekwe-Biti were in New York City for the week and participated in a number
- [Takeaways from New York: Reflecting on the Path to Habitat 3](https://sdinet.org/2015/10/takeaways-from-new-york-reflecting-on-the-path-to-habitat-3/) - Upon her return from the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York City, Beth Chitekwe-Biti shared some key takeaways on SDI's participation in the processes and activities surrounding the post-2015 development agenda and Sustainable Development Goals. Beth highlighted in particular the challenges of grassroots organisations operating within such formal systems, the need to target city
- [Habitat III must institutionalize ‘participatory’ urban development](https://sdinet.org/2016/05/habitat-iii-must-institutionalize-participatory-urban-development/) - **This post originally appeared on Citiscope** By Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat The New Urban Agenda will need to factor collaborative development into the design of its implementing strategies, while ensuring that adequate investment is made in organising communities for effective participation. Last month, the Habitat III process turned its official focus to informal settlements
- [In Memory of Mama Iris](https://sdinet.org/2016/05/in-memory-of-mama-iris/) - Dear colleagues and friends, In the midst of the daily demands and challenges of our far flung network of the urban poor, I face the task today of once again bidding farewell to an iconic figure in our movement, who in her own quiet and unassuming way contributed so much to what we have become.
- [Harare Slum Upgrading Project: Building the City from the Margins](https://sdinet.org/2016/09/harare-slum-upgrading-project-building-the-city-from-the-margins/)
- [Indian SDI Alliance Awarded 2016 Curry Stone Design Prize](https://sdinet.org/2016/03/indian-sdi-alliance-awarded-2016-curry-stone-design-prize/) - Today the Indian SDI Alliance, made up of the National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF), Mahila Milan (Women Together) and their support NGO, SPARC, will be awarded with the 2016 Curry Stone Design Prize Vision Award at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Mumbai. The Curry Stone Design Prize is a highly recognised social impact
- [Jockin Arputham Awarded Person of the Year](https://sdinet.org/2016/03/jockin-arputham-awarded-person-of-the-year/) - On 9 March 2016, SDI President Jockin Arputham was awarded VIT Person of the Year by VIT University Business School (India). The below excerpts are taken from a piece featured in The Weekend Leader about this prestigious award. ** He started off with his trademark declaration, “I am a slum dweller,” and for the next 20
- [Youth: The centrepiece of urban renewal](https://sdinet.org/2016/02/youth-the-centrepiece-of-urban-renewal/) - Cross posted from the Muungano blog. By Shadrack Mbaka and Eva Muchiri Slum dwellers share a whole lot in common with citizens of war torn countries. There is civil strife, and the most basic infrastructure is non-existent, interrupted or destroyed. As a result, most slum dwellers are forced to adapt to the existing situation or improvise just
- [Federation Youth Explore Urban Farming in Kenya's Slums](https://sdinet.org/2016/02/federation-youth-explore-urban-farming-in-kenyas-slums/) - By Kevin Kinuthia My mother, Jane Nyokabi, loves growing her own food. The problem was that we lived in Nairobi, the LandiMawe (Place of Hard Rocks), as many Nairobians call it, where growing food produce was almost impossible. Urban areas have become increasingly dense and land—a scarce resource in African cities. Many Kenyans moving to
- [Bolivian Federation Partnership with Harvard University](https://sdinet.org/2016/01/bolivian-federation-partnership-with-harvard-university/) - On January 6, 2016 18 students from Refresh Bolivia – an initiative of Harvard University – arrived in Bolivia. The main objective of the students is to facilitate access to safe water as a key strategy for promoting better health. Because this objective aligns closely to the members of the Bolivian Federation, the partnership was
- [Building EcoSan toilets in Blantyre, Malawi](https://sdinet.org/2015/12/11297/) - By Mariana Gallo and the Malawi Homeless People's Federation Background The sanitation challenges that Blantyre currently faces are complex with limited affordable options for informal residents to choose from. No sewerage treatment or disposal services, poor access to water, and a lack of space all characterise the cities’ slums. The Centre for Community Organisation and
- [Building Communal Sanitation in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2015/12/building-communal-sanitation-in-uganda/) - This is the third in a series of eight blogs that highlight lessons from community-led sanitation practices and experiences from across SDI’s network and which exemplify our practice. The blogs will cover practical, social and financial aspects of sanitation provision for residents in low-income, primarily informal, settlements. There is no single solution that can address sanitation
- [Improved Sanitation Improves Half a Million Lives in Pune, India](https://sdinet.org/2015/12/improved-sanitation-improves-half-a-million-lives-in-pune-india/) - By Maria Lobo and Mahila Milan Background Sanitation has been the shame of India. More than 50 percent of people who still defecate in the open live in India. Most of these are from rural areas but many of them are urban slum dwellers. Public toilets, though available, are all too often so rundown and
- [Building a Communal Toilet in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe](https://sdinet.org/2015/12/building-a-communal-toilet-in-chinhoyi-zimbabwe/) - By Evans Banana and the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation This is the first in a series of eight blogs that highlight lessons from community-led sanitation practices and experiences from across SDI’s network and which exemplify our practice. The blogs will cover practical, social and financial aspects of sanitation provision for residents in low-income, primarily informal, settlements.
- [Southern Africa Hub Coincides with Land Meeting](https://sdinet.org/2015/11/southern-africa-hub-coincides-with-land-meeting/) - The Southern Africa hub meeting, which took place in Harare, Zimbabwe last week, coincided with a national land meeting providing huge opportunities to enrich the discussions with regional inputs from the other affiliates. The land meeting by the Zimbabweans was the culmination of two regional meetings held in Harare and Bulawayo to reflect on the
- [Information is [Em]Power[ment]](https://sdinet.org/2015/11/11195/) - By Sharon Mudondo, National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda from Nakawa ”In selecting the settlements to profile, my team and I looked for those areas that we considered slums. For areas to qualify as slums, we would look at unplanned settlements, areas with open and poorly maintained drainage systems, over populated and congested areas. We identified all slum
- [The "G7" of the Urban Poor Happening in Zimbabwe](https://sdinet.org/2015/11/the-g7-of-the-urban-poor-happening-in-zimbabwe/) - Representatives from seven Slum/Shack Dwellers International affiliate countries that constitute the Southern Africa Hub are currently meeting in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, for yet another opportunity to learn and share their varied experience on how they are tackling the challenges faced by the urban poor in the region. The affiliates attending the meeting include
- [From Purok to Barangay: Mapping Informality in Philippine Cities](https://sdinet.org/2015/11/from-purok-to-barangay-mapping-informality-in-philippine-cities/) - By the Homeless People's Federation of the Philippines, Inc. The Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines, Inc. (HPFPI), commenced their settlement profiling and mapping in January 2015 during a learning exchange supported by the Indian Alliance. The exchange brought together participants from different regions of the country like the NCR, Cebu, Davao and Kidapawanin San
- [Knowledge is Power: Collecting Data in Nairobi's Slums](https://sdinet.org/2015/11/knowledge-is-power-collecting-data-in-nairobis-slums/) - Capturing slum profiling data. **This post was originally published on the Muungano blog** By Milkah Njeri, Muungano wa Wanavijiji (Huruma, Nairobi, Kenya) Born in an informal settlement and brought up in yet another informal slum in Nairobi, in itself sounds catastrophic. Having been born in Korogocho did not castigate me to a life of poverty; I
- [Profiling and Mapping for Alternative Slum Upgrading Solutions in Kiandutu, Kenya](https://sdinet.org/2015/11/profiling-and-mapping-for-alternative-slum-upgrading-solutions-in-kiandutu-kenya/) - **This post was originally featured on the Muungano blog** By Muungano wa Wanavijiji documentation Team In 2011, the Kenyan SDI Alliance began scaling up its strategy to support community-led upgrading in anticipation of engaging the Kiambu county government to deliver on a new national and city slump improvement initiative and housing programmes. Subsequently in 2015,
- [Making Technology Count for the Urban Poor in Thika, Kenya](https://sdinet.org/2015/11/making-technology-count-for-the-urban-poor-in-thika-kenya/) - On 12 August 2015 in Kiambu County, Kenya, the County Government, the Kenyan Slum Dwellers Federation – Muungano wa Wanavijiji – and Shack / Slum Dwellers International (SDI) marked the beginning of a partnership to profile, enumerate, and upgrade Kiandutu informal settlement in Thika town. Located centrally within Thika town, Kiandutu houses an estimated
- [SDI, WIEGO & Avina: Growing a Global Coalition of the Urban Poor](https://sdinet.org/2015/10/sdi-wiego-avina-growing-a-global-coalition-of-the-urban-poor/) - **Cross posted from the SA SDI Alliance Blog** By Yolande Hendler, SA SDI Alliance Piesang River – the home of the South African Federation of the Urban Poor (FEDUP), a meeting place filled with sounds of Portuguese, isiZulu, Spanish and English, a place filled with expectations of what a four-day learning exchange might hold for
- [The Days of Spurious Opposition Are Over, but What is Going to Happen to Spurious Democracy?](https://sdinet.org/2015/10/the-days-of-spurious-opposition-are-over-but-what-is-going-to-happen-to-spurious-democracy/) - By Joel Bolnick and Ted Baumann Since well before 1994, the élite of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has comprised two broad factions: True Believers and Entrepreneurs. The True Believers — mainly educated technocrats — adhere to the Leninist doctrine that capitalism can be used to strengthen the state, which can then be
- [Thousands of Evictees Suffer Homelessness and Loss of Livelihood After Ijora Badia Forced Evictions](https://sdinet.org/2015/09/thousands-of-evictees-suffer-homelessness-and-loss-of-livelihood-after-ijora-badia-forced-evictions/) - JOINT PRESS STATEMENT by FRIENDS OF BADIA EAST 28 September 2015 | Lagos, Nigeria Friends of Badia East from across civil society have come together to strongly condemn the forced evictions that began in Badia East, Lagos State, Nigeria, on 18 September 2015. Once again, thousands have been rendered homeless at the peak of torrential
- [Agbajowo, Lafinsoya | Unity, Our Strength](https://sdinet.org/2015/09/agbajowo-lafinsoya-unity-our-strength/) - By the Nigerian Federation and JEI-Nigeria FEDERATION STRENGTHENING EXCHANGE REPORT LAGOS, NIGERIA 23-30 AUGUST 2015 Introduction and background: This report covers the incoming exchange to Nigeria from 23-30 August 2015, the first incoming exchange to Nigeria since the Federation was born in mid 2013.[1] Accordingly, this exchange focused primarily on core SDI rituals, especially savings,
- [Cape Town and Kampala Youth set up SDI's Know Your City TV](https://sdinet.org/2015/09/cape-town-and-kampala-youth-set-up-sdis-know-your-city-tv/) - **Cross-posted from the SA SDI Alliance website** By Andiswa Meke and Yolande Hendler (on behalf of CORC) Meet eight young storytellers, driven by their love for the arts and commitment to change in their communities. From 31 August – 5 September 2015 eight youth members of the National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU) and
- [Paying Tribute to Gregory Van Rensburg](https://sdinet.org/2015/08/paying-tribute-to-gregory-van-rensburg/) - Since the passing of our colleague Gregory Van Rensburg this past weekend there has been an outpouring of heartfelt condolences from across the SDI network and beyond. These expressions of sadness and sympathy are testament to Greg's warm spirit and dedication to his work. Some of these tributes have been included below. -- It is
- [Fat Fingers and Back of a Napkin Calculations](https://sdinet.org/2015/08/fat-fingers-and-back-of-a-napkin-calculations/) - Kenyan slum dwellers undertake paperless survey of 10,000 families.
- [Charting a Path Together: Uganda’s Municipal Development Forums](https://sdinet.org/2015/07/charting-a-path-together-ugandas-municipal-development-forums/) - In Uganda, Municipal Development Forums (MDFs) have emerged as a critical platform for government and community to come together to voice issues and come up with solutions together. As Mr. Kiberu Hassan, NSDFU Chairperson, stated in the opening of the Makindye Municipal Development Forum, “Forums aim at discovering, sharing and finding collective ways of handling
- [Kenya Youth Documenters' First Blog Posts](https://sdinet.org/2015/07/kenya-youth-documenters-first-blog-posts/) - INDEX "The Floating Slum" by Eva Muchiri "Potato Riots" by Asha Ali "Giving Hope to Hopeless" by Milka Njeri "Crime in Mathare" by Kate Wanjiru "A Small Heaven or Hell?" by Mary Munyiva "A Call to All Young Mothers" by Sophia Khamis "Just a Call" by Peris Saleh "Eviction Mirror!" by Peris Saleh -- THE
- ["I have an erection... of the heart."](https://sdinet.org/2015/06/i-have-an-erection-of-the-heart/) - Photos by Herbert Kalungu, ACTogether Uganda By Skye Dobson That get your attention? Yes, well it got ours too. It was late on the third day of an international conference in a slightly stuffy hotel in Kampala. Delegates were giving closing remarks and I wont lie, I was checking emails and I think my colleague was
- [Informal food vendors: urban food security's invisible experts](https://sdinet.org/2015/06/informal-food-vendors-urban-food-securitys-invisible-experts-2/) - **Cross-posted from IIED's blog** One in three urban citizens in Asia and Africa live in informal settlements. It's time to consider their priorities when shaping urban food security policies. Njoki places a flat disc of dough on a blistering, oily hotplate. Within minutes, it transforms into a chapatti she can sell to one of her hungry
- [Informal Food Vendors: Urban Food  Security's Invisible Experts](https://sdinet.org/2015/06/informal-food-vendors-urban-food-securitys-invisible-experts/) - One in three urban citizens in Asia and Africa live in informal settlements. It's time to consider their priorities when shaping urban food security policies.
- [Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia in National News](https://sdinet.org/2015/06/shack-dwellers-federation-of-namibia-in-national-news/) - **Cross-posted from the SDFN Blog** The Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia has been busy submitting regional reports to government on land allocation and housing across the country in order to inform negotiations with local authorities on resources for permanent housing solutions for Namibia's poor. “I have not seen an institution as serious as the federation.
- [Launch of Public Toilets in Blantyre, Malawi: Building a Citywide Sanitation Strategy](https://sdinet.org/2015/05/launch-of-public-toilets-in-blantyre-malawi-building-a-citywide-sanitation-strategy/) - Written by CCODE On Friday 22nd May, 2015, the normally busy market in Ndirande was even busier than usual. This time, there was a reason to celebrate: local authorities, Councillors from different areas, Traditional Authorities, community leaders and community members came together to officially launch the five new public toilets that have been recently constructed
- [Reflections on Southern Africa Hub Meeting](https://sdinet.org/2015/05/reflections-on-southern-africa-hub-meeting/) - By: Mariana Gallo, Knowledge Management Officer CCODE; Nico Keijzer, LME Officer Southern Africa SDI; & Noah Schermbrucker, Projects Officer SDI The recent regional hub meeting for Southern Africa took place in Blantyre, Malawi, from 28-31st March 2015. It was the first time that Blanytre or Malawi have hosted a regional hub meeting and provided an
- [Settlement Planning and Design: Experiences from Mandaue City, Philippines](https://sdinet.org/2015/05/settlement-planning-and-design-experiences-from-mandaue-city-philippines/) - The below article has been cross-posted from the University College of London's Bartlett Development Planning Unit (UCL DPU). It is part of a series of articles written over the past five months about the Philippines SDI Alliance. To read the entire series, visit the DPU blog. -- By Jessica Mamo, on 28 April 2015 The Philippine
- [Announcing SDI Annual Report 2014 - 2015](https://sdinet.org/2015/05/10388/) - We are pleased to announce the 2014 - 2015 SDI Annual Report! The Shack / Slum Dwellers International (SDI) network of 33 national affiliates is organised into four regional hubs: The Asian Hub, The East African Hub, The Southern African Hub, and The West African Hub. There is also an emerging Hub in Latin America. Organising the federations into hubs
- [Rose Molokoane Appointed to Council of Social Housing Regulatory Authority](https://sdinet.org/2015/03/rose-molokoane-appointed-to-council-of-social-housing-regulatory-authority/) - SDI and the South African SDI Alliance were informed last week that Rose Molokoane, national coordinator of the South African Federation of the Urban Poor (FEDUP) and Deputy President of SDI, has been appointed to the Council of the South African Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) by Minister of Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu. The mission and
- [Building on Community Responses to the Ebola Crisis in Monrovia](https://sdinet.org/2015/03/building-on-community-responses-to-the-ebola-crisis-in-monrovia/) - By Mara Forbes, SDI Secretariat Liberia has a unique history compared to other African countries. Monrovia, the capital of Liberia was founded in 1822 by freed slaves from the United States of America and was named after the U.S. president James Monroe. The current population of Monrovia according to the 2008 census is around 1
- [Women-Driven Data Capturing in Cape Town](https://sdinet.org/2015/03/women-driven-data-capturing-in-cape-town/) - By Anni Beukes, SDI Secretariat Last week, the South African SDI Alliance's Data Capturing Team reported back to the South African Federation's (FEDUP) community leaders in Cape Town on their work over the past eight months. This team have not only assisted in co-designing and beta testing of some of the key features of the
- [Know Your Settlement/Know Your City: Slum Dwellers Federation of Namibia and the Community Land Information Programme (CLIP): Part I](https://sdinet.org/2015/02/know-your-settlementknow-your-city-slum-dwellers-federation-of-namibia-and-the-community-land-information-programme-clip-part-i/) - By Royal Mabakeng and Braam Harris for SDFN and NHAG with Anni Beukes, SDI Secretariat “As someone who lives in a shack, it is my responsibility to do this work and take it step by step. You don’t get all the training you need, you learn as you go.” Olga//Oases (SDFN and CLIP Facilitator from
- [YOUTH: Young. Organised. United. Talented. Hardworking.](https://sdinet.org/2015/02/youth-young-organised-united-talented-hardworking/) - This was the riddle Rogers, a youth member of the South African SDI Alliance posed to youth from across South Africa, Uganda, Kenya and India at the opening of a peer-to-peer exchange held in Cape Town, South Africa for youth activists last week
- [Kenyan Federation Launches Sanitation Block in Kiandutu](https://sdinet.org/2015/02/kenyan-federation-launches-sanitation-block-in-kiandutu/) - After a settlement profile revealed that 56% of Kiandutu's population was without access to any sanitation facilities, the local Federation decided to mobilise to build a communal sanitation block for the settlement. Last week, Muungano Wa Wanavijiji, Kenyan Alliance.launched a ablution / sanitation block that will serve not only to improve the lives of residents,
- [The Boda Boda Thieves](https://sdinet.org/2015/01/the-boda-boda-thieves/) - **Cross-posted from Boda Boda Thieves.com** In Kampala, Uganda, the city streets are always grid- locked and congested with traffic and the fastest way to travel is on motorbike taxis called “boda bodas”. The men who drive these boda bodas have a reputation for being tough hustlers; after all, you have to think quickly to survive Kampala traffic. City life has been unkind
- [Kenyan Federation Undertakes Strategic Planning](https://sdinet.org/2015/01/kenyan-federation-undertakes-strategic-planning/) - **Cross-posted from the Muungano blog.** By Alice Slverdik and Shadrack Mbaka Muungano wa Wanavijiji, the Kenyan federation, began a pioneering Strategic Planning process last November, with leaders from across Kenya sharing their personal histories with the federation and developing a shared vision for the future. At a 3-day workshop in Nakuru, participants discussed how to
- [Stories from the Zambian Homeless People's Federation](https://sdinet.org/2015/01/stories-from-the-zambian-homeless-peoples-federation/) - Below are the stories of how two women, Margaret Mwale and Tilabilenji Nkhoma, joined the Zambian Homeless People's Federation in order to save money and improve their own lives and the lives of their families. Margaret Mwale Margaret Mwale was born in 1953. She is a widow with five children and nine grandchildren. She was
- [Savings Symposium: Strong Savings Make Us Alive](https://sdinet.org/2015/01/savings-symposium-strong-savings-make-us-alive/) - Na-eema Swartz, Symposium co-organiser, counts savings collection taken on the first day. **Cross posted from the South African SDI Alliance blog.** By Yolande Hendler (on behalf of CORC) From 23-29 November 2014 the SA SDI Alliance and SDI affiliates from Malawi, Zambia & Zimbabwe gathered for a weeklong savings symposium in Cape Town to strengthen
- [The Other Half](https://sdinet.org/2015/01/the-other-half/) - **This article originally appeared in The Hindu, Sunday Magazine on 4 January 2015.** By Kalparna Sharma 2014 ended on a grim note. The horror in Peshawar with the gunning down of 132 children by the Taliban left everyone, not just Pakistanis, shaken. So as 2015 dawns, will things change, get better, more peaceful? On current
- [Action Items from the SDI Core Team](https://sdinet.org/2015/01/action-items-from-the-sdi-core-team/) - In mid-December an SDI Core Team meeting, comprising of key federation leaders, took place in Mumbai, India. The first day of discussions focused on reports from the countries present while broader network-wide themes were discussed on day 2
- [Urban Livelihoods in Cape Town](https://sdinet.org/2014/12/urban-livelihoods-in-cape-town/) - 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 have a profound impact on the livelihoods of poor informal settlement dwellers. The Department of Environmental Affairs Working for Water Program (WfW) is therefore a
- [A Month with Father Jorge: Reflections on South Africa, Zambia, and Namibia](https://sdinet.org/2014/12/a-month-with-father-jorge-reflections-on-south-africa-zambia-and-namibia/) - **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 only of the SA SDI Alliance but also of the broader Shack/ Slum Dwellers International (SDI) family. He has been visiting South Africa for the
- [Community Data for Change](https://sdinet.org/2014/12/community-data-for-change/) - Written by: Centre for Community Organisation and Development (CCODE) and Federation for the Rural and Urban Poor (FRUP), Malawi “Community Data for Change” constitutes one of the three thematic areas of CCODE’s current work in Malawi. At CCODE/FRUP, we believe that change occurs when people collectively know and understand their problems, because this is how they
- [Without Power: Mumbai's Pavement Dwellers](https://sdinet.org/2014/12/without-power-mumbais-pavement-dwellers/) - 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 available at the flick of a switch, to power our numerous appliances from our coffee machines to our computers and TVs, but not for all:
- [Ebola Response from the Sierra Leone Alliance](https://sdinet.org/2014/11/ebola-response-from-the-sierra-leone-alliance/) - 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 13,268 cases as of November (WHO, Nov. 2014) across the 6 affected countries (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Spain, United States of America). In Sierra
- [Putting K2 and Green Park on the Map: Thoughts on Mapping and the Know Your City Campaign](https://sdinet.org/2014/11/putting-k2-and-green-park-on-the-map-thoughts-on-mapping-and-the-know-your-city-campaign/) - 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 Cape Town, created digital maps of their neighbourhoods. Siyaunya puts his head over the GPS device and enters the code for water tap, WT 001.
- [Zimbabwe and South Africa Support Botswana Federation](https://sdinet.org/2014/11/zimbabwe-and-south-africa-support-botswana-federation/) - By Kwanele Sibanda, CORC, South Africa INRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF BOTSWANA The Republic of Botswana is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. It is a mid-sized country of just over two million people. Environmentally, Botswana faces two major problems: drought and desertification. Despite its middle-income status,
- [South Africa Supports Swaziland to Engage Government around Upgrading Policy](https://sdinet.org/2014/11/south-africa-supports-swaziland-to-engage-government-around-upgrading-policy/) - 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 below. -- By Kwanele Sibanda, CORC, South Africa Background of Swaziland The Kingdom of Swaziland is located in Southern Africa and is land locked (almost
- [Innovative Communal Sanitation Models for the Urban Poor: Lessons from Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2014/10/innovative-communal-sanitation-models-for-the-urban-poor-lessons-from-uganda/) - 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 and challenges faced are presented and reflected on. Discussions about scaling up sanitation provision through these models are also tabled. To strengthen their planning processes,
- [Achieving Universal Sanitation: Sharing the Experience of the SDI Affiliate in Blantyre, Malawi](https://sdinet.org/2014/10/achieving-universal-sanitation-sharing-the-experience-of-the-sdi-affiliate-in-blantyre-malawi/) - 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 low incomes add to the challenge. What is already evident is that new approaches will be required, and that partnership between organised communities and their
- [Community Savings: a basic building block in the work of urban poor federations](https://sdinet.org/2014/10/community-savings-a-basic-building-block-in-the-work-of-urban-poor-federations/) - 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 members in Kenya, Namibia, Malawi, the Philippines, Uganda and Zimbabwe on how savings groups are set up (mostly by women living in informal settlements) and
- [Academic Partnerships to Co-Produce Knowledge](https://sdinet.org/2014/10/academic-partnerships-to-co-produce-knowledge/) - 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 knowledge and conditions that call into question existing presumptions, planning frameworks, infrastructure standards and laws. Through this experience the capacity and knowledge of slum dwellers as capable
- [The Slum Dwellers' Nobel Peace Prize Nominee](https://sdinet.org/2014/10/the-slum-dwellers-nobel-peace-prize-nominee/) - **Cross-posted from The Guardian** By John Perry, Friday 10 October 2014 10.28 BST In nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, grassroots activists usually compete with politicians. Few of the latter, however, have spent their adult lives searching for peaceful solutions to conflict. Among nominees for this year’s prize, one has spent fifty years trying to ensure that
- [In Situ Upgrading and Accessible Cities](https://sdinet.org/2014/10/in-situ-upgrading-and-accessible-cities/) - Accessible and inclusive cities demand systems and policies that provide the poor with equal access to the social, economic, and service benefits of the formal city. Relocation to the periphery (or even worse eviction) severs social bonds, increases urban sprawl, and aggravates spatial inequalities. In situ upgrading of informal settlements presents an opportunity to build
- ["Sanitation and Shelter for Everyone" Says SDI President Jockin](https://sdinet.org/2014/10/sanitation-and-shelter-for-everyone-says-sdi-president-jockin/) - **Cross posted from The Hindu** By Aparna Karthikeyan Sanitation and shelter are for everyone, says Jockin Arputham, the Mumbai-based activist who has been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. “Jockin, Slum Dweller.” That is how, Jockin Arputham, from Dharavi, Mumbai, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year, introduces himself in any public forum.
- [Reflections on the Southern African HUB Meeting: Lusaka, Zambia](https://sdinet.org/2014/09/reflections-on-the-southern-african-hub-meeting-lusaka-zambia/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat HUB meetings are gatherings that bring affiliates together to collectively set the agenda for the region. They are used as a mechanism to share collective learning, devise targeted support strategies (e.g. exchanges) for individual countries and concretize planning, on a regional scale, for the next period. The Southern African HUB
- [Reflections from the Kampala Learning Centre: What does it mean to Know Your City?](https://sdinet.org/2014/09/reflections-from-the-kampala-learning-centre-what-does-it-mean-to-know-your-city/) - By Skye Dobson, ACTogether Uganda Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? , TS Eliot The time for nonsense as a source of popularity is over , Tony Owana This year, SDI launched an initiative called, Know Your City in partnership with the Cities Alliance and United
- [Citywide Data Collection and "Knowing Your City"](https://sdinet.org/2014/09/citywide-data-collection-and-knowing-your-city/) - SDI launched the Know Your City campaign at the 7th World Urban Forum in April 2014. The Know Your City campaign is a global campaign for grassroots data collection and inclusive partnerships with local government for citywide community networks of urban poor communities. The campaign urges affiliates to scale up data collection processes and outputs
- [SDI Announces 2013 - 2014 Annual Report](https://sdinet.org/2014/09/sdi-announces-2013-2014-annual-report/) - SDI is pleased to announce the 2013 - 2014 SDI Annual Report! This annual report reviews a set of activities that extend beyond just a year. For SDI, the past year has been the culmination of a multi-year process to achieve citywide scale in all regions where we work
- [South African Minister Lindiwe Sisulu's Tribute to Patrick Hunsley at the Govan Mbeki Awards Ceremony](https://sdinet.org/2014/08/south-african-minister-lindiwe-sisulus-tribute-to-patrick-hunsley-at-the-govan-mbeki-awards-ceremony/) - Today we also want to recognise an outstanding, humble man who helped us shape our policies and understand how people who live in slum conditions are not victims, that they have the power, together with our support, to take themselves out of their poverty. His name is Patrick Magebhula and he passed away on Monday
- [A Paucity of Pictures Tell a Story](https://sdinet.org/2014/08/a-paucity-of-pictures-tell-a-story/) - By Joel Bolnick I have only ever seen two pictures of Patrick and myself – and then only in recent weeks as Patrick’s death has triggered a deluge of eulogies and dredged up old photographs from across the globe. The first photo was taken in 1995 in Patrick’s settlement of Piesang River, Inanda. The picture
- [12th East African Hub Meeting](https://sdinet.org/2014/08/12th-east-african-hub-meeting/) - The 12th East African Hub Meeting was held from 4-6 August 2014 in Kampala, Uganda. Approximately 85 participants from Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania participated in the meeting. The purpose of the quarterly hub meetings is to bring the three countries in the East African community together to learn from each other and reflect on experiences and challenges
- [Developing a citywide slum register: Freetown Settlement Profiling Learning Exchange](https://sdinet.org/2014/08/developing-a-citywide-slum-register-freetown-settlement-profiling-learning-exchange/) - By Anni Beukes, SDI Secretariat A citywide register of informal settlements is a comprehensive list of all informal settlements in a city detailing population, area and access to basic services. While the value of a citywide register of slum/informal settlements may be desired and appreciated, developing such a register is no easy feat. Governments in the
- [South African Federation Sings at Patrick's Funeral](https://sdinet.org/2014/08/south-african-federation-sings-at-patricks-funeral/)
- [Charles Hunsley Speaks at his father Patrick’s funeral](https://sdinet.org/2014/08/charles-hunsley-speaks-at-his-father-patricks-funeral/)
- [Reflections from the 12th SDI East African Hub Meeting](https://sdinet.org/2014/08/reflections-from-the-12th-sdi-east-african-hub-meeting/) - **Cross posted from the Muungano Support Trust blog** By Shadrack Mbaka and Rashid Mutua The Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation systems are just like a skin, not your heart not your organs, these systems are meant to help communities do better, create transparency and enhance accountability of the Millions of Slum dwellers out there and more
- [Three Times Land](https://sdinet.org/2014/08/three-times-land/) - By Jack Makau, Kenyan Alliance & SDI Secretariat Patrick got up to go to the toilet. He turned to me and said, “uMfuwethu, now it is time for the NGOs to do some work. Take what we have spoken about and what we have decided to do and turn it into a programme of
- [Passing on of our comrade, brother and dear friend Patrick](https://sdinet.org/2014/08/passing-on-of-our-comrade-brother-and-dear-friend-patrick/) - Patrick Magebhula Hunsley, my comrade, my brother and my very special friend died in hospital today. Patrick has been dodging bullets all his life - literally and figuratively. He survived being stabbed in the lung. He survived vicious assaults. He survived stints in reformatory and in prison. He survived being gang-pressed into an Ihkatha Impi. He survived
- [Scaling up Shared Latrine Options: Karakata settlement, Dar-es-Salaam](https://sdinet.org/2014/07/scaling-up-shared-latrine-options-karakata-settlement-dar-es-salaam/) - By Tim Ndezi, Director Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI), Tanzania & Noah Schermbucker, SDI Secretariat Introduction: Provision of sanitation services to informal settlements is a challenging task for city authorities and practioners in developing countries. In Tanzania, a situational assessment report (Part of the SHARE -Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity, project) revealed a
- [A Major Milestone in SDI’s History](https://sdinet.org/2014/07/a-major-milestone-in-sdis-history/) - When most people think about SDI they have imageries of pavement dwellers in Mumbai, shackdwellers in Nairobi or backyarders in Cape Town. And as far as actual SDI members are concerned the most well known people are the likes of Jockin, Rose Molokoane, Sheela Patel, Celine d' Cruz, Joseph Muturi … Of course there are
- [Future Champs Sporting Initiative](https://sdinet.org/2014/06/future-champs-sporting-initiative/) - SDI supports Future Champs in Philippi, Cape Town, to give shack dwelling kids a fighting chance. Youth Day Celebration event, 16 June 2014. For more photos see
- [Sanitation Partnerships: Zimbabwe Federation work with Chinhoyi Municipality to Co-produce New Sanitation Options](https://sdinet.org/2014/06/sanitation-partnerships-zimbabwe-federation-work-with-chinhoyi-municipality-to-co-produce-new-sanitation-options/) - By His Worship the Mayor of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation and Dialogue on Shelter This month slum dwellers and government officials from Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi met in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe for the annual Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) meeting. The meeting focused on exploring options to deliver affordable sanitation services to the
- [The Houses Were Made of Cardboard](https://sdinet.org/2014/06/the-houses-were-made-of-cardboard-2/) - **Cross-posted from the London Review of Books** By John Perry Worldwide, one billion people live in slums. By 2050, it might be two billion. India has the world’s second largest slum population, after China. In 2009, the government launched a plan for a ‘slum free India in five years’: since then, slum growth has continued unabated. Mumbai has more
- [Community Planning Studio Addresses Sanitation Challenges in Nairobi](https://sdinet.org/2014/06/community-planning-studio-addresses-sanitation-challenges-in-nairobi/) - Kiandutu Community attend a studio session at the School of the Built Environment, University of Nairobi *Cross-posted from Centre for Urban Innovations* By James Wanyoike, CURI On 23 May 2014, members of Kiandutu community from Thika attended a whole day joint urban planning studio at the School of the Built Environment (ADD), University of Nairobi. The
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part XIV](https://sdinet.org/2014/05/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-xiv/) - *Cross-posted from The Age of Zinc* Age of Zinc is proud to present the final instalment in a memoir from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Check back soon for our next memoir! – Chapter 14 I was always thinking that if I get married I have to get a man who will always take care of me and
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part XIII](https://sdinet.org/2014/05/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-xiii/) - *Cross posted from the Age of Zinc* Age of Zinc is proud to present the thirteenth instalment in a new memoir from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Check back every week to catch the next part of the story! - When we work as a team we are able to get many things. We can’t sit back and
- [Citywide Sanitation Projects in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe & Tanzania Report on Successes of First Year](https://sdinet.org/2014/05/citywide-sanitation-projects-in-malawi-zambia-zimbabwe-tanzania-report-on-successes-of-first-year/) - *Cross-posted from SHARE Research website* SHARE partners Shack/Slum Dwellers (SDI), together with their affiliates and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), have just published four policy briefs documenting the first year of the SHARE-funded City-Wide Sanitation Project. The purpose of this research project is to develop inclusive, sustainable sanitation strategies. In practice this
- [SDI President Jockin Arputham Visits South African SDI Alliance in Cape Town](https://sdinet.org/2014/05/sdi-president-jockin-arputham-visits-south-african-sdi-alliance-in-cape-town/) - SDI President Jockin Arputham (right) and Rajiv Jalota, Additional Municipal Commissioner for Greater Mumbai Municipality (left). *Cross posted from South African SDI Alliance blog* Jockin Arputham, president of Shack / Slum Dwellers International (SDI) received a warm welcome from the South African Alliance in Cape Town yesterday on the last of his four-day visit. As a long-standing,
- [Remembering Father Norberto Carcellar](https://sdinet.org/2014/05/remembering-father-norberto-carcellar/) - SDI is sad to hear of the passing of Father Norberto Carcellar of the Philippine SDI Alliance. We express our deepest condolences to the Philippines federation. Father Norberto was instrumental in pushing forward the poor peoples' agenda in the Philippines and his contributions there have benefited the entire SDI network. We at SDI will celebrate his life and
- [National Community Exchange – Durban to Cape Town](https://sdinet.org/2014/05/national-community-exchange-durban-to-cape-town/) - **Cross-posted from the South African SDI Alliance blog.** By Yolande Hendler, CORC South Africa Informal settlement leaders from Kenville and Foreman Road in Durban are mobilising their communities to upgrade their settlements with better services and improved spatial layouts. Last week’s exchange to Cape Town (29 April – 2 May 2014) therefore presented a first-hand opportunity
- [No More Kid Mangwangwa](https://sdinet.org/2014/05/no-more-kid-mangwangwa/) - Both India and South Africa are voting today in parliamentary elections. But change is not something that comes about every four or five years at the ballot box. The real change-makers are on the streets, moving towns, cities, and nations, forward through their daily struggles. Pule Raboroko was one such unsung South African leader. The
- [Memoirs of a Uganda Slum Dweller: Part XII](https://sdinet.org/2014/05/memoirs-of-a-uganda-slum-dweller-part-xii/) - **Cross-posted from The Age of Zinc** Age of Zinc is proud to present the twelfth installment in a new memoir from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Check back every week to catch the next part of the story! - The first time I left Uganda was in 2010. I went to Nairobi for a savings meeting. It
- [Shaping Human Settlements Through Partnerships Between Slum Dwellers and Academia](https://sdinet.org/2014/05/shaping-human-settlements-through-partnerships-between-slum-dwellers-and-academia/) - By Peoples Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia (PPHPZ) & The University of Zambia (UNZ) It is indisputable that the urban poor have the propensity to drive socio-economic transformation in their respective settlements through a coherent and systematic process of organized participation starting at the grassroots level. Vital to this transformation is the need
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part XI](https://sdinet.org/2014/04/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-xi/) - **Cross-posted from The Age of Zinc** My husband happened to be in one meeting and saw what I was doing. I didn’t know he was there because I was really busy, moving up and down, coordinating this and that. When I saw him later, he said, “Ah! That’s why you have become very tired. You
- [New Options Needed for Improved Access to Sanitation in African Cities](https://sdinet.org/2014/04/new-options-needed-for-improved-access-to-sanitation-in-african-cities/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat & Diana Mitlin, International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) SDI Federations in Southern Africa face acute sanitation needs. Recent surveys in informal settlements in four cities highlight the problems. In one of Kitwe’s (Zambia), informal settlements 77 per cent of the population was using unimproved pit latrines. In a
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part X](https://sdinet.org/2014/04/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-x/) - **Cross posted from The Age of Zinc** Age of Zinc is proud to present the tenth instalment in a new memoir from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Check back every week to catch the next part of the story! - In 2005 I started working in Owino Market. I worked there for two years. In 2007 I joined
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part IX](https://sdinet.org/2014/04/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-ix/) - **Cross posted from The Age of Zinc** Age of Zinc is proud to present the ninth instalment in a new memoir from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Check back every week to catch the next part of the story! - I’m trying to teach my kids and make sure that each one is doing something for himself. If
- [Municipal Forums for Kampala: “If not now, then when? If not us, then who?”](https://sdinet.org/2014/04/municipal-forums-for-kampala-if-not-now-then-when-if-not-us-then-who/) - By Skye Dobson, ACTogether Uganda “If not now, then when? If not us, then who?” -His Worship, Mayor of Nakawa, Jan 29, 2014 On the 29th of January 2014, ACTogether and the National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU) convened a breakfast meeting to discuss participatory governance in Kampala at Boda Boda, atop Garden City. The
- [Co-learning for inclusive cities: Seven local authorities and Federation members meet in Zimbabwe](https://sdinet.org/2014/04/co-learning-for-inclusive-cities-seven-local-authorities-and-federation-members-meet-in-zimbabwe/) - By Diana Mitlin (IIED), Beth Chitekwe-Biti (Dialogue on Shelter, Zimbabew) & Noah Schermbrucker (SDI Secretariat) New relationships between urban citizens and their local authorities are central to the upgrading of informal settlements and new urban development options for the lowest income and most disadvantaged urban dwellers. Such new relationships were recognised and explored in a
- [SDI Receives the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship](https://sdinet.org/2014/04/sdi-receives-the-skoll-award-for-social-entrepreneurship/) - SDI is increasingly receiving international attention and recognition. The recent Nobel Peace Prize nomination bares testament to this. The Nobel committee nominated Jockin Arputham and SDI for the social progress in improving conditions in cities across the developing world and facilitating dialogue between the urban poor and government authorities. SDI is one of seven innovative
- [Amandla Imali Nolwazi! Alliance marches to eThekwini Municipality](https://sdinet.org/2014/04/amandla-imali-nolwazi-alliance-marches-to-ethekwini-municipality/) - **Cross posted from SDI South African Alliance blog** After weeks of preparation and community mobilization, thousands of shack dwellers gathered on Durban’s Dinuzulu Square early on Monday morning, 24 March 2014. As people arrived by foot, mini-bus taxi and on numerous busses, they were met by songs of protest sounding from an ever-growing crowd of
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part VIII](https://sdinet.org/2014/04/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-viii/) - **Cross-posted from The Age of Zinc** Age of Zinc is proud to present the eighth instalment in a new memoir from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Check back every week to catch the next part of the story! - I’ve lived in Kamwoyka since 1992. I left school in 1994, I was home from 1995 to 1996 and that
- [Learning Differently: Community Planning Studio with AAPS in Namibia](https://sdinet.org/2014/04/learning-differently-community-planning-studio-with-aaps-in-namibia/) - **Cross posted from Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia blog** Following the first studio the community was anxious to embark on the second studio. These studios have increased in importance considering the introduction of the Mass Housing initiative of the Government of Namibia; NHAG-SDFN proposed the participatory planning process of communities to be a cornerstone for informal settlement
- [Know Your City: Reflections from the Kampala Learning Centre](https://sdinet.org/2014/03/know-your-city-reflections-from-the-kampala-learning-centre/) - By Skye Dobson, ACTogether Uganda Last year as part of an external review of SDI, the staff of ACTogether Uganda and members of the National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU) were asked to consider a continuum from 1 to 10, on which being a “model builder or catalyst” was at one end and being
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part VII](https://sdinet.org/2014/03/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-vii/) - **Cross-posted from The Age of Zinc** Age of Zinc is proud to present the seventh instalment in a new memoir from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Check back every week to catch the next part of the story! - When our community began forming local village committees, the women in the settlement said I could become their secretary
- [Mandela Speaks to South African Federation on Role of Communities in Building a Better Society for All](https://sdinet.org/2014/03/mandela-speaks-to-south-african-federation-on-role-of-communities-in-building-a-better-society-for-all/) - In 1995, shortly after being elected the first democratic president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela visited the Homeless People's Federaiton of South Africa (now called Federation of the Urban Poor) in Oukasie, Gauteng. Oukasie is the home to one of South Africa's oldest savings schemes, started by Rose Molokoane, one of the founding members of
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part VI](https://sdinet.org/2014/03/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-vi/) - Age of Zinc is proud to present the sixth instalment in a new memoir from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Check back every week to catch the next part of the story! - After two years life had at least changed for my mother. She had left the toilet. She was now moving up very quickly. All the
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part V](https://sdinet.org/2014/03/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-v/) - **Cross-posted from The Age of Zinc** Age of Zinc is proud to present the fifth instalment in a new memoir from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Check back every week to catch the next part of the story! - I was sixteen when I moved to Kamwoyka. Life was very different. Most of the children were staying with
- [Regional Learning from the West Africa Hub Meeting in Sierra Leone](https://sdinet.org/2014/03/regional-learning-from-the-west-africa-hub-meeting-in-sierra-leone/) - By Mara Forbes, SDI Secretariat Thousands of people living in informal settlements lack security of tenure placing them at high risk for forced evictions. In the past few months many SDI affiliates in West Africa have faced evictions – Badia East settlement in Lagos, Nigeria, Adjei Kojo settlement in TEMA municipality in Accra, Ghana, and
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part IV](https://sdinet.org/2014/03/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-iv/) - **Cross-posted from The Age of Zinc** Age of Zinc is proud to present the fourth instalment in a new memoir from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Check back every week to catch the next part of the story! - There were a lot of challenges growing up. When we were evicted from the house in the government
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part III](https://sdinet.org/2014/02/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-iii/) - **Cross-posted from The Age of Zinc** Age of Zinc is proud to present the third instalment in a new memoir from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Check back every week to catch the next part of the story! - When I was 15 years old I decided to look for ways to survive with my mother. So
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part II](https://sdinet.org/2014/02/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-ii/) - **Cross-posted from The Age of Zinc** I was born in the central part of Uganda in Bweyogerere, which is in Wakiso district outside of Kampala. I grew up in Naguru, which is in Nakawa Municipality. I grew up with my mother and father but when I turned ten my mother separated from my father. My
- [Memoirs of a Ugandan Slum Dweller: Part I](https://sdinet.org/2014/02/memoirs-of-a-ugandan-slum-dweller-part-i/) - **Cross-posted from The Age of Zinc** I never wanted to suffer like my mother had suffered. Life in the slums is hard, especially when your parents are poor. There are so many people in these communities and being together with those your same age you find that the groups can influence your decisions. Seeing people
- [Better Measures for Urban Quality of Life: The View from Below](https://sdinet.org/2014/02/better-measures-for-urban-quality-of-life-the-view-from-below/) - **Cross-posted from Development Progress** By Sheela Patel, SDI Secretariat & SPARC India The current debates around the post-Millennium Development Goal development agenda include a vital focus on measuring change and — hopefully — progress. But there is an unspoken tension: the reality of local contexts is becoming less and less visible to increasingly globalised development agendas.
- [Ongoing Saga of Slums Along the Airport in Mumbai, India](https://sdinet.org/2014/01/ongoing-saga-of-slums-along-the-airport-in-mumbai-india/) - **SPARC Responds** The slums along Mumbai airport with over 98,000 structures remain a crucially unsolved challenge for the development of the airport. The residents networks that are part of NSDF city federation have long stated that they are willing to conceded land that the airport wants for its infrastructure as long as the land not needed for
- [Housing stock for the poor and its constant change of usage in Mumbai, India](https://sdinet.org/2014/01/housing-stock-for-the-poor-and-its-constant-change-of-usage-in-mumbai-india/) - **SPARC Responds** The government of Maharashtra took a very bold decision about 6 years ago to build small tenements which would be given to the poor for rent. The rental housing scheme would be taken up by private sector and they would get very good TDR return for tenements they would give back to the government.
- [Strategic Learning Around the Power of Data: Ghana Profiling Learning Exchange](https://sdinet.org/2014/01/strategic-learning-around-the-power-of-data-ghana-profiling-learning-exchange/) - By Anni Beukes, SDI Secretariat “We have been dreaming about this exercise for five years. We really appreciate the effort of this exercise. This has been a wonderful exchange.” – Haruna Abu, Ghana Federation of the Urban Poor When does data transform into power? More importantly, when does data transform into the kind of power urban
- [Muungano and CURI Launches the Kiandutu Urban Studio](https://sdinet.org/2014/01/muungano-and-curi-launches-the-kiandutu-urban-studio/) - **Cross posted from the Muungano Support Trust blog** The Urban Studio is a unique interdisciplinary academic initiative undertaken to address urban issues that challenge the quality of life in cities, more particularly informal settlement. The planning studio endeavors to engage the community in an urban problem solving effort. Through an initiative of the Association of Africa Planning
- [Planning For 58% Without Accurate Data in Mumbai](https://sdinet.org/2014/01/planning-for-58-without-accurate-data-in-mumbai/) - **SPARC Responds** When we set up SPARC in the 1980s, whatever we sought from the municipality or government for slum dwellers it was not feasible because the DP (Development Plans) did not permit it. When we carefully studied the plans and saw spaces for “housing the dis-housed” and went to see the land, it always had
- [City Finance That Works For and With The Poor](https://sdinet.org/2014/01/city-finance-that-works-for-and-with-the-poor/) - By Mara Forbes, Ariana MacPherson, and Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat Flows of finance and the systems that perpetuate resource distribution are inherently weighted against inclusion of the poor. The inequality of rapid urban development in developing countries is a clear demonstration of this phenomenon. Banks do not supply loans on terms affordable to slum dwellers,
- [Sharing Data: Getting to 'Know Your City'](https://sdinet.org/2014/01/sharing-data-getting-to-know-your-city/) - By Anni Beukes, SDI Secretariat For those bounded and constrained by lines of informality, drawn more often than not as a consequence of exclusion from the formal city, the data they collect about their lives in the spaces they inhabit, has proven a powerful tool and asset for negotiation with city officials and donors. McGill
- [Federation Creates Industry & Employment in Jinja, Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2013/12/federation-creates-industry-employment-in-jinja-uganda/) - Plans for the Materials Workshop and Training Centre in Jinja, Uganda. By Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat Major construction is underway in Uganda, a country where youth unemployment sits at roughly 80%.[1] Because of this, training young people in construction is a promising venture for the largest poor people’s movement in the country, the National
- [Work and Shelter – Two Struggles, One Reality](https://sdinet.org/2013/12/work-and-shelter-two-struggles-one-reality/) - The struggles of grassroots organizations for livelihoods and shelter have much in common. Organizations explored this common ground at a recent meeting, says Diana Mitlin. Close to a billion people – one in seven of the world’s population – live in informal settlements in the towns and cities of the global South, where they lack
- [Farewell to Nelson Mandela](https://sdinet.org/2013/12/farewell-to-nelson-mandela/) - Nelson Mandela pictured here with Rose Molokoane, national leader of the South African Federation of the Urban Poor. This week we remember Nelson Mandela for his commitment to the struggle against poverty, racism, and inequality. We remember his commitment to collective action and the power of the poor, of all races, to determine their own
- [Kampala Communities Collect Data to Break City’s Implementation Impasse](https://sdinet.org/2013/11/kampala-communities-collect-data-to-break-citys-implementation-impasse/) - Photo: On the left, the site of an eviction in Kisenyi, Kampala, contrasted with congested living conditions in Kisenyi on the right. - By Skye Dobson, ACTogether Uganda Images of women and children desperately splashing water on their faces to alleviate the sting of teargas in Kasokoso slum (just outside of Kampala) have been splashed
- [VOICES: Women & Sanitation in Nairobi's Slums](https://sdinet.org/2013/11/voices-women-sanitation-in-nairobis-slums/) - Back in April, we posted an article about women and sanitation in Nairobi's slums. ("In A Risky Place: Women & Sanitation in Nairobi's Slums" ). Recently, we revisited the audio recorded interviews with the women of Mukuru kwa Reuben to give you a first-hand account of their experiences and opinions on living conditions in the
- [We Count: Settlement Profiling in Nairobi, Kenya](https://sdinet.org/2013/11/we-count-settlement-profiling-in-nairobi-kenya/) - **Cross-posted from the Muungano Support Trust blog** By Shadrack Mbaka, Muungano Support Trust (Kenya) According to the English dictionary, the word eviction is the removal of a tenant from possession of premises in which he or she resides or has a property interest done by a landlord either by reentry upon the premises or through a
- [Southern African Regional Hub Meeting](https://sdinet.org/2013/11/southern-african-regional-hub-meeting/) - In July 2013 the Southern Africa Regional Hub - consisting of the SDI-affiliated urban poor federations from South Africa, Malawi, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Namibia, and Botswana - met in Windhoek, Namibia. The meeting allowed affiliates to report on the progress and challenges faced by their various processes and plot future strategies and work plans,
- [The Formal Politics of Informal Projects: Part II](https://sdinet.org/2013/11/the-formal-politics-of-informal-projects-part-ii/) - **For part I of this story, click here.** By Fariria Shumba (Peoples Process on Housing and Poverty- Zambia) & Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat In September of this year delegations from Zimbabwe, Malawi and Tanzania visited Zambia to discuss progress on the SHARE project. This is the fourth time these countries have met to discuss progress,
- [Making Counting Count: Slum Profiling and Enumerations](https://sdinet.org/2013/10/making-counting-count-slum-profiling-and-enumerations/) - UN-HABITAT estimates that by the year 2020 the number of people living in slums will reach approximately 1.5 billion. That is an increase of over 300 million people over the next seven years with a large proportion of this growth linked to rapid urbanization.[1] SDI has long been aware that governments justify budgetary allocations based
- [From 'My Slum' to 'My City' : Action Steps towards Global Slum Profiling](https://sdinet.org/2013/10/from-my-slum-to-my-city-action-steps-towards-global-slum-profiling/) - By Anni Beukes, SDI Secretariat “We are able to appreciate that we need to have a more holistic view of the cities where we are working” (Frederick Mugisa, Uganda, SDI Alliance). “...now we are planning the profiling in the settlements we are working and also see city wide settlement profiling to help in planning of
- [The Formal Politics of Informal Projects: Part I](https://sdinet.org/2013/10/the-formal-politics-of-informal-projects-part-i/) - Sanitation facility under construction by Nkana Water & Sewerage utility in Kamatipa, Kitwe, Zambia. By Fariria Shumba, Peoples Process on Housing & Poverty, Zambia and Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat This two-part blog post provides insights into the very real and grounded political and practical challenges “non-conventional” community models of sanitation provision face in Kitwe, Zambia.
- [In Malawi, Documenting the Outcomes of a Social Process](https://sdinet.org/2013/10/in-malawi-documenting-the-outcomes-of-a-social-process/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat SDI reporting procedures need to capture tangible city-changing outputs that flow from community centered processes. While describing the social process is important, mature affiliates need to demonstrate the impact made through engagements and partnerships. Indicators of these impacts include: community participation in citywide planning and decision-making, the accessing and leveraging
- [Landlords & Tenants Relationship in Improving Sanitation in Dar es Salaam](https://sdinet.org/2013/10/landlords-tenants-relationship-in-improving-sanitation-in-dar-es-salaam/) - By Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat & Stella Steven, CCI Tanzania One of the key challenges for improving sanitation in slums is the issue of land, and structure, ownership. During a study conducted by Tanzania Urban Poor Federation and Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI) in 2012, community members from Keko Machungwa settlement in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania highlighted
- [From Processes to Outcomes: Community-Driven Solutions to Finance, Planning & Politics](https://sdinet.org/2013/10/from-processes-to-outcomes-community-driven-solutions-to-finance-planning-politics/) - SDI President, Mr. Jockin Arputham (Right), signs MoU with Mr. Conrad Sidego, Mayor of Stellenbosch Municipality, in Langrug settlement, South Africa. Our network of urban poor federations has, over almost two decades, pioneered community organization strategies that are able to influence formal authorities in an age of quickening city growth. SDI’s “ten cities” program over
- [Jay Naidoo Meets with Federations in Johannesburg](https://sdinet.org/2013/10/jay-naidoo-meets-with-federations-in-johannesburg/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat During the Board of Governors engagements in Johannesburg in August of this year federation leaders had the opportunity to meet Mr. Jay Naidoo, founding General Secretary of COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions). At various points in history, COSATU and SDI have shared interesting organizational parallels, albeit in different contexts,
- [Building Strong Federations through Learning Exchange: Namibia Supports Emerging Federation in Angola](https://sdinet.org/2013/10/building-strong-federations-through-learning-exchange-namibia-supports-emerging-federation-in-angola/) - In September 2013 a delegation from the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia and their support NGO, the Namibia Housing Action Group, traveled to Angola to link a mapping project being undertaken by Habitafrica in Benguela to the emerging SDI affiliate and their support NGO Mafiku. The Angolan urban poor federation has been active for roughly three
- [A People-Centred Approach to Citywide Sanitation](https://sdinet.org/2013/10/a-people-centred-approach-to-citywide-sanitation/) - As the global development discourse formulates the post-MDG agenda, sanitation is a core area that demands attention. Having for too long been neglected by governments, as is reflected by sporadic service and dilapidated infrastructure for the urban poor, it is one of the MDG’s that will not be met by 2015. Sanitation provision has a
- [Namibia's First Community Planning Studio: Preparing for Slum Upgrading in Freedom Square, Gobabis](https://sdinet.org/2013/09/namibias-first-community-planning-studio-preparing-for-slum-upgrading-in-freedom-square-gobabis/) - *Cross posted from the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia blog** Students and community members share their experiences on the site analysis exercise in Freedom Square Informal Settlement in Gobabis. The planning for the Freedom Square informal settlement came about as a result of an exchange that took place in March 2012 to Cape Town and
- [Who Will Plan Africa's Cities?](https://sdinet.org/2013/09/who-will-plan-africas-cities/) - In this new paper from the African Research Institute (ARI), authors Vanessa Watson and Babatunde Agbola talk about the importance of training planning professionals who are equipped to deal with challenges of informality in African cities. SDI has a partnership with the Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS) to do precisely this. Visit our blog to
- [Community Savings for Urban Change: Building a Women's Leadership for Slum Upgrading](https://sdinet.org/2013/09/community-savings-for-urban-change-building-a-womens-leadership-for-slum-upgrading/) - Savings groups form the basis of collective action in urban poor communities. The establishment of community savings is a core ritual of the urban poor federation building process, and the central participation of women in community savings significantly improves the quality of the process and the probability of sustainable change. Community savings schemes help meet
- [Social Accountability in the Context of Urbanization](https://sdinet.org/2013/09/social-accountability-in-the-context-of-urbanization/) - Across the Global South, slum dweller federations are enabling partnerships for both delivery and accountability in cities. UNDP's recent paper, Reflections on Social Accountability: Catalyzing democratic governance to accelerate progress towards the Millenium Development Goals (July 2013) highlights some of these efforts, and the critical role of social accountability initiatives in improving service delivery and making policy
- [SDI Announces 2012 / 13 Annual Report](https://sdinet.org/2013/09/sdi-announces-2012-13-annual-report/) - SDI is pleased to annouce our 2012/13 Annual Report, a reflection on SDI's continued growth over the past year. This report includes an executive summary from the SDI Secretariat, a discussion and proposal of A People's Urban Agenda, including milestones for post-MDG sustainable urban development. We also take a close look at the citywide impact
- [Report on Board of Governors Meeting 2013](https://sdinet.org/2013/08/report-on-board-of-governors-meeting-2013/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat The extent to which urban development trajectories are determined through the alignments of powerful institutions and actors, is easily the greatest challenge that SDI-linked federations face in their cities. The challenge is to build the internal capacity and power within and between communities to alter existing development relationships. With
- [Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia signs first MOU with a Local Authority in Gobabis](https://sdinet.org/2013/08/shack-dwellers-federation-of-namibia-signs-first-mou-with-a-local-authority-in-gobabis/) - Efraim Dawids, (CEO Gobabis Municipality), Mariana Bernardus (SDFN) and Anna Muller (NHAG) with signed documents By Royal Mabakeng, NHAG (Namibian Housing Action Group) The Community Land Information Programme (CLIP) implemented by the Federation, community, Municipality of Gobabis and NHAG has already enumerated all four informal settlements in Gobabis (approximately 6000 people). In March 2013 a
- [The Langrug WASH Facility a New Common Space for the Community](https://sdinet.org/2013/08/the-langrug-wash-facility-a-new-common-space-for-the-community/) - Cross posted from SA SDI Alliance Blog By Thandeka Tshabalala (on behalf of CORC) Langrug is an effervescent informal settlement that was illegally formed in 1993; this settlement is located in the most affluent farm area called Franschhoek, outside of Stellenbosch. Beyond the lavish hills and wine lands lies Langrug providing affordable housing to seasonal
- [How Affordable is "Affordable Housing" ?](https://sdinet.org/2013/08/how-affordable-is-affordable-housing/) - **Cross-posted from the MuST blog**By Shadrack Mbaka, Muungano Support Trust (MuST), Kenya Muungano wa Wanavijiji has been mobilizing and positioning saving schemes groups within its umbrella on the concept of collective group savings to spur up housing development and upgrading. In efforts geared to empower the structural development framework of the federation in addressing the
- [Slum Dwellers Drive Informed Planning in Kampala](https://sdinet.org/2013/07/slum-dwellers-drive-informed-planning-in-kampala/) - By Laura Guzman, AcTogether Uganda Photos by Maria Carrizosa Collecting information in partnership with communities about their needs and priorities is a tenet of the work of ACTogether and the National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU). By helping collect this information, analyzing it, and presenting it back to communities and their municipal officials, projects
- [Report from the 9th East African Hub Meeting](https://sdinet.org/2013/07/report-from-the-9th-east-african-hub-meeting/) - The 9th East African Hub Meeting was held from 24th-28th June 2013 in Jinja, Uganda. Approximately seventy-eight people from Kenya, Tanzania, and the host country, Uganda, participated in the conference. Mr. Hassan Kiberu, National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU) Chairman, opened the conference, and, along with a few supporters, remained Master of Ceremony for
- [Zimbabwe's Citywide Upgrading Fund](https://sdinet.org/2013/07/zimbabwes-citywide-upgrading-fund/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat One of the major challenges faced by urban poor communities is unlocking finance for their upgrading needs. Formal financial institutions like banks are extremely reticent to provide finance to the poor. Although traditional micro-finance options have had significant traction, interest on loan repayments can be high and the transaction is
- [In Kenya, Using Tech To Put An 'Invisible' Slum On The Map](https://sdinet.org/2013/07/in-kenya-using-tech-to-put-an-invisible-slum-on-the-map-2/) - **Cross-posted from NPR.org** By Gregory Warner If you were to do a search for the Nairobi city slum of Mathare on Google Maps, you'd find little more than gray spaces between unmarked roads. Slums by nature are unplanned, primordial cities, the opposite of well-ordered city grids. Squatters rights rule, and woe to the visitor who ventures in
- [Photo of the Day | From the Slums of Harare](https://sdinet.org/2013/07/photo-of-the-day-from-the-slums-of-harare/) - “If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.” — Charles Darwin This quote is cross-posted from The Age of Zinc. Be sure to read the latest installment in a new memoir from the slums of Harare: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean
- [Supporting Enumerations in Burkina Faso](https://sdinet.org/2013/07/supporting-enumerations-in-burkina-faso/) - Read the full report from this exchange here. In early June teams from Kenya and Ghana traveled to Burkina Faso to support enumerations there. The exercise took place in the informal settlements of Tabtenga and Niko II in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The purpose of this exercise was to assist the mentioned settlements towards collecting data
- [Strengthening Partnerships: Lessons from the 9th East Africa Hub Meeting](https://sdinet.org/2013/07/strengthening-partnerships-lessons-from-the-9th-east-africa-hub-meeting/) - Rippon sanitation unit. **Cross-posted from the Muungano Support Trust Blog** By Shadrack Mbaka, Muungano Support Trust, Kenya Just as the word “Hub” denotes, it’s a center of activity or interest; a focal point of deliberating on common regional interests. It is for this fundamental reason that the 9th SDI East African Hub meeting hosted by the
- [The Power to Negotiate](https://sdinet.org/2013/07/the-power-to-negotiate/) - "Enumerations give communities power to negotiate... In the past, when asked how many we are in a settlement the answer was simply 'too many'! Enumeration gives leadership actual numbers to start the journey of community led planning and development." - Patrick Maghebula at the National Informal Settlement Upgrading Summit in Cape Town, South Africa.
- [Photo of the Day](https://sdinet.org/2013/07/photo-of-the-day/) - “The Great Ball on which we live. The world is our home. It is also the home of many, many other children, some of whom live in far-away lands. They are our world brothers and sisters.” — Primary school geography textbook, Alabama, USA, 1936 Quote and photograph both from The Age of Zinc's Memoir of
- [Lessons from Swaziland](https://sdinet.org/2013/06/lessons-from-swaziland/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat “When the NGO disappeared it was like a shepherd looking after the sheep and the sheep were scattered…that is what I was picturing. To my surprise we found that all the people we found last time were still here and it gave us more courage to emphasize our support.”- Rose
- [Communities Work with Government to Improve Sanitation](https://sdinet.org/2013/06/communities-work-with-government-to-improve-sanitation/) - A young man walks past a pile of garbage in Viwandani ward, Naivasha. **Cross-posted from the Muungano Support Trust Blog** By Augustine Karani with additional commentary from Dominic Mwangi, MuST Kenya The delay in garbage collection was a major source of problem for the residents of Viwandani in Naivasha. When taking a walk in the
- [SDI - SFI Partnership in Action: Profiling in Khayelitsha, Cape Town](https://sdinet.org/2013/06/sdi-sfi-partnership-in-action-profiling-in-khayelitsha-cape-town/) - By Walter Fieuw, CORC When the question of collaboratively testing new techniques in profiling informal settlements was raised, Cape Town was proposed as the gathering place for federations from Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, India, Namibia, and South Africa. Community leaders and NGO representatives from these countries have in common the quest for improving data capture
- [Construction of Langrug road hierarchy starts](https://sdinet.org/2013/06/construction-of-langrug-road-hierarchy-starts/) - **Cross posted from SA SDI Alliance Blog** By Walter Fieuw (on behalf of CORC) To the casual observer, a road is simply a tarmac to allow for different usages. Perhaps we can also define it as a line of communication, which is connected to a greater network through bridges, tunnels, support structures, junctions, crossings, interchanges,
- [SDI Participates in Commonwealth Local Government Conference, Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2013/05/sdi-participates-in-commonwealth-local-government-conference-uganda/) - By By Hellen Nyamweru, AcTogether Uganda The National Slum Dwellers Federation fraternity was well represented at the recently concluded Commonwealth Local Government Conference held at Munyonyo Kampala from the 14th to the 17th of May, 2013.The conference with the theme ‘Developmental Local Government: Putting Local Government at the Heart of Development’ saw delegates and high ranking
- [Quiet Conflict: Social Movements, Institutional Change & Upgrading Informal Settlements in South Africa](https://sdinet.org/2013/05/quiet-conflict-social-movements-institutional-change-upgrading-informal-settlements-in-south-africa/) - Ben Bradlow has worked with Shack/Slum Dwellers International and the SA Alliance since 2009. Ben’s thesis considers the experience of the Informal Settlement Network (ISN) in building coalitions of the urban poor and partnerships with local government, which he calls the “Quiet Conflict”. During his time at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): International Development Group where
- [‘The Tenement City’: The ‘Inconvenient' Urban Reality Facing Nairobi](https://sdinet.org/2013/05/the-tenement-city-the-inconvenient-urban-reality-facing-nairobi/) - **Cross-posted from Living The City: Urban Informality** By Baraka Mwau, SDI "When the modern city does not adapt to the people…The People will adapt to the city” (Urban Think Tank, Trailer-Torre David: the World’s Tallest Squat) Living in the Tenements of Nairobi – Part One Typical Tenement Building: Pipeline, Embakasi-Nairobi © B.Mwau 2012 Tenements, or if
- [NIMBYism Blocks Development in Havelock, Durban](https://sdinet.org/2013/05/nimbyism-blocks-development-in-havelock-durban/) - **Cross-posted from the South African SDI Alliance Blog** By Jeff Thomas, CORC, South Africa Havelock informal settlement is located 8km outside Durban central, close to the northern suburb of Greenwood Park. The first settlers – a coloured man and his wife – settled on this land in 1986. Since they were “scared of living alone” –
- [An Introspect of the late Benson Osumba, Chair of Muungano wa Wanavijiji](https://sdinet.org/2013/05/an-introspect-of-the-late-benson-osumba-chair-of-muungano-wa-wanavijiji/) - ** Ben’s life Story as Contributed by Henry Otunge (Savings Scheme member, Korogocho) and Aggrey Willis Otieno (Brother) Benson Erick Osumba lived a short but fulfilling life. Though we are deeply hurt and in inconsolable grief and disbelief, hidden in all the pain and sorrow that we feel, we celebrate him for having touched our
- [Creating Organised Communities of Slum Dwellers in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2013/05/creating-organised-communities-of-slum-dwellers-in-uganda/) - **Cross posted from the World Bank website** By Skye Dobson, SDI Secretariat, Uganda In the slum dweller communities of Uganda — where over 60 percent of the urban population lives – the purported benefits of urban agglomeration are not being felt. Despite rapid urbanization, urban areas are characterized by rising unemployment and inadequate access to
- [In a Risky Place: Women & Sanitation in Nairobi's Slums](https://sdinet.org/2013/04/in-a-risky-place-women-sanitation-in-nairobis-slums/) - By Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat “As women we are in a very, very risky place.” - Doris Museti, Mukuru Kwa Reuben, Nairobi I arrive in Nairobi on Friday and head straight to Muungano House. The building is home to the offices of the Kenyan SDI Alliance, made up of Muungano wa Wanavijiji (the Kenyan
- [Using Enumerations for Upgrading: Namibia to Cape Town Learning Exchange](https://sdinet.org/2013/04/using-enumerations-for-upgrading-namibia-to-cape-town-learning-exchange/) - By Namibia Housing Acton Group (NHAG) & Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) The below report refers to an exchange that took place from 6 - 8 March 2013. Purpose of the Exchange: The exchange was initiated by the Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG), supporting NGO for the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN), in
- [Benson Osumba on Mindset Change Amongst Youth in Africa](https://sdinet.org/2013/04/benson-osumba-on-mindset-change-amongst-youth-in-africa/) - This great short film explores the mindset change underway amongst Africa's youth that mirrors SDI's longstanding advocacy of self consciousness, self reliance and co-production. It includes an interview with Benson Osumba, President of the Kenya Federation who passed away on 17th April 2013.
- [Project Diary: Kalimali Sanitation Unit, Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2013/04/project-diary-kalimali-sanitation-unit-uganda/) - **Cross posted from the ACTogether Blog** By Fiona Nshemerirwe, ACTogether Uganda Kalimali zone, where the federation’s sanitation unit is located, is one of the five zones in Bwaise III parish in Kawempe municipality. The zone is home to approximately 277 residents and it covers approximately 4 acres of land which is owned by the kabaka. The
- [Remembering Benson Osumba, Chairman of the Kenya SDI Alliance](https://sdinet.org/2013/04/remembering-benson-osumba-chairman-of-the-kenya-sdi-alliance/) - **Cross posted from the Muungano Support Trust blog** “Benson Erick Osumba dedicated his life to work for the community as an enumerator, leader, mentor, mediator and advisor. He had the gift of singling out the potential in people, and gave them the space to do their thing for Muungano wa Wanavijiji and on international assignments
- [South Africa's FEDUP Wins Govan Mbeki Human Settlements Award](https://sdinet.org/2013/04/south-africas-fedup-wins-govan-mbeki-human-settlements-award/) - **Cross-posted from SA SDI Alliance Blog** By Greg van Rensburg, uTshani Fund, South Africa Each year government recognises the partnerships with all sectors involved in developing sustainable and integrated human settlements. The Govan Mbeki Human Settlements awards are a prestigious ceremonies hosted by the National Department of Human Settlements in two stages: the Provincial and
- [Community Forums Take Shape in Khayelitsha, Cape Town](https://sdinet.org/2013/04/community-forums-take-shape-in-khayelitsha-cape-town/) - **Cross-posted from the SA SDI Alliance blog* By Nkokeli Ncambele, Informal Settlement Network, Cape Town (edited by Walter Fieuw, CORC) Nkanini is a large section of about ten informal settlements on the far south-east region of Khayelitsha. In 2002, when the railway station Chris Hani servicing the area was completed, many people from Makhaza, Site
- [Parween Rehman's Revolutionary Resolve](https://sdinet.org/2013/03/parween-rehmans-revolutionary-resolve/) - < **Cross-posted from The News International** By Rabia Ezdi "Rahman had a capacity to pick up on the potential of people, and believe in them until they had no choice but to believe in themselves." It is a natural human instinct to celebrate those that leave us. But a tribute to Perween Rahman is like
- [SDI Mourns Colleague & Mentor Parween Rehman](https://sdinet.org/2013/03/sdi-mourns-colleague-mentor-parween-rehman/) - SDI was deeply shocked to learn of the murder of colleague and mentor Parween Rehman, director of the Orangi PIlot Project in Karachi Pakistan, in what appeared to be a targeted attack on Wednesday. The murder has been covered by various news sources. National Public Radio reporter Steve Inskeep, who spent quite a bit of
- [Turning Waste into Profit: Ghana Visits Cape Town's Recycling Programme](https://sdinet.org/2013/03/turning-waste-into-profit-ghana-visits-cape-towns-recycling-programme/) - By Chantal Hildebrand, SDI Secretariat As part of their initiatives to improve the sanitation situation in the slums of Accra, Ghana, a delegation of four members of the Ghana Federation of the Urban Poor (GHAFUP) – Haruna Abu, Janet Abu, Imoro Toyibu and Naa Ayeley – participated in a learning exchange to Cape Town, South
- [In Tanzania, Scaling Up Sanitation for the Urban Poor](https://sdinet.org/2013/03/in-tanzania-scaling-up-sanitation-for-the-urban-poor/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat The improvement of sanitation in urban informal settlements in Africa is one of the key upgrading strategies that can make a tangible difference in poor communities. Through a joint action research project titled SHARE (Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity) communities in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia are using
- [New Affiliate in Burkina Faso Inspired by Visit to Ghana](https://sdinet.org/2013/03/new-affiliate-in-burkina-faso-inspired-by-visit-to-ghana/) - Part I: A Testimony From Ouagadougou By Kotimi Kéré, resident of spontaneous zone “Taabtenga” in Ouagadougou (translation by Chantal Hildebrand, SDI Secretariat) Photo above: Kotimi Kéré, adjoining treasurer of the “Association ‘Id-rayim-taab yeele,” and community member of sector 45 “Taab-Tenga” (a spontaneous zone of in Ouagadougou). Taking part in the study tour to Ghana
- [In Uganda, Partnerships for Upgrading Make Change on the Ground](https://sdinet.org/2013/03/in-uganda-partnerships-for-upgrading-make-change-on-the-ground/) - by Hellen Nyamweru, ACTogether Uganda The partnership between the Federation and local government in Arua municipality has emerged exemplary in the first phase of TSUPU. This is thanks largely to community engagements and actually standing for what the program is based on. TSUPU, meaning Transforming Settlements of the Urban Poor in Uganda, has served its
- [“Green Shack” Features Community-based Planning at Design Indaba 2013](https://sdinet.org/2013/03/green-shack-features-community-based-planning-at-design-indaba-2013/) - **Cross-posted from the SA SDI Alliance blog** By Walter Fieuw, CORC South Africa In 2012 the community of Mshini Wam initiated an innovative approach to the in-situ upgrading of their dense informal settlement. Working closely with the Informal Settlement Network (ISN)—a collective network of informal settlements linking informal settlement civil society groups in five cities in South
- [The Real Crime Problem Lies in the Formal World](https://sdinet.org/2013/02/the-real-crime-problem-lies-in-the-formal-world/) - Fears about how slums harbor thieves and criminals reflect the fact that we are looking only at the bottom of the food chain of illegality. Photo credit: Cheryl Marland via Flickr Creative Commons **Cross posted from Informal City Dialogues on NextCity.org** By Sheela Patel, Chair of SDI Board In a guest blog post, Sheela Patel, advocate for
- [Improving Sanitation in Kinawataka Market, Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2013/02/improving-sanitation-in-kinawataka-market-uganda/) - By Greg Bachmayer, SDI Secretariat Introducton This report is intended to document and share aspects of a collaborative project between Slum / Shack Dwellers International (SDI) and the National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU). The project's aim was to construct an ablution facility and a community facility / centre in Kinawataka market, Kampala, Uganda.
- [Reflecting on Partnerships in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2013/02/reflecting-on-partnerships-in-uganda/) - **Cross-posted from the ACTogether blog** by Hellen Nyamweru, ACTogether Uganda Do the communities and the government engage with each other on matters of development? How is this relationship? What is the need of this relationship? What impedes this relationship? How has the relationship evolved between communities and local authorities in Uganda? How can we ensure
- [Taking Academia to the Slums: AAPS Attends the 5 Cities Seminar](https://sdinet.org/2013/02/taking-academia-to-the-slums-aaps-attends-the-5-cities-seminar/) - Langrug informal settlement hosted an SDI-AAPS studio this past year. By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat Last week's 5 Cities Seminar focused on building relationships; relationships between urban poor communities and government, between federations of the urban poor in different cities who face similar, yet unique, challenges and between the formal and informal worlds that shape
- [“Learning From Those Who Have Walked the Path”: Sharing Learning from the 5 Cities Programme](https://sdinet.org/2013/02/learning-from-those-who-have-walked-the-path-sharing-learning-from-the-5-cities-programme/) - Community members and government partner from Harare, Zimbabwe talk about their experiences with the 5 Cities Programme. By Chantal Hildebrand, SDI Secretariat Following the first two days of site visits and walkabouts in Mtshini Wam and Langrug, the final day of the 5 Cities Seminar consisted of country and municipality presentations and discussion in the
- [Partnering with the City of Cape Town in Mtshini Wam: Day 2 of the 5 Cities Seminar](https://sdinet.org/2013/02/partnering-with-the-city-of-cape-town-in-mtshini-wam-day-2-of-the-5-cities-seminar/) - Community members showcase model homes in Mtshini Wam. By Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat The second day of the 5 Cities Seminar kicked off in Mtshini Wam, a settlement of roughly 200 households located in the greater Joe Slovo Park area of Milnerton, Cape Town. The day focused a lot of attention on the change
- [Transport Solutions in Mombasa: What do they mean for Likoni Settlement?](https://sdinet.org/2013/02/transport-solutions-in-mombasa-what-do-they-mean-for-likoni-settlement/) - **Cross-posted from Living the City blog** By Baraka Mwau and Dennis Mwaniki January 2013, another painful month for the residents of Likoni, South Coast Mombasa. Forget the infamous financial pinch that most Kenyans have to sail through in the month of January; think of the “untimely death” of the sole bread winner, a family member,
- [Partnerships through Upgrading: 5 Cities Delegation Visits Langrug Settlement](https://sdinet.org/2013/02/partnerships-through-upgrading-5-cities-delegation-visits-langrug-settlement/) - By Chantal Hildebrand & Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat Today marked the first day of the third 5 Cities Seminar, being held in Cape Town, South Africa from 5 – 7 February. Delegations made up of slum dwellers, government officials, support staff, and academic partners from across South Africa, and from the cities of Accra
- [Sarah Nandudu: Communication for the 23rd Session of UNHRC on the Human Rights Approach to Participation of Persons Living in Poverty](https://sdinet.org/2013/01/sarah-nandudu-communication-for-the-23rd-session-of-unhrc-on-the-human-rights-approach-to-participation-of-persons-living-in-poverty/) - Communication from Sarah Nandudu Vice Chairperson of the National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda Sarah Nandudu, Vice Chairperson of the NSDFU, was asked to participate in the 23rd session of the UNHRC in order to assist the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights to prepare a report on the human rights approach
- [Who Owes Matopeni Settlement an Explanation?](https://sdinet.org/2013/01/who-owes-matopeni-settlement-an-explanation/) - **Cross posted from the Muungano Support Trust Bulletin** Matopeni is a settlement in Muungano wa Wanavijiji’s Mombasa North Network. Currently the community is undertaking daily savings with the aim of securing land tenure and acquiring the piece of land that they are currently occupying. The settlement has been divided into two clusters (Matopeni A
- [Weaving Cities: Creating a National Voice of the Urban Poor in Bolivia](https://sdinet.org/2013/01/weaving-cities-creating-a-national-voice-of-the-urban-poor-in-bolivia/) - By Celine d'Cruz, SDI Secretariat Planning for the National leaders meeting in November began in June 2012. This was a gradual outcome of several exchanges to and from Bolivia over the last three years by SDI. In June 2012 the Government of Bolivia came out with a regularization law, which created a lot of commotion
- [10 Years of Okwegatta: A Milestone in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2013/01/10-years-of-okwegatta-a-milestone-in-uganda/) - By Skye Dobson, SDI Secretariat (Uganda) On 12/12/12 the National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU) celebrated its 10th Anniversary. From a few savings groups in Kisenyi, the federation has spread over the last decade across Kampala, to Arua in the north, Mbale and Jinja in the east, to Kabale and Mbarara in the west.
- [Diary of BM Section Fire: Community Empowerment in Crisis](https://sdinet.org/2013/01/diary-of-bm-section-fire-community-empowerment-in-crisis/) - **Cross-posted from the SA SDI Alliance Blog** By Andy Bolnick, CORC & iKhayalami, South Africa 31st December 2012 File photo. Image by: MIKE HUTCHINGS / REUTERS taken from http://africajournalismtheworld.com/tag/khayelitsha-fire/ 1st of January 2013 AFP Photo / Rodger Bosch – RT.com On the 1st January 2013, Tuesday in the early hours of the morning a man in the furthest
- [Inclusion: A Sustainability Agenda for African City Growth](https://sdinet.org/2013/01/inclusion-a-sustainability-agenda-for-african-city-growth/) - This article originally appeared in Perspectives: Political Analysis and Commentary from Africa #3.12. By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI Secretariat An old South African song of the anti-Apartheid struggle is called “Meadowlands”. It commemorates a forced removal of many black and coloured people from the bustling, multi-cultural neighbourhood of Sophiatown in Johannesburg to the suburban township of
- [Jubilee Slum Campaign: Secure Tenure & Improved Lives](https://sdinet.org/2012/12/jubilee-slum-campaign-secure-tenure-improved-lives/) - The Jubilee Slum Campaign March | 8 December 2012 **Cross-posted from Muungano Support Trust Blog** By Nyasani Mbaka The Biblical formulation of the jubilee principle denotes: “and thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee nine and forty
- [Diary on Relocation: Leaving Water Street](https://sdinet.org/2012/12/diary-on-relocation-leaving-water-street/) - By SPARC-MM-NSDF, India This document is the first entry in a diary of events that unfolded in the first week of November 2012 when several breakthroughs in negotiations between Milan Nagar, a cooperative of 536 pavement dwelling households formed in 1986, and the City of Mumbai allowed for the rebuilding of a partnership between the
- [On the Pavements of Mumbai: Finding Hope & Making Change](https://sdinet.org/2012/11/on-the-pavements-of-mumbai-finding-hope-making-change/) - Pavement dwellings & daily life in Byculla. By SDI & SPARC In the past month a major event has come to pass for the women who began this worldwide movement of slum dwellers nearly 30 years ago on the pavements of central Mumbai. After so many years, the women of Byculla have finally begun to
- [Constitutional Court Victory for Displaced Families](https://sdinet.org/2012/11/constitutional-court-victory-for-displaced-families/) - **Cross-posted from the SA SDI Alliance Blog** By Sandra van Rensburg (on behalf of CORC and ISN) After more than four months of legal proceedings, the Constitutional Court delivered a ruling in favor of the displaced Marlboro families following evictions in Marlboro South, an industrial area in Sandton, Johannesburg. This ruling rendered the action of
- [The Challenges & Potential of Innovative Funding Models](https://sdinet.org/2012/11/the-challenges-potential-of-innovative-funding-models/) - **Cross posted from a live chat on Guardian.co.uk** Comments by Benjamin Bradlow, SDI Good afternoon everyone. My name is Ben Bradlow, and I'm working with Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), a network of community-based organizations of the urban poor in 33 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. One of the key aspects of our work
- [UN Habitat & Norwegian Government Visit Mukuru Sinai, Kenya](https://sdinet.org/2012/11/un-habitat-norwegian-government-visit-mukuru-sinai-kenya/) - L-R: Joan Clos (ED UN Habitat), Heikki Holmas (Min. Int'l Dev't, Gov't of Norway), and Robert (Muungano leader) tour the Mukuru Green Fields project. **Cross-posted from the Muungano Support Trust Blog** NAIROBI, Kenya, November 13 | The Norwegian Minister for International Development, Heikki Holmas and UN-HABITAT Executive Director, Dr Joan Clos, visited Mukuru Kwa Njenga
- [CSO Townhall with Managing Director Christine Lagarde and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim](https://sdinet.org/2012/11/cso-townhall-with-managing-director-christine-lagarde-and-world-bank-president-jim-yong-kim/) - On the global stage SDI works to create a voice for the urban poor. Key global events provide a platform for SDI Slum Dwellers and co-ordinators to stress the importance of inclusive and pro-poor approaches to development. This political aspect of SDI’s work is a vital cog that calls into question top down
- [In South Africa, Innovations in Financing Slum Upgrading](https://sdinet.org/2012/11/in-south-africa-innovations-in-financing-slum-upgrading/) - An artist’s impression of the devastation of informal spaces under apartheid planning. **Cross-posted from the SA SDI Alliance Blog** By Jhono Bennett and Walter Fieuw, CORC South Africa Post-apartheid urban and housing policies have underscored the necessity of progressively integrating the poor as a means of restructuring spatially fragmented cities and eradicating asset-based poverty. Post-apartheid
- [Pineapple Studios: SDI at 2012 AAPS All Schools Conference in Nairobi](https://sdinet.org/2012/10/pineapple-studios-sdi-at-2012-aaps-all-schools-conference-in-nairobi/) - By Skye Dobson, SDI Uganda & Secretariat There were a number of comments from professors at the AAPS Conference in Nairobi (October 16-18) about the name that should be given to Urban Studios. Should they be called practical planning studios? Reality studios? How can they be distinguished from the studios to which planners are accustomed?
- [Harare Mayor Celebrates UN Habitat Award with Slum Dwellers](https://sdinet.org/2012/10/harare-mayor-celebrates-un-habitat-award-with-slum-dwellers/) - By the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation & Dialogue on Shelter Unlike the previous global urban meetings, WUF6 will be remembered with a difference by the Zimbabweans. At this year’s World Urban Forum, the Mayor of Harare was awarded the UN Habitat Scroll of Honour - a prestigious global recognition given to an individual or organization
- [Announcing the SDI 2011/12 Annual Report](https://sdinet.org/2012/10/announcing-the-sdi-201112-annual-report/) - SDI is happy to annouce our 2011/12 Annual Report, a reflection of where SDI has grown to over the past 25 years. This includes a discussion of SDI's practices for change, a report on the SDI Secretariat, the building of internal reporting and documentation systems, and SDI's international advocacy and increasing presence on the global
- [In Tanzania, Reaching the Wider Community Through Improved Sanitation](https://sdinet.org/2012/10/in-tanzania-reaching-the-wider-community-through-improved-sanitation/) - By the Tanzanian Urban Poor Federation with the support of the Center for Community Initiatives (CCI) Dar es Salaam is the largest city in Tanzania with an estimated population of 4 million people. 80% of its population is estimated to be living in informal settlements where people are living with inadequate access to services such
- [Waterborne | Water & Sanitation in Slovo Park, South Africa](https://sdinet.org/2012/10/waterborne-water-sanitation-in-slovo-park-south-africa/) - Waterborne from Pretoria Picture Company Inc. on Vimeo. **Cross posted from SA SDI Alliance Blog** Watch this documentary film by the Pretoria Picture Company Inc. on the changing dynamics and identities of Slovo Park settlement south of Soweto. Slovo Park is also aligned to the Informal Settlement Network, and in collaboration with universities and
- [Relocation & Rehabilitation in Mumbai](https://sdinet.org/2012/10/relocation-rehabilitation-in-mumbai/) - **Cross-posted from SPARC's CityWatchINDIA blog** What is Relocation and Rehabilitation (R&R)? Whenever people are being continuously evicted from their land by the government or some other national or corporate authority, families must relocate. Often this happens when the government decides to undertake infrastructure expansion projects like road-widening, flyover construction, rail expansion, etc. and these project
- [In Nairobi, Mobilising Against Evictions in the Ongoing Struggle for Land](https://sdinet.org/2012/09/in-nairobi-mobilising-against-evictions-in-the-ongoing-struggle-for-land/) - **Cross-posted from the Muungano Support Trust Blog** By Nysanani Mbaka, MuST Kenya Mukuru – we will not budge On Wednesday 12 September hundreds of city dwellers from the Mukuru belt, including Mukuru Kwa Reuben, Mukuru Kwa Njenga and Maendeleo settlements, converged at Nairobi’s Uhuru Park I. The agenda was a simple but powerful one: mobilising those
- [SDI President Jockin Arputham Reports on World Urban Forum 6](https://sdinet.org/2012/09/sdi-president-jockin-arputham-reports-on-world-urban-forum-6/) - By Jockin Arputham, SDI President A large team from SDI attended the World Urban Forum in Naples, Italy in the first week of September. The delegation from India included Celine d'Cruz (SPARC/SDI), Jockin Arputham, John Samuel (NSDF), Parveen and Savita (Mahila Milan). There were leaders from several other countries from Asia and Africa in the
- [In Johannesburg, Communities March Against Evictions](https://sdinet.org/2012/09/in-johannesburg-communities-march-against-evictions/) - ISN Gauteng solidarity march from South African SDI Alliance on Vimeo. By South African SDI Alliance On Tuesday the 11th September, thousands of shack dwellers from Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni (the mining belt), Tswane (Pretoria) and smaller towns and cities such as Mogale City, Midvaal, and Sedibeng gathered on Mary Fitzgerald square in Newtown, Johannesburg. The agenda
- [Urban Upgrading in the Spontaneous Zones Of Ouagadougou](https://sdinet.org/2012/09/urban-upgrading-in-the-spontaneous-zones-of-ouagadougou/) - By Chantal Hildebrand, SDI Secretariat Sustainability is the anthem of the generation. NGO’s have moved from projects formulated a decade ago, where a building was built or a bag of rice given with few programs informing locals on how to maintain said building or plant rice in order to feed themselves in seasons to come,
- [Taking the Reigns: Slum Dwellers Drive the Upgrading Process in Pune, India](https://sdinet.org/2012/09/taking-the-reigns-slum-dwellers-drive-the-upgrading-process-in-pune-india/) - By Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat In March I came across Mukta Naik’s piece for Global Urbanist blog on her firm’s involvement in a project to redevelop two slum clusters in Delhi as part of the national Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) housing scheme. While her piece highlights a number of key principles in the creation of
- [ISN leads with “Asihambi: Land, Housing and Zero Evictions” Campaign](https://sdinet.org/2012/09/isn-leads-with-asihambi-land-housing-and-zero-evictions-campaign/) - **cross posted from the South African SDI Alliance website** Asihambi – we will not be moved. On Tuesday the 11th September, thousands of shack dwellers from Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni (the mining belt), Tswane (Pretoria) and smaller towns and cities such as Mogale City, Midvaal, and Sedibeng gathered on Mary Fitzgerald square in Newtown, Johannesburg. The agenda was
- [The Story of the Kenyan Slum Youth Federation](https://sdinet.org/2012/08/the-story-of-the-kenyan-slum-youth-federation/) - By Jack Makau, SDI Secretariat In September 2010, at the age of 25, John Te went on a plane for the first time in his life, on a trip from Kenya to Ghana about which he was excited. Te lives in a ten-by-ten foot shack made of corrugated sheets of iron and with an
- [Taking Water & Sanitation to the Citywide Scale](https://sdinet.org/2012/08/taking-water-sanitation-to-the-citywide-scale/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat Developmental agendas on the global stage generally involve a reliance on statistics. The millennium development goals (MDG’s) provide quantifiable targets for countries to work towards. For example Goal 7, Target 7C aims to halve the global population without access to sustainable drinking water and sanitation. The official website for the
- [Communities Continue Fight Against Evictions in Johannesburg](https://sdinet.org/2012/08/communities-continue-fight-against-evictions-in-johannesburg/) - By Kwanele Sibanda, CORC South Africa As had been agreed upon in last night's mass meeting, in Marlboro Industrial Area, Johannesburg, the Marlboro residents began to mobilize one another and demonstration began as early as 3am on Wednesday. Throughout the protest, no arrests took place. Only roads leading into the community were barricaded. Teargas was
- [The New School & Makerere University Partner with Communities on Urban Studio in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2012/08/the-new-school-makerere-university-partner-with-communities-on-urban-studio-in-uganda/) - By Mara Forbes, SDI Intern, The New School, New York “The municipality was very impressed with the report because it truly acknowledges the truth on the ground and the Town Clerk repeatedly mentioned that they would use this tool to ensure that services reach the community.” Sarah Nandudu, Federation Member, Jinja “This [enumeration]
- [SPARC’s Strategy for Community Toilet Block Construction and Maintenance in India](https://sdinet.org/2012/08/sparcs-strategy-for-community-toilet-block-construction-and-maintenance-in-india/) - **Cross-posted from the SPARC CitywatchINDIA Blog** Due to the lack of availability of toilets in many communities and the dissatisfaction that communities feel towards toilets provided by municipal corporations, SPARC has launched its own community toilet block initiative in partnership with local communities. SPARC believes that community toilet blocks are the best way to confront
- [Information is Power: Ashaiman Residents Drive Profiling in Greater Accra, Ghana](https://sdinet.org/2012/08/information-is-power-ashaiman-residents-drive-profiling-in-greater-accra-ghana/) - By Barbara Torresi, People's Dialogue Ghana Introduction Wednesday 16 May 2012 was a glorious day for the citizens of Ashaiman, a town in Greater Accra, since after months of careful preparations the spatial component of a multi-pronged Cities Alliance programme called Land, Services, and Citizenship (LSC) was finally kicked off. The Ghana Urban Poor Federation's (GHAFUP)
- [The Dark Side of Planning: On the Demolition of Chico’s Ice Cream Factory](https://sdinet.org/2012/08/the-dark-side-of-planning-on-the-demolition-of-chicos-ice-cream-factory/) - Yesterday we reported to you about evictions taking place in Marlboro Industrial Area of Johannesburg. Today we have a full write up from the South African SDI Alliance on the evictions, and the ways in which FEDUP, ISN and CORC have been fighting against this brutality. **Cross-posted from the SA SDI Alliance Blog** By Walter
- [ISN/FEDUP Fight Evictions in Johannesburg](https://sdinet.org/2012/08/isnfedup-fight-evictions-in-johannesburg/) - **Cross-posted from South African SDI Alliance FB Page** According to eyewitness accounts, and the latest from Marlboro area in Johannesburg, the JMPD is still razing through the area and even demolishing some of the factories now. One site was completely razed to the ground today, leaving more than 300 families homeless
- [Reflecting on evictions in Makoko, Lagos: Moving from reactive to proactive decision-making](https://sdinet.org/2012/07/reflecting-on-evictions-in-makoko-lagos-moving-from-reactive-to-proactive-decision-making/) - Photo (c) www.yannarthusbertrand2.org By Benjamin Bradlow Cities are complex systems, comprised of elements both natural and human. Little wonder that they hold great interest to those who study biological processes of development, in addition to those who study social and political processes. Cities are also places where ordinary people make decisions with extraordinary consequences. Sometimes it
- [Re-designing the city one shack cluster at a time](https://sdinet.org/2012/07/re-designing-the-city-one-shack-cluster-at-a-time/) - **Cross posted from SDI South African Alliance** By Andy Bolnick (CORC/iKhayalami) and Benjamin Bradlow The roller coasters and carnival games at Ratanga Junction Park in the Milnerton area of Cape Town may appear as a middle class child’s idyll, even amidst the winter cold and rain. But only a kilometer away, shack dwelling mothers, fathers,
- [If the walls could talk - Political Graffiti in Haiti](https://sdinet.org/2012/07/if-the-walls-could-talk-political-graffiti-in-haiti/)
- [Culture, Informality, Heritage, and Cities: A View From Below](https://sdinet.org/2012/06/culture-informality-heritage-and-cities-a-view-from-below/) - By Sheela Patel, SDI Secretariat / SPARC Culture is Produced by the People Cities are now at the cross roads of making choices in relation with what attributes they concede to the production of culture. Planning norms and practices have begun to identify buildings, districts and heritage sites, and often end up protecting them against
- [The Brazilian Urban Context and SDI](https://sdinet.org/2012/06/the-brazilian-urban-context-and-sdi/) - By Anacláudia Rossbach, Interacao, Brazil SDI started its activities in Brazil through the local NGO Interação simultaneously with the beginning of what can be proved to be the most significant transformation in urban and housing policies in the country. At the same time, the country initiated a journey of intensive economic growth with a social transformation
- [Memoirs of a South African Slum Dweller: Chapters I - III](https://sdinet.org/2012/06/memoirs-of-a-south-african-slum-dweller-chapters-i-iii/) - **Cross-posted from The Age of Zinc** Chapter 1 When I arrived at P in 1982 I found myself amongst some of the very poor in our communities. I was lying on my back on a mattress covered with a plastic material so as to protect the mattress from the blood from bruises and wounds inflicted
- [SDI/Makerere University Planning Studio Pushes Ahead](https://sdinet.org/2012/06/sdimakerere-university-planning-studio-pushes-ahead/) - By Skye Dobson, SDI Secretariat The SDI/Makerere University Urban Studio is entering its final stage and things are moving along very well. A smaller selection of Makerere Students are working together with graduate students from the New School in New York to further clean the enumeration data and disaggregate information by settlement. The New School
- [Financing Sanitation Solutions in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2012/06/financing-sanitation-solutions-in-uganda/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat The relationship between development donor and recipient is by its very nature a tenuous and unsustainable one. The vagaries of donor funding are subject to sudden sea changes as international development agendas shift focuses and locations. The very fact that phrases such as “development trends” or “funding focus” exist in
- [Why Enumeration Counts: Documenting by the Undocumented](https://sdinet.org/2012/06/why-enumeration-counts-documenting-by-the-undocumented/) - Women and men from Pupo community, southern Thailand arrange squares, representing house plots, on paper to visualise how they could group dwellings together. Credit: Chawanad Luansang. **Cross-posted from IIED Blog** By Sheela Patel, SDI Secretariat / SPARC Around one in seven people around the world live in informal settlements in urban areas. These settlements –
- [Uganda Loses USD $177m Annually Due to Poor Sanitation: What is the Federation Doing?](https://sdinet.org/2012/05/uganda-loses-usd-177m-annually-due-to-poor-sanitation-what-is-the-federation-doing/) - By Skye Dobson, SDI Secretariat A World Bank report released this month estimates Uganda loses USD $177 million annually due to poor sanitation. According to the report, Economic Impacts of Poor Sanitation in Africa - Uganda, the majority of these costs come from the annual premature death of 23,000 Ugandans from diarrheal disease, including 19,700
- [Community Policing in Slum Settlements](https://sdinet.org/2012/05/community-policing-in-slum-settlements/) - By Skye Dobson, CCI, & SPARC As with many projects in the SDI network, the Tanzanian federation’s community policing project was in large part inspired by the experience of slum dwellers during a peer-to-peer exchange. These exchanges are a key ritual in the SDI toolkit and the principal mechanism through which lessons are shared amongst
- [Launch of 2011 UPFI Annual Report](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/launch-of-2011-upfi-annual-report/) - SDI is happy to announce the launch of the 2011 UPFI Annual Report, marking an important point in the growth of SDI and UPFI. The Urban Poor Fund International is a SDI subsidiary, governed by Urban Poor Federation leaders from across the SDI network, that provides capital to member national urban poor funds, who are
- [In Uganda, Pro-Poor Information System Continues to Grow](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/in-uganda-pro-poor-information-system-continues-to-grow/) - Photo: Structure Owners (Yellow) and Tenants (Blue) in Mission Cell, Mbale By Skye Dobson, SDI Secretariat The National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU) pushes ahead with its innovative mapping work in Mbale Municipality. The federation conducted a city-wide slum enumeration in 2011 as part of the Government of Uganda’s Transforming Settlements of the Urban Poor
- [The Practicalities of a Social Movement | Kambi Moto, Kenya](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/the-practicalities-of-a-social-movement-kambi-moto-kenya/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat Many development narratives provide theoretical analysis and debate based on community orientated social movements. While such analysis is interesting as an academic and theoretical exercise it often overlooks the practicalities of day-to-day processes and the resultant infrastructure developments in favour of a more abstracted reading. How exactly do communities manage
- [Densification of Harare's Dzivarasekwa Extension](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/densification-of-harares-dzivarasekwa-extension/) - Dzivareasekwa Extension (DZ Ext.), located 18km west of Harare, Zimbabwe, was established by the government in 1993. Originally, over 2,000 families resided here. Today, DZ Ext. is home to 450 families living in semi-permanent structures built from materials including brick and mortar, wood, polythene and sheet metal. Communal toilets service sanitation needs, and water is
- [A New Way for Kampala's KCCA?](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/a-new-way-for-kampalas-kcca/) - Photo courtesy of ugandaonline.net By National Executive Council (NEC), National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU) The following letter was submitted as an OpEd to the Daily Monitor in Uganda following a tragic shooting during an eviction by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) in Kampala in January 2012. Many opinion pieces in this newspaper have, rightfully,
- [A Tale of Two Slums](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/a-tale-of-two-slums/) - By Jack Makau, SDI Secretariat In many ways the Orangi Pilot Project is probably the closest ideological kin to an SDI urban intervention. At the heart of both organizations is the philosophy that organized communities are the most vital component in any process that aims to improve living conditions for the urban poor. Based in
- [Unabated Forced Evictions in Nairobi's Informal Settlements](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/unabated-forced-evictions-in-nairobis-informal-settlements/) - by Michael Njuguna, Huruma–Kambi Moto, Nairobi Muungano wa Wanavijiji, the Kenyan slum dweller federation, expresses its grave concern on the ongoing evictions and threatened forced evictions taking place in Nairobi’s informal settlements. The latest settlement to be demolished is Mukuru Kwa Njenga’s Wape Wape village where three people lost their lives as they scampered to
- [Slum Dweller Federation of Tanzania Leads Construction of Public Toilet](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/slum-dweller-federation-of-tanzania-leads-construction-of-public-toilet/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat This is the story of a public toilet built and managed by a slum dweller community in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. What is important about this story is not just the physical infrastructure provided but the socially embedded community processes that allowed for the toilets construction and that will ensure
- [What We Talk About When We Talk About “Inclusion”](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-inclusion/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI Secretariat Even in the Athenian demos, representation was never universal. Only once you crossed the threshold of citizenship — to be land-owning and a male — then the democratic promises of political space and opportunity for voice became a reality. Theories of participation can be of varying utility depending on the
- [Strength in Numbers: Charting a Course Towards Equitable Cities](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/strength-in-numbers-charting-a-course-towards-equitable-cities/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat On the Easter weekend I was one of 16000 people who braved the freezing rain to run the Two Oceans Half Marathon in Cape Town. What, you may ask; does running a long distance race have to do with Slum Dwellers International? On reflection there are a number of
- [Talkative Mama](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/talkative-mama/) - By Skye Dobson, SDI Secretariat "The challenge of a radical democratic practice was both a personal and an organizational one. Group relations had to be reorganized, but individuals had to grapple with personal changes as well. The process of building a movement for social transformation had to allow for, encourage, and nurture the transformation
- [In Focus: Exclusion & Informality](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/in-focus-exclusion-informality/) - Living above the sea, Manila, Philippines By Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat We talk a lot about exclusion and inclusion. The urban poor are excluded from the city. Therefore, we are trying to build inclusive cities - cities where the urban poor are at the center of their own development process, and that of the
- [Knowledge Production - The Community Way](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/knowledge-production-the-community-way/) - By Charlton Ziervogel, SDI Secretariat The South African SDI alliance made up of CORC, FEDUP and ISN have embarked on a challenging programme to work with government in assessing the most critical needs of residents in specific informal settlements in the City of Cape Town municipality. This assessment forms part of a larger plan to
- [Slum Dwellers, Academics & City Officials Dialogue in Harare](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/slum-dwellers-academics-city-officials-dialogue-in-harare/) - By Jack Makau, SDI Secretariat A forum of African city governments with the support of SDI will organize the third SDI dialogue on citywide slum upgrading later in 2012. This key agreement was arrived at the second dialogue held at the end of March in Harare, Zimbabwe. The agreement represents a deepening of relationships, not
- [Toilet 'Fundis' in Tanzania](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/toilet-fundis-in-tanzania/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat Most native English speakers will recognize the word “fundi” as describing someone who is an expert within a specific field. During a recent SDI visit to Tanzania I was surprised to learn that the word originates from Swahili and its popular usage denotes anyone who has detailed knowledge and experience
- [Innovations in Affordable Housing: Amui Dzor Housing Project](https://sdinet.org/2012/04/innovations-in-affordable-housing-amui-dzor-housing-project/) - By Skye Dobson, SDI Secretariat As the world becomes increasingly urban, so too does the challenge for adequate and affordable housing. No where are affordable housing challenges greater than in the slums of the Global South. Like most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana’s affordable housing sector is characterized by an acute inability to meet
- [FEDUP celebrates two decades with a house opening in Orange Farm](https://sdinet.org/2012/03/fedup-celebrates-two-decades-with-a-house-opening-in-orange-farm/) - Photo: Gauteng Province Department Local Government and Housing **Cross-posted from the CORC Blog** By FEDUP & uTshani Fund The Federation of the Urban Poor (FEDUP) and the uTshani Fund are two organisations working in alliance to bring the urban poor in South Africa together and bring their huge collective resourcefulness, creativity, energy and social force
- [The Beginnings of Enlightened Planning?](https://sdinet.org/2012/03/the-beginnings-of-enlightened-planning/) - By Skye Dobson, SDI Secretariat In a previous piece on the Makerere/SDI partnership in Uganda, Noah Schermbrucker, questioned the sources of knowledge that guide urban planning. In this second installment I would like to continue that discussion. When considering the planning profession I am often reminded of Michel Foucault’s account of the clinician and the
- [The Zabaleen of Cairo](https://sdinet.org/2012/03/the-zabaleen-of-cairo/) - By Celine D'Cruz, SDI Secretariat Zabaleen is Arabic for Garbage People. Our visit to Cairo in late January 2012 was planned on the invitation of Ezzat Naem Gunn, a leader from a local Egyptian NGO called Spirit of Youth (SOY), run and managed by residents from the Zabbaleen community. The objective of this visit was
- [Learning from Community Professors in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2012/03/learning-from-community-professors-in-uganda/) - By Noah Schermbrucker, SDI Secretariat “In communities we know the number of settlements, services and origins of the people. We know how they spend their money and how they would like to develop their areas. You cannot plan from the office but if you go to the ground and speak to people and learn from
- [MORE FIRE! Deputy Minister visits Mshini Wam and Siyahlala settlements in Joe Slovo Park](https://sdinet.org/2012/03/more-fire-deputy-minister-visits-mshini-wam-and-siyahlala-settlements-in-joe-slovo-park/) - **Cross-Posted from CORC blog** By Walter Fieuw, CORC On Thursday 23 February 2012, while South Africa were debating the implications of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s budget speech, another group was preparing to put action to words. Community leaders from across the country and associated with the Informal Settlement Network (ISN) were gathering in a community
- [Ulwazi ngamandla! People’s power in the age of the informal](https://sdinet.org/2012/02/ulwazi-ngamandla-peoples-power-in-the-age-of-the-informal/) - **cross-posted from the CORC blog** By Walter Fieuw, CORC On a hot Cape Town morning, across the road from where Democracy Mini Market in Joe Slovo Park is located, a group of young men talk through the problems they face in their settlements, and what they could possibly do to remedy their harsh living conditions.
- [Diary from Mumbai: Part III](https://sdinet.org/2012/02/diary-from-mumbai-part-iii/) - By Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat It is nearing the end of my stay in Mumbai, and I know I am going to miss this city as soon as I board the plane. I have spent the past week getting to know her streets and her people, and it is an experience I will certainly
- [Diary from Mumbai: Part II](https://sdinet.org/2012/02/diary-from-mumbai-part-ii/) - By: Ariana K MacPherson, SDI Secretariat We left the city in an early morning haze of pollution and sunrise, making our way through flat green valleys and into Western Ghat mountains. We are on our way to the smaller city of Pune about three hours north of Mumbai. With a population of roughly 3 million, Pune
- [Changing the Rules of the Game](https://sdinet.org/2012/02/changing-the-rules-of-the-game/) - Water Kiosk, Kosovo Village, Mathare, Nairobi Kenya By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariat Cities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, so often exclude the poor from the political decision-making and financial flows that affect their lives. A meeting of slum dweller federations, local government officials, and academics in Nairobi, Kenya, explored the role of the poor
- [Diary from Mumbai: Part I](https://sdinet.org/2012/01/diary-from-mumbai-part-i/) - By: Ariana K MacPherson, SDI Secretariat Mumbai has a constant buzz. That is the best way to put it. The city is always moving, coming and going in all directions And full of light. I arrived in Mumbai three days ago, and immediately was taken aback by the vibrancy of it. Even as I made
- [South African SDI Alliance Sets Strategic Goals for 2012](https://sdinet.org/2012/01/south-african-sdi-alliance-sets-strategic-goals-for-2012/) - By: Walter Fieuw, CORC Leaders of the South African SDI Alliance congregated between 16 – 18 January 2012 to follow up on progress made since the strategic meeting held at Kopling House in January 2011. At last year’s meeting, the Alliance agreed to a shift of focus towards upgrading of informal settlements. Despite one of
- [Negotiating the Right to Stay: A Community-Led Process in Old Fadama](https://sdinet.org/2012/01/negotiating-the-right-to-stay-a-community-led-process-in-old-fadama/) - By: Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat The air in Accra is humid and full of dust. After spending days inside heavily air-conditioned conference centers and nearby hotels, you start to forget the realities of city life. Luckily, I got a reminder. I spent my last day in Accra in the centrally located settlement of Old Fadama. Old
- [In South Africa, Ms. Mandela Learns from the Community at Sheffield Road](https://sdinet.org/2012/01/in-south-africa-ms-mandela-learns-from-the-community-at-sheffield-road/) - **Cross-posted from the CORC Blog** By Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat In July 2011, a national leader of the South African Federation of the Urban Poor (FEDUP), Patrick Magebhula Hunsley, was appointed to serve on the Ministerial Task Team on Water and Sanitation headed by Ms. Winnie Madikizela Mandela. The Team came into being in response
- [In Uganda, Savings and Upgrading Go Hand-in-Hand](https://sdinet.org/2011/12/in-uganda-savings-and-upgrading-go-hand-in-hand/) - Video source: ICMAvideos The International City Managemement Association (ICMA) has partnered with Cities Alliance, the Government of Uganda and the Uganda SDI alliance on a project that seeks to transform informal settlements starting from mobilization of urban poor women around savings schemes, the backbone of SDI's methodology. In the following interview, Sarah Nandudu, a national
- [Knowing What They Have and Expressing What They Want](https://sdinet.org/2011/12/knowing-what-they-have-and-expressing-what-they-want/) - **Cross-posted from Homeless People's Federation of the Philippines (HPFP) Blog** ILOILO CITY- Social preparatory activities such as the Social Mapping and Dream House Workshop are among the capacity building activities supported by the Philippine Alliance to foster and promote community-led processes among partner communities in the country as a whole. New Baldoza Homeowners’ Association (NBHOA), one of
- [In the Spirit of Jubilee: Marking Kenya's 50 Years of Independence](https://sdinet.org/2011/12/in-the-spirit-of-jubilee-marking-kenyas-50-years-of-independence/) - **Cross posted from Muungano Support Trust blog** The Republic of Kenya, precisely the county of Nairobi, has for the past 48years had a crisis of inequality (unequal distribution of resources). Over time this has led to gross poverty levels in country. Overcrowding has become a norm in most urban settlements with 65 per cent of the
- [Partnerships for change: New approaches to financing informal settlement upgrading](https://sdinet.org/2011/12/partnerships-for-change-new-approaches-to-financing-informal-settlement-upgrading/) - Crossposted from CORC Blog By Walter Fieuw, CORC, and Vernon Bowers, Stellenbosch Municipality The creation of a new Urban Poor Fund was the highlight of the event: The community contributed R12,000 in savings The enduring nature and extent of homelessness and landlessness in post-apartheid South Africa has compelled new approaches to housing the urban poor.
- [Strengthening Civil Society Voices on Urban Poverty](https://sdinet.org/2011/12/strengthening-civil-society-voices-on-urban-poverty/) - The Indian SDI Alliance, SPARC-NSDF-Mahila Milan, alongside long-standing partner PRIA initiated events in various states in India to seek deeper community participation on government poverty linked programs in cities. Participants explored ways that state and city authorities and NGOs can facilitate effective partnerships with communities, making space for them to be centrally involved in upgrading,
- [Manenberg Backyarders: Doing What We Can, with What We Have, Where We Are](https://sdinet.org/2011/11/manenberg-backyarders-doing-what-we-can-with-what-we-have-where-we-are/) - By Charlton Ziervogel, CORC/SDI Secretariat These are the words that epitomize the approach the Western Cape Backyarders Network (WCBN) has towards solving the problems that exist within backyarder communities in Cape Town. But how do you build momentum in a community that has had a history of fragmented approaches to solving its numerous problems? The
- [Building Partnerships Between the Urban Poor & the City](https://sdinet.org/2011/11/building-partnerships-between-the-urban-poor-the-city/) - **Cross-posted from the SA SDI Alliance Blog** By Walter Fieuw, CORC “This is a dream come true in bringing City Councils and communities around a table to talk about possibilities of city-wide informal settlement upgrading,” said Jerry Adlard, the facilitator of the 9th November learning event organised by South African, Namibian and Malawian poor people’s
- [Change by Design: SDI at the Smithsonian](https://sdinet.org/2011/11/change-by-design-sdi-at-the-smithsonian/) - By Ben Bradlow, SDI Secretariat From a presentation at the Smithsonian exhibit Design with the Other 90%:CITIES, United Nations, NY, NY Poor people are the most revolutionary designers in the world today. It may sound ridiculous to say this about people who are living cheek by jowl, without water, electricity or a toilet to shit
- [Brazil Supports Federation Strengthening in Bolivia](https://sdinet.org/2011/11/brazil-supports-federation-strengthening-in-bolivia/) - Leila Lopes and Marlene Silva, savers from the state of São Paulo, in Brazil, were in Cochabamba, Bolivia, from 03 to 07 October to support the Bolivian savers and the technical team of the Bolivian support NGO Red Internacional de Acción Comunitaria (Red Interaccion) – the affiliate of SDI in Bolivia - in their strategic planning for the
- [A Decade of Struggles and Lessons in Old Fadama](https://sdinet.org/2011/11/a-decade-of-struggles-and-lessons-in-old-fadama/) - By: Farouk Braimah, Executive Director, Peoples Dialogue on Human Settlements, Accra Ghana (rabiu_farouk@hotmail.com) In 2002, the residents of Old Fadama settlement in Accra, Ghana were served an eviction notice. After losing a court battle, community members were introduced to SDI methodolgies and conducted a community survey in a last-ditch effort to stave off eviction. The community
- [Thousands Left Homeless After Kyang'ombe Demolition](https://sdinet.org/2011/10/thousands-left-homeless-after-kyangombe-demolition/) - **Cross-posted from MuST Kenya blog** Kyang’ombe slum which is situated around the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has been demolished. According to JKIA officials, the slum sits in the direct flight path, which poses a great risk to the safety of planes as well as endangering the lives of the slum dwellers. Muungano Wa Wanavijiji and
- [Building Toilets with Our Eyes Closed](https://sdinet.org/2011/10/building-toilets-with-our-eyes-closed/) - Ecosan toilet in Mtandire settlement, Malawi In almost every major city in the south, Slum Boards, Housing Authorities and Municipalities are charged with building and maintaining toilet blocks in low-income neighbourhoods and slums. Engineers tender for contracts and handle issues of location, design, and construction; municipalities hire external staff (that has no investment in the
- [STDM Pilot Project Kicks Off in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2011/10/stdm-pilot-project-kicks-off-in-uganda/) - **Cross-posted from Global Land Tool Network** With the enthusiasm and cooperation of the Government of Uganda through its Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD), municipal officials, community leaders and members, the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) Pilot Project was launched in Mbale Municipality, Uganda, 03-07 October 2011. The project will test how this
- [The Power of Quiet Encroachment](https://sdinet.org/2011/10/the-power-of-quiet-encroachment/) - Back in August, Professor Mark Swilling, Academic Director of the Sustainability Insitute at University of Stellenbosch, spoke at TEDxStellenbosch about urbanization in Africa, where nearly 60% of urban dwellers live in slums. He describes this phenomenon of "slum cities," a phenomenon created by rapid urbanization without correlating industrialization. Swilling raises the possibility of the urban
- [Starting with Sanitation: New Approaches to Slum Upgrading in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2011/09/starting-with-sanitation-new-approaches-to-slum-upgrading-in-uganda/) - **Cross-posted from the ACTogether Blog** By Skye Dobson & Frederick Mugisha, SDI Secretariat & ACTogether Uganda In Jinja, a municipality in Uganda’s South-East, slum dwellers are setting a precedent for upgrading and expanding sanitation infrastructure in the country’s slums. The Uganda Slum Dwellers Federation has pursued a number of community-centered steps for changing the
- [Showcase at Ruimsig: Partnerships at Work](https://sdinet.org/2011/09/showcase-at-ruimsig-partnerships-at-work/) - **Cross-posted from the South African SDI Alliance Blog** An exhibition will soon open at the Goethe-Institut in Johannesburg, which will showcase the recent, successful partnership between the residents of Ruimsig, a small informal settlement on the north-western periphery of Johannesburg, the SA SDI Alliance and the University of Johannesburg, Department of Architecture. Ruimsig serves as
- [SDI Invited to Explore Links in Lima, Peru](https://sdinet.org/2011/09/sdi-invited-to-explore-links-in-lima-peru/) - By Anaclaudia Rossbach (Rede Interecao, Brasil), Celine D´Cruz (SDI Coordinator) and Maria E. Torrico (Red Interaccion, Bolivia) Participants: (i) from Secretariat, Celine D´Cruz; (ii) from Bolivia, Maria Eugenia Torrico and Elizabeth Bustos; (iii) from Brazil, Eli Sandra Santana and Anacláudia Rossbach. Municipalities visited: within Lima metropolitan area – Puente Piedra, San Juan de Miraflores and San
- [Statement Issued Following Fire in Mukuru Sinai](https://sdinet.org/2011/09/statement-issued-following-fire-in-mukuru-sinai/) - Slum areas located along the Mukuru pipeline. For the last week we have been reporting on the events following last Monday's explosion at Mukuru Sinai, one of the largest slums in Nairobi, where the Kenyan Federation has a strong presence. The stories coming from mainstream media have blamed everyone from the State to the slum
- [Malawi Federation Launches Mtandire Batik Centre](https://sdinet.org/2011/09/malawi-federation-launches-mtandire-batik-centre/) - By Siku Nkhoma, CCODE Malawi In 2006, the Malawi SDI Alliance travelled to South Luangwa, Zambia on an income generation exchange. During their time in Zambia, the Alliance visited a community led eco-tourism centre and the famed Tribal Textiles centre. The federation women were convinced that these strategies could be adopted by the Malawi federation as
- [Reflections from Mukuru Sinai: Evictions are not the answer](https://sdinet.org/2011/09/reflections-from-mukuru-sinai-evictions-are-not-the-answer/) - Map of slums along the Mukuru pipeline. **Cross-posted from Muungano Support Trust blog** By Irene Karanja, Executive Director, Muungano Support Trust, Kenya The more I listen to the voices of the poor and to the remorseful government’s reaction to the fire in Mukuru Sinai on Monday, I see a wide gulf between these voices. The
- [National Facilitator of the Namibian Federation Awarded UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour](https://sdinet.org/2011/09/national-facilitator-of-the-namibian-federation-awarded-un-habitat-scroll-of-honour/) - SDI, the Namibia Housing Action Group and the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia are pleased to share the news that Edith Mbanga, a member of the People Square Saving group and the National Facilitator of the Federation was awarded the 2011 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour, the most prestigious award given by the United Nations in
- [Slum Life: Improving Sanitation through Community Action](https://sdinet.org/2011/09/slum-life-improving-sanitation-through-community-action/) - SDI Chair Sheela Patel pushes for co-production of sanitation solutions by and for urban slum neighborhoods in this podcast from World Water Week. Hundreds of millions of people living in urban areas across the globe lack access to water and sanitation. This was the focus at World Water Week in Stockholm this August, where SDI
- [Settlements Under Siege: Securing Rights to the City](https://sdinet.org/2011/09/settlements-under-siege-securing-rights-to-the-city/) - By Ariana K. MacPherson and Charlton Ziervogel, SDI Secretariat The machine of urbanization rolls on. Each year thousands upon thousands of individuals make the move away from rural areas to seek a better life in the city. But what waits in the city is no easy street to riches, but rather a fight for limited space
- [The Sanitation Deficit Reflects a Deficit in Governance for the Poor](https://sdinet.org/2011/08/the-sanitation-deficit-reflects-a-deficit-in-governance-for-the-poor-2/) - **For the full article, please visit The Global Herald** By Sheela Patel, Chair of SDI Board Water and sanitation represent the most clear and obvious amenities that link cities citizens, their local government and national state. SDI Board Chair Sheela Patel sent the message at the World Water Week 2011 that the existing deficit in sanitation
- [Conference Report: Exploring Strategies for Citywide Slum Upgrading](https://sdinet.org/2011/08/conference-report-exploring-strategies-for-citywide-slum-upgrading/) - From 8 to 10 August 2011, ACTogether Uganda, Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), and the Uganda Slum Dwellers Federation hosted a conference at Fairway Hotel, Kampala. To read the full conference report, click here. The conference marked the beginning of SDI's conference series on strategies for upgrading large informal settlements under siege in five cities across
- [Visiting Kisenyi, A Settlement Under Siege](https://sdinet.org/2011/08/visiting-kisenyi-a-settlement-under-siege/) - By Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat We pull into Kisenyi, Kampala’s largest informal settlement, in a packed bus, rattling down muddy dirt roads. A motorbike heads toward us and women and children line the streets, hanging washing after the rain, playing in puddles. We disembark in front of a tall green building, a sanitation project
- [South African SDI Alliance Cements Partnership with Mayor of Cape Town](https://sdinet.org/2011/08/south-african-sdi-alliance-cements-partnership-with-mayor-of-cape-town/) - **Cross-posted from SA SDI Alliance Blog** By Charlton Ziervogel, SDI Secretariat Community development is often a hard, slow process that requires patience and dedication. The South African SDI Alliance takes the position that community members are actually the linchpin to the success of community development, and nothing less than full inclusion in their own
- [SDI Coordinators Visit Uganda Alliance](https://sdinet.org/2011/08/sdi-coordinators-visit-uganda-alliance/) - **Cross-posted from ACTogether Blog** By ACTogether Uganda On the 12th of July a delegation of Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) coordinators arrived in Uganda. All three ladies are Federation members. Rose Molokoane, from South Africa, who is also the Vice President of SDI, was joined by Mphatso Njunga from Malawi, and Sheila Magara from Zimbabwe. The visitors
- [Reflecting on the Enumeration Process in Cape Town](https://sdinet.org/2011/08/reflecting-on-the-enumeration-process-in-cape-town/) - By Skye Dobson and Charlton Ziervogel, SDI Secretariat 22 July 2011 | The South African enumeration process has been underway since 1995. Enumerations are essentially community-run censuses, managed and conducted by slum dweller federations throughout the SDI-network. Enumeration is one of SDI’s key rituals for mobilizing communities and generating the crucial inputs for collective action
- [Slum Upgrading Project Exchange to Namibia](https://sdinet.org/2011/08/slum-upgrading-project-exchange-to-namibia/) - Back in March 2011 members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation, support NGO Dialogue on Shelter and government officials from the City of Harare participated in an exchange visit to Windhoek, Namibia where they met with members of the Shackdwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN), Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG) and city and state officials. The
- [Slum Dwellers as Professors and Planners](https://sdinet.org/2011/08/slum-dwellers-as-professors-and-planners/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariat Floods, Fires. Lurking danger while searching for a place to shit. And, above all, the spectre of police and bulldozers waiting outside your door ordering you to leave your home. To the academics, planners, and policy-makers, such an existence is informal and illegal. To those living in urban slum settlements throughout
- [Rockefeller Foundation honors SDI board member with award](https://sdinet.org/2011/07/rockefeller-foundation-honors-sdi-board-member-with-award/) - The Rockefeller Foundation announced yesterday that Jane Weru, SDI board member, founder of the Kenyan support NGO and executive director of Akiba Mashinani Trust, will be honored with an award for innovative work which exemplifies the mission and vision of the Rockefeller Foundation to promote the well-being of humanity around the world. Watch the video
- [The Power of an Exchange: Southern African affiliates meet in Namibia](https://sdinet.org/2011/07/the-power-of-an-exchange-southern-african-affiliates-meet-in-namibia/) - By Ariana K. MacPherson, SDI Secretariat Espina stands. She tells us that she is positive – that she tells women in her community she is not ashamed, and that because she takes care of herself, she does not look sick, “Do I look sick?” she asks with a coy smile on her face. She breaks into
- [Faces of Old Fadama](https://sdinet.org/2011/07/faces-of-old-fadama/) - The 80,000 residents of the Accra informal settlement known as Old Fadama have faced numerous eviction threats over the past decade. But these are the people that live, work, and build the growing Ghanaian metropolis. A new publication of Ghanaian journalism students and the Federation explains how people such as female head porters and entrepreneurs
- [Putting slums in Kabale on the map](https://sdinet.org/2011/07/putting-slums-in-kabale-on-the-map/) - By Skye Dobson, SDI secretariat On July 4th, 2011 an international delegation set off to Kabale in Uganda’s South-West. The group consisted of slum dwellers, support-NGO staff, and a government official from Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Uganda. The Zimbabwean team consisted of Sharon and Samukelisiwe from the Federation, and Takutzwa from their support-NGO. The Malawian team
- [Between the “informal” and the “formal”: Slum upgrading in South Africa](https://sdinet.org/2011/06/between-the-informal-and-the-formal-slum-upgrading-in-south-africa/) - By Benjamin BradlowSDI secretariat Building a bridge between the “informal” and the “formal”: Reflections on slum upgrading in South Africa In January, the South African SDI Alliance affirmed a vision to build city-wide networks of informal settlement communities that mobilize to upgrade their settlements. Nearly six months later, about 30 representatives of the Alliance
- [Back to Basics: Expanding Enumeration Processes across SDI](https://sdinet.org/2011/06/back-to-basics-expanding-enumeration-processes-across-sdi/) - By Mitali AyyangarSPARC India In January, 2011, the Indian Alliance of SPARC, NSDF and Mahila Milan hosted a four day workshop with SDI affiliate members from across Africa and South-East Asia to consolidate members’ enumeration processes and experiences. The workshop was intended to create a space for, firstly, collective reflection on the importance of this
- [A new approach to learning, monitoring and evaluation](https://sdinet.org/2011/06/a-new-approach-to-learning-monitoring-and-evaluation/) - By Carrie BaptistSPARC IndiaSDI embarked on a Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation (LM&E) process more than a year ago, with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation. A workshop in Mumbai, India, held on 27-29 April was a key milestone in consolidating lessons learned thus far, and to refine and expand LM&E practices for many more SDI
- [What is incrementalism, part 2: Community-managed utilities in an informal settlement in Nairobi](https://sdinet.org/2011/05/what-is-incrementalism-part-2-community-managed-utilities-in-an-informal-settlement-in-nairobi/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatBeyond informal militias and formal bureaucracies — bringing water to KosovoThe divide between the “informal” and “formal” is commonly understood as that between risk and a sure thing. The “informal” is seen as messy and dangerous. But the story of Kosovo informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, shows that neither side of
- [Malawi parliament dedicates support to Federation](https://sdinet.org/2011/05/malawi-parliament-dedicates-support-to-federation/) - pictured above: The Malawian federation after its presentation to the Malawian Parliament on 14 May.By Wonderful Hunga, CCODE MalawiThe Malawi Federation met the Budget Committee of the Malawi National Assembly on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at the New Parliament Building in Lilongwe. Apart from introducing itself to the legislators, the Federation lobbied for inclusion of
- [Zimbabwe parliament incorporates lessons of Federation in Constitutional talks](https://sdinet.org/2011/04/zimbabwe-parliament-incorporates-lessons-of-federation-in-constitutional-talks/) - pictured above: In Kariba, members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation talk about one of their infrastructure projects with representative of the national government's Parliamentary portfolio committee on housing.Many members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation were among the victims of Zimbabwe’s infamous Operation Murambatsvina in 2005. Then, over 700,000 were displaced nationwide by a
- [Indian government bestows its highest award on SDI founders](https://sdinet.org/2011/03/indian-government-bestows-its-highest-award-on-sdi-founders/) - The national government of India has bestowed its highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri award, on Jockin Arputham, President of SDI and the National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF) of India, and Sheela Patel, Chair of the Board of SDI and founder of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC). The entire SDI
- [SDI Council affirms program of in situ upgrading, community planning, learning](https://sdinet.org/2011/03/sdi-council-affirms-program-of-in-situ-upgrading-community-planning-learning/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatSDI renewed its commitment to a program of community-driven slum upgrading, planning, and learning, at the meeting of its slum dweller governing Council. The gathering of over 40 leaders of urban poor organizations from 13 countries in Africa and Asia, took place on 2 to 4 March in Nairobi, Kenya.The Council
- [Sierra Leonean federation launches](https://sdinet.org/2011/03/sierra-leonean-federation-launches/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatAfter three years of mobilizing savings groups, fighting evictions, and building links with government, the Sierra Leone Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor (FEDURP-SL) officially launched on 16 February. The ceremony was attended by approximately 400 members of the Federation from four cities: Freetown, Bo, Makeni, and Kenema.The launching ceremony,
- [In Bolivia, residents emerge from the "invisible city"](https://sdinet.org/2011/03/in-bolivia-residents-emerge-from-the-invisible-city/) - Editor's note: These stories are taken from the February newsletter of the Bolivian SDI Alliance. All of their newsletters can be found in the original Spanish at the Bolivia country page.By Maria Eugenia Torrico, Rede de Acción Communitaria (Communal Action Network)Deep in the old section of the city of Oruro, one finds the neighborhood of
- [Enumeration as a tool for effective disaster risk reduction](https://sdinet.org/2011/03/enumeration-as-a-tool-for-effective-disaster-risk-reduction/) - By Stewart Paul Tolosa Torre, PACSII cross-posted from the blog of Homeless People's Federation Philippines, Inc. (HPFPI) Western Visayas The Philippines is particularly at risk to different types of disasters. This is due to (a) its archipelagic feature and location along the typhoon belt of North Pacific basin, and (b) its position
- [Historic enumerations to begin in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2011/02/historic-enumerations-to-begin-in-uganda/) - ENUMERATION AND PROFILING OF SLUM SETTLEMENTS IN KAMPALA CITYUganda's urban population is estimated at 5 million people (2009) of which 60% live in slums; Uganda is targeting to uplift the lives of at least one million people by the year 2020 through implementing the developed slum upgrading strategy and action plan. This localization of the
- [Zimbabwe federation holds forum, Southern African hub meets](https://sdinet.org/2011/02/zimbabwe-federation-holds-forum-southern-african-hub-meets/) - By George Masimba, Dialogue on ShelterThe Zimbabwean Alliance hosted the second National Forum whose theme was ‘strengthening our process through savings’. The Forum which was held in the Midlands Province in Gweru was attended by Federation members from the seven regions namely Harare, Matebeleland South Matebeleland North, Masvingo, Mashonaland West, Manicaland and Midlands.SDI affiliates from
- [Solving the land information gap through GIS](https://sdinet.org/2011/02/solving-the-land-information-gap-through-gis/) - By Jack Makau, SDI secretariatTraditionally land information held by most governments (certainly all developing world governments) is stored in cadastral formats. What this means is that governments store records of plot boundaries and who owns those plots.Meanwhile urbanization has rendered this level of information irrelevant. Often a slum will consist of one or two or
- [A pledge of renewal in South Africa](https://sdinet.org/2011/01/a-pledge-of-renewal-in-south-africa/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariat Slum dweller community leaders from throughout South Africa made a historic commitment last week to build and network community organizations in order to upgrade informal settlements at scale throughout the country’s cities. The three-day meeting at the Kolping House in
- [SDI Partners with African Planning Schools](https://sdinet.org/2011/01/sdi-partners-with-african-planning-schools/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI Secretariat, and Andy Bolnick, iKhayalami SDI affiliates have long pioneered effective tactics of community organization such as daily savings and community enumeration. SDI affiliates throughout Africa are beginning to move to scale in upgrading informal settlements in the cities and countries where they operate. Consequently, they have understood the need to
- ["I dreamt of sleeping in a dry house"](https://sdinet.org/2011/01/i-dreamt-of-sleeping-in-a-dry-house/) - Cross-posted from the Actogether Uganda blog----By Lutwama Muhammed, Actogether UgandaKatana Goretti , 35, lives about three miles from Kampala City Center with her family. While juggling several seasonal and short-term small businesses, Katana faced domestic violence at home. She alone provided for her five children.
- [A brief introduction to partnership-based upgrading](https://sdinet.org/2010/11/a-brief-introduction-to-partnership-based-upgrading/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatThere is not and will never be a one-size-fits-all approach to upgrading informal settlements. Every settlement has its own technical issues such as land ownership, land quality, and shack organization. Every settlement also has its own social issues such as history, communal organization, and labor. SDI has found, through practice, that
- [18 families move into houses in San Isidro, Philippines](https://sdinet.org/2010/11/18-families-move-into-houses-in-san-isidro-philippines/) - Cross-posted from the Homeless Visayas blog of the Filipino SDI allianceFollowing the turn-over ceremony in CLIFF- San Isidro, Jaro in August this year, 18 of the 43 community members already moved in while others are still doing house improvements prior to actual transfer.
- [Southern African Hub learns about GIS Mapping](https://sdinet.org/2010/11/southern-african-hub-learns-about-gis-mapping/) - By George Masimba, People's Dialogue on Shelter, Zimbabwe Enumerations have been evolving within SDI and largely this has been made possible through peer-based learning in the form of exchanges visits between affiliates. One way through which the enumerations have been improved has been through the use of mapping. Mapping of informal settlements, for instance, has
- [Slum dwellers take the lead in building partnerships](https://sdinet.org/2010/11/slum-dwellers-take-the-lead-in-building-partnerships/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariat“If we think we can build houses for the poor without the poor, we will never make it,” said Jerry Ekandjo, Namibian Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing, and Rural Development. They were words that were echoed by government officials from East and Southern Africa throughout last week’s “Building Cities
- [Harare mayor joins hands with Zimbabwe federation](https://sdinet.org/2010/10/harare-mayor-joins-hands-with-zimbabwe-federation/) - Pictured above: Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda begins work in Mbare at a ceremony with the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation (uMfeladawonye). The partnership between the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation and the City of Harare was formalized today at a groundbreaking ceremony in the high density neighborhood of Mbare. Mbare was formerly known as Harare, until the
- ["Strong and full of energy": an update from the Filipino exchange to Sierra Leone](https://sdinet.org/2010/10/strong-and-full-of-energy-an-update-from-the-filipino-exchange-to-sierra-leone/) - Pictured above: Sonia Fadrigo (center) talks with members of the Sierra Leone Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor in Kroo Bay, Freetown.Editor's note: From 22 to 26 September, the Filipino federation visited Freetown, Sierra Leone, to work with the seaside slum communities there on strategies for alleviating the effects of natural disasters such as
- [Zimbabwe federation builds alliances through community-based information](https://sdinet.org/2010/09/zimbabwe-federation-builds-alliances-through-community-based-information/) - Pictured above: Kenneth Gwatura from the Epworth chapter of the Zimbabwe Youth Federation displays his certificate after the GIS course.By George Masimba, Dialogue on ShelterIn line with the new emphasis on integrating mapping aspects into Federation surveys, the Zimbabwean alliance (uMfelandawonye and Dialogue on Shelter) organised a one-week course on GIS in collaboration with the Department
- [Creating impact with community-collected information](https://sdinet.org/2010/09/creating-impact-with-community-collected-information/) - < Pictured above: Goretti Katana, national treasurer of the Uganda Slum Dwellers Federation, speaks in Mbale municipal hall to introduce the profiling exercise to city officials in February 2010.By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatIn February, I joined members of slum dweller federations from Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, who were on an exchange to assist
- ["Crafting a suit that fits"](https://sdinet.org/2010/09/crafting-a-suit-that-fits/) - pictured above: A crowded market area in Mukuru, Nairobi.Editor's note: The following text is the foreword to a community-led profile, or inventory, of all informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, published in 2009.By Irene Karanja, Muungano Support Team (MUST) and Jack Makau, SDI secretariatAs we were writing this inventory, residents of Mukuru Sinai came to Pamoja Trust
- [Maghebula to Advise SA Minister](https://sdinet.org/2010/09/maghebula-to-advise-sa-minister/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI Secretariat A slum dweller community leader has become a close advisor to Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale. Patrick Magebhula, a long-time community organizer and activist from Durban, is the only community-based actor on new five person panel to advise the Minister on human settlements policy and practice. The panel was inaugurated
- [Harare mayor opens Zimbabwe federation toilet block](https://sdinet.org/2010/09/harare-mayor-opens-zimbabwe-federation-toilet-block/) - pictured above: Harare mayor opens an "eco-san" toilet block built by the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation.By George Masimba, Dialogue on ShelterThe Zimbabwean Alliance for the first time in its history exhibited at the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show. The exhibition has provided a platform for the alliance to reach out and publicise the philosophy behind the uMfelandawonye
- [UPFI board meets in Stockholm](https://sdinet.org/2010/08/upfi-board-meets-in-stockholm/) - Pictured above: SDI President Jockin Arputham speaks while Ugandan Housing Minister Michael Werikhe, and Mats Odell, Swedish Minister for Finance, Local Government and Housing, look on.By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatThe Board of Governors for SDI’s Urban Poor Fund International (UPFI) held its second and last meeting of the year last week in Stockholm, Sweden. Such
- [Building Support for the People's Process](https://sdinet.org/2010/08/building-support-for-the-peoples-process/) - By Blessing Mancitshana and Patience Phewa, CORC South Africa Editor's note: South African slum dwellers that are part of the Informal Settlement Network (ISN) and the Federation of the Urban Poor (FEDUP) traveled to Namibia on 6-9 August to learn and support an enumeration exercise in the city of Swakopmund. As the Community Organization Resource Centre's
- [Challenges of Working with Government](https://sdinet.org/2010/08/challenges-of-working-with-government/) - By Ben Bradlow, SDI Secretariat A cornerstone of SDI’s working methodology is for federated groups of the urban poor to work to broker deals and develop relationships with the kinds of institutions that facilitate development at scale. More often than not, institutions of the State are the key actors with which organized communities need to
- [From Eviction to Housing](https://sdinet.org/2010/07/from-eviction-to-housing/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI Secretariat Forced eviction is one of the most disempowering experiences that slum dwellers experience at the hands of their government. But when slum communities organize around their own resources and capacities they can turn such an extreme situation on its head. In Dar-es-salaam, a community evicted from the city’s valuable sea
- [DIY lessons for South African Slum Dwellers](https://sdinet.org/2010/07/diy-lessons-for-south-african-slum-dwellers/) - By Louise Cobbett, SDI Secretariat In Huruma, one of the many slums in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi, six savings schemes work with the Akiba Mashinani Trust. These residents are part of an ambitious community led housing project. A group from South Africa's Informal Settlement Network went to visit the project in early July to
- [The World Cup's winners and losers](https://sdinet.org/2010/06/the-world-cups-winners-and-losers/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI SecretariatAs the wins and losses pile up for the world's major soccer teams at this year's World Cup in South Africa, it is much less clear how to assess the impact of the month-long extravaganza on the country's urban poor. It appears as though the worst possible fears have not been
- [Housing Construction in Portais, City of Osasco](https://sdinet.org/2010/06/housing-construction-in-portais-city-of-osasco/) - By Ana Paula Barretto, Interaçao84 families from an informal settlement in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, will receive keys to formal houses on 3 July. 18 of those families are part of this scheme because of their participation in savings schemes. Portal do Campo was an informal settlement established around 1999, when the City
- [Ugandan Federation Breaks Ground in Kawama](https://sdinet.org/2010/06/ugandan-federation-breaks-ground-in-kawama/) - By Lutwama Muhammed The Uganda Slum Dwellers Federation began work on a low-cost housing project for 250 families in Kawama, Jinja, last week. The Federation was joined at the groundbreaking ceremony by Michael Werikhe, national Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development. The project is on 7.6 acres of land granted to the federation by Jinja
- [New houses in Chamazi](https://sdinet.org/2010/06/new-houses-in-chamazi/) - By Tim Ndezi, CCI TanzaniaA couple of photos from the Chamazi housing project in Tanzania. Through a collaborative process with other actors, the Federation has managed to influence Temeke Municipal Council and the Ministry of Land, Housing and Human Settlement Development to reduce the plot sizes from the minimum of 400 square meters to 150
- [Concrete Future](https://sdinet.org/2010/06/concrete-future/) - By Ahona Ghosh Originally published by Outlook Business magazine (India). Every day, 65-year-old Sudhir Jagtap, a retired government peon, takes a walk down the narrow alleys of Mother Teresa Nagar slum in Pune to see how far the construction of his new house has progressed. Unlike the crumbling, squalid tin-roofed shack that he has called
- [Epworth finishes enumeration, starts mapping](https://sdinet.org/2010/06/epworth-finishes-enumeration-starts-mapping/) - By George Masimba, Dialogue on ShelterBelow are new photos from Epworth outside Harare, Zimbabwe. The federation there has been undertaking an enumeration and mapping exercise in order to pursue incremental upgrading of the informal settlement. A larger article on the enumeration project can be found here. pictured above: One of the first houses being enumerated by
- [Harare Slum Dwellers Lead their Development](https://sdinet.org/2010/06/harare-slum-dwellers-lead-their-development/) - By George Masimba, People's Dialogue on Shelter, Zimbabwe The alliance of the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation and Dialogue on Shelter in collaboration with the Epworth Local Board, Epworth community members, Ward 7 Development Committee, Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities and Practical Action is currently undertaking an enumeration exercise in Epworth. The enumeration has
- [Old Fadama Residents Count Themselves](https://sdinet.org/2010/06/old-fadama-residents-count-themselves/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI Secretariat The community of Old Fadama in Accra, Ghana, along with the Ghana Federation of the Urban Poor, have completed a landmark enumeration report of the historic informal settlement. When faced with a forced eviction threat by municipal authorities in August 2009, the community constituted a new leadership structure, the Old
- [What is incrementalism?](https://sdinet.org/2010/05/what-is-incrementalism/) - Pictured above: Residents of the Kambimoto incremental housing development in Huruma, a slum area in Nairobi, Kenya.By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatTop-down strategies for "eradicating slums" are seemingly always in vogue. Planners, government officials, commentators, and most non-governmental civil society actors, all aim for State-conceived, State-driven solutions to the "problems" of slums. Occasionally, we might hear
- [SA slum dwellers and government learn together in India](https://sdinet.org/2010/05/sa-slum-dwellers-and-governmentt-learn-together-in-india/) - By Vuyani Mnyango, ISN Cape Town Below is the text of a report by Cape Town Informal Settlement Network leader Vuyani Mnyango on an April exchange to India that included members of the ISN and Cape Town city officials. A report on the same exchange written by the Cape Town city officials can be found here. ------------------
- [Keeping Mbale clean](https://sdinet.org/2010/05/keeping-mbale-clean/) - By Lutwama Muhammed, ACTogether UgandaSavings schemes in Mbale, Uganda, were first established earlier this year. Earlier this month, the Federation decided that it would be important to sensitize informal settlement communities on issues related to hygiene and sanitation.They engaged the municipality of Mbale, to work together on a city-wide activity that involved cleaning trenches, collecting
- [Ready to Work with Government](https://sdinet.org/2010/05/ready-to-work-with-government/) - By Patrick Magebhula, FEDUP, South Africa MINISTER of Human Settlements Tokyo Sexwale demonstrated a promising tone of seriousness and innovation regarding the challenge of human settlements in his budget speech to Parliament last month. He warmed the hearts of the poor when he said the challenge of slums must receive at least the same political attention
- [“We are citizens. We are not squatters.”](https://sdinet.org/2010/05/we-are-citizens-we-are-not-squatters/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatPeople have lived in the settlement of Kikaramoja in Jinja, Uganda, since the 1950s. Waiswa Magoola, age 47, has always lived here. His father bought land in 1953, and even after Ugandan independence in 1962, when the land was given to the Jinja town council, he continued to pay fees for
- ['Self-enumeration' settles tracks vs traders conflict](https://sdinet.org/2010/05/self-enumeration-settles-tracks-vs-traders-conflict/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI Secretariat originally appeared in the Mail & Guardian (South Africa) The main business thoroughfare in Mukuru lies on either side -- and on top of -- Kenya's national railway line. Seven times a day a train barrels down the tracks, whistles blowing and headlights blazing to warn the informal traders and their
- [UPFI loan to amplify work of Uganda federation](https://sdinet.org/2010/05/upfi-loan-to-amplify-work-of-uganda-federation/) - By Jack Makau, SDI Secretariat The Urban Poor Fund International (UPFI) announced that it intends to provide major support to Uganda’s new urban poor fund, named the Suubi Development Initiative. The Ugandan National Slum Dwellers Federation and its support NGO ACTogether established the fund, which will build on the experience of other such funds in the SDI network.
- [Beyond the Board](https://sdinet.org/2010/04/beyond-the-board/) - By Louise Cobbett, SDI Secretariat In keeping with SDI’s method of learning through exchanges, Dan Ericsson the Swedish Secretary of State and UPFI Board Member, engaged with the communities of Joe Slovo, Sheffield Road, TT section and Barcelona on his visit to Cape Town, South Africa.The Secretary of State was welcomed by chorus after chorus of
- [Whither the "supermayor," the private sector?](https://sdinet.org/2010/04/whither-the-supermayor-the-private-sector/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatThe Financial Times had an interesting special magazine last week on “the future of cities.” Many of the articles highlighted some of the basic phenomena affecting developing world cities and, in particular, slums. Edwin Heathcote’s article on the growth of “megacities” and so-called “metacities” underlined the importance of social relationships to
- [Culture, identity and slum areas: opportunities and challenges seen from slum dwellers’ perspective](https://sdinet.org/2010/04/culture-identity-and-slum-areas-opportunities-and-challenges-seen-from-slum-dwellers-perspective/) - By Sheela Patel, SPARCAdapted from remarks given at Habitat Norway's panel discussion on "The role of cultural heritage in poor urban settlements," 5 October 2009, in Oslo.Despite the rapid spread of urbanization, we do not know enough about cities and who lives in them. Words like “degradation” and “deprivation” are frequently used to describe slums,
- [SDI Goes Google](https://sdinet.org/2010/04/sdi-goes-google/) - By Louise Cobbett and Jack Makau, SDI Secretariat With the Internet cementing it’s place as the gateway for any - and all- information, it makes sense for the communities of urban poor in Slum Dwellers International to use this as a tool to their advantage. SDI has been working on a platform to integrate the significant
- ["Governments survive on the Urban Poor majority"](https://sdinet.org/2010/03/governments-survive-on-the-urban-poor-majority/) - By Louise Cobbett, SDI secretariatOn the final day of discussions at the World Urban Forum, SDI hosted its second networking session entitled People's Organization and the Struggle for the Inclusive City. The panel included federation representatives from the Philippines, Zambia, Mexico, Brazil and Zimbabwe, and they discussed in detail the challenges faced by the urban
- [Mukuru and Huruma: A study in contrasts](https://sdinet.org/2010/03/mukuru-and-huruma-a-study-in-contrasts/) - pictured above: Mukuru residents examine the new eviction order from Kenya Railways Corporation.By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatAs I have already discussed earlier this week, enumerations create enough anxiety due to near-unavoidable internal dynamics of communities. But in the case of the railway relocation program in Nairobi, we should be clear about the ultimate cause of
- [IBSA and Enumerations: WUF Day 2](https://sdinet.org/2010/03/ibsa-and-enumerations-wuf-day-2/) - By Louise Cobbett, SDI secretariatThe second day opened with the same unforgiving humidity that Rio is famous for. Let there be no confusion – it is very, very hot here, but the majority of the SDI delegates are taking it in their stride. It is just this reporter who is the delicate flower and is
- [Contestations along the Nairobi railway lines](https://sdinet.org/2010/03/contestations-along-the-nairobi-railway-lines/) - pictured above: Muli Munguti sells his wares in an area dominated by business stalls along the railway lines in Mukuru informal settlement in Nairobi.By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatThe railway relocation project in Nairobi is proceeding with all the fits, starts, complications, and inevitable contestations that come with such a high stakes endeavor. I arrived with
- [Action on the ground: Day 1 at the WUF](https://sdinet.org/2010/03/action-on-the-ground-day-1-at-the-wuf/) - By Louise Cobbett and Jack Makau, SDI secretariatThe first day of the World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began with SDI making a grand – and visual – entrance. The 67 delegates broke the traditional monotony of the gray suit brigade. It was a fitting visual representation of SDI’s way of saying that
- [Counting Kibera: the challenge of engagement](https://sdinet.org/2010/03/counting-kibera-the-challenge-of-engagement/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatThe Kenyan federation, Mungano wa wanavijiji, kicked off an enumeration of the railway line slum of Kibera in Nairobi this week. The survey process there is an example of how politically complicated collecting information can get, as well as just how valuable the data actually is.My colleague Jack Makau has a
- [Stops and Starts in Kibera](https://sdinet.org/2010/03/stops-and-starts-in-kibera/) - By Jack Makau, SDI Secretariat Introduction This paper describes the typical Slum Dwellers International enumeration. SDI works specifically in slum and shack settlements, which are very dense, unplanned and where you have several layers of formal and informal land ownership claims. In most cases the slums are situated in hostile policy environments - in cities that
- [Slum mapping: threat or opportunity?](https://sdinet.org/2010/03/slum-mapping-threat-or-opportunity/) - pictured above: Bhubaneswar staff learn to identify and map settlements using Google Maps.By Alyssa Battistoni, SPARCResidents of India’s slums have long faced the threat of eviction from or destruction of their homes, the majority of which are built on public property. So when India’s housing minister, Kumari Selja, recently announced a plan to use satellite
- [SDI Bulletin: Beyond a legal framework for "meaningful engagement" in South Africa](https://sdinet.org/2010/03/sdi-bulletin-beyond-a-legal-framework-for-meaningful-engagement-in-south-africa/) - pictured above: FEDUP's Alfred Gabuza (far right) speaks at a meeting of the Informal Settlement Network in Roodeplaat, South Africa, on 20 February 2010.By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatAdapted from remarks given at a roundtable discussion on “meaningful engagement” hosted by the University of Western Cape Community Law Centre and the Socio-Economic Rights Institute, on 4
- [Approvals signed for land in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2010/02/approvals-signed-for-land-in-uganda/) - pictured above: Federation leader Patrick Biija (standing) explains savings and the process of federation to the Jinja Central Division chairman (left) and senior assistant town clerk (right).By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatWhen SDI delegates from Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa visited Uganda in the beginning of February it was to help consolidate the process of profiling
- [Rebuilding an urban poor fund](https://sdinet.org/2010/02/rebuilding-an-urban-poor-fund/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatOne of the key challenges of urban poverty is to find people-driven solutions to housing finance. An innovation of many federations in the SDI network has been to develop what are known as “urban poor funds.” All federations in the alliance practice daily savings as a means for community organization. These
- [Rebuilding the Fund](https://sdinet.org/2010/02/rebuilding-the-fund/) - By Benjamin Bradlow and Louise Cobbett, SDI Secratariat Though the past decade has been traumatic for Zimbabweans of all socioeconomic stripes, the urban poor likely have borne the greatest burden of hyperinflation, high rates of HIV/AIDS, political instability, corruption, and state-directed violence. Leaders and ordinary members of the Zimbabwean Homeless People’s Federation can all speak of
- [People-driven development in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/2010/02/people-driven-development-in-uganda/) - pictured above: SDI deputy president Rose Molokoane and Michael Werikhe, Ugandan minister of Housing, Land, and Urban Development, at a meeting of SDI delegates and Ugandan officials in Mumbai, India, last week.By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatThis week, SDI delegates are traveling through Uganda with members of the Cities Alliance secretariat to meet with Uganda Slum
- [Gov't reports on the federation: Kariba, Zimbabwe](https://sdinet.org/2010/01/govt-reports-on-the-federation-kariba-zimbabwe/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatThe Zimbabwean Homeless People's Federation, along with support NGO Dialogue on Shelter, met last month with Kariba council officials. This was not unusual in and of itself.But often the documentation of such engagements falls to the federation and support NGO. So it was a welcome turn of events that the Kariba
- [In the news](https://sdinet.org/2010/01/in-the-news/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatBeyond the tragic earthquake in Haiti, we are taking note of a couple of other items of news affecting our partners in various parts of the world:----------Earlier this month, traders in the large open market in Kumasi, Ghana faced difficulties when a section of the trading zone burned down in a
- [Earthquake in Haiti](https://sdinet.org/2010/01/earthquake-in-haiti/) - Our thoughts and prayers go out to our partners and everyone else in Haiti. We will be sharing more information as we receive it.Below is a message from Ana Paula Barretto, from our NGO partners in Brazil, Interacao. Brazilian federation members visited Haiti on an exchange last year, and have supported the work of communities
- [SDI Bulletin: The cruel contest between community organization and state corruption](https://sdinet.org/2010/01/sdi-bulletin-the-cruel-contest-between-community-organization-and-state-corruption/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariat; photos by Irene Karanja, Pamoja TrustBy early December, ordinary people living on the riparian reserve in Deep Sea informal settlement had organized themselves to move off the land. The move was in compliance with a Kenyan Ministry of Environment order. The people on the reserve assumed that they would end
- [Government as "outsourcer", government as "facilitator"](https://sdinet.org/2010/01/government-as-outsourcer-government-as-facilitator/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatDavid A. Smith of the Affordable Housing Institute has a great post about a Federation of the Urban Poor (FEDUP) - led enumeration in Durban last month. It gives a good sense of how the community-led self-surveying is a key tool for community empowerment, as well as how this fits into
- [Zimbabwe fed builds on housing convention gains](https://sdinet.org/2010/01/zimbabwe-fed-builds-on-housing-convention-gains/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatThe Zimbabwean Homeless People's Federation put on a real show at October's National Housing Convention in Victoria Falls with an eye-catching double-storey housing model, and song and dance inside the conference room. But big news was happening behind the scenes.During last month's SDI Council meeting, I caught up with Patience Mudimu,
- [Welcome!](https://sdinet.org/2010/01/welcome/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI secretariatHello and welcome to SDI's brand new blog! Shack / Slum Dwellers International (some people say "Shack," others say "Slum") is an alliance that has brought together organized poor communities and federations in 30 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, as well as associated professionals.Our hope is that this blog
- [Women Savers Meet in Bolivia](https://sdinet.org/2009/12/women-savers-meet-in-bolivia/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI Secretariat Part I -- Bolivia: New Freedoms in the Home of the Bolivarian Dream Though named after the liberator of much of South America, Simón Bolivar, many consider Bolivia to have achieved real freedom only with the election of Evo Morales as president in 2006. Morales, a former trade unionist, is the
- [Federation opens houses in Livingstone, Zambia](https://sdinet.org/2009/12/federation-opens-houses-in-livingstone-zambia/) - By Louise Cobbett, SDI Secretariat Slum Dwellers International were the main participants in a Housing Forum in Livingstone Zambia that was organized in late November 2009 by the Zambia Homeless and Poor People’s Federation and the Zambian Government. The Forum coincided with the opening of houses that had been built by the Federation. The official handover
- [Eviction Train Rolls into Alberton](https://sdinet.org/2009/11/eviction-train-rolls-into-alberton/) - By Benjamin Bradlow, SDI Secretariat No trains enter the old train station in Alberton, situated at the western edge of the Ekurhuleni metro municipality in Gauteng. They stopped years ago, shortly before the end of Apartheid. But people never stopped arriving in the station on the top of a hill on the north side of the
- [Eviction of the Aoko Road Traders, Nairobi, Kenya](https://sdinet.org/2009/11/eviction-of-the-aoko-road-traders-nairobi-kenya/) - By Louise Cobbett, SDI Secretariat On the 4th of November 09, the Nairobi City Council served the Aoko Road Traders of Nairobi with a 48-hour notice of eviction, however by midnight of the 5th of November the bulldozers arrived. There were a total of 797 trading shacks demolished, with 297 being part of a Pamoja Trust
- [Zimbabwe federation highlights accomplishments](https://sdinet.org/2009/11/zimbabwe-federation-highlights-accomplishments/) - By Benjamin Bradlow ***Editor's Note (4 Jan 2010): For an update on behind-scenes-negotiations with local government officials at this convention, check out the SDI blog.*** Dennis Ndlovu smiled as he stood on a step ladder, nailing pink cloth into a wooden beam. He was putting the finishing touches on a model two-story house that the Zimbabwean Homeless

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## Publications

- [SDI's Annual Report 2022](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdis-annual-report-2022/) - This report is organised around SDI’s three Pathways to Change. At each level, Significant Change Stories will showcase examples of federation work over the last year that illustrate how activities translate into the outcomes set forth and eventually into the desired impact at each level. The hope is that this year’s Annual Report will provide a convincing testimony of the successful work urban poor federations are performing to transform their communities, and cities, influence changes at the global level, effect systemic change on global urban development policies, practice, and financing, and ultimately how the organisational pathway enables the work our network does.
- [SDI Strategic Plan 2023-2027](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-strategic-plan-2023-2027/) - As we move into the period of this Strategic Plan we are cognisant of the residual impact of the Covid - 19 pandemic on our network. As a network we will effectively use the social capital developed by our affiliates to support continued recovery in the slum communities we work in. We will continue to take into account the growing climate change emergencies and its disproportionate impact on our communities. We will seek solutions that enhance not only locally-led adaptation but resilience. Our view of resilience extends beyond the capacity to be agile in the face of climatic challenges and towards a vision where communities of the urban poor flourish as citizens with agency in their own communities and at the global level.
- [Jockin Has Not Left the Room | Celebrating the life of Jockin Arputham](https://sdinet.org/publication/jockin-has-not-left-the-room-celebrating-the-life-of-jockin-arputham/) - Jockin Arputham died on 13 October 2018. A slum leader who redefined the role of slum/shack dwellers first in Mumbai, then in India and then globally. Founder of the first National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF) and one of the founders of Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI). For more than 50 years, Jockin had sought to ensure that the residents of slums/informal settlements and their organisations were at the centre of designing and implementing solutions. In 2014, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, alongside SDI. But Jockin has not left the room… because his incredible gift to us, the federation approach, lives on.2 His vision of giving voice and a seat at the development table to all the urban poor needs to continue guiding us all.
- [Global Action Plan - Accelerating for Transforming Informal Settlements and Slums by 2030](https://sdinet.org/publication/global-action-plan-accelerating-for-transforming-informal-settlements-and-slums-by-2030/) - The Global Action Plan consolidates a collective partnership vision of creating Cities for All. It informs a political process for broader engagement and stronger commitments to slum and informal settlements’ transformation, for accelerating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the New Urban Agenda (NUA). Global Action Plan - The Global Action Plan consolidates a collective partnership vision of creating Cities for All. It informs a political process for broader engagement and stronger commitments to slum and informal settlements’ transformation, for accelerating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the New Urban Agenda (NUA). Global Action Plan
- [SDI Annual Report 2021-2022](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-annual-report-2021-2022/) - Read our latest Annual Report for the period 2021 to 2022. - Read our latest Annual Report for the period 2021 to 2022.
- [Covid-19 vaccine rollout: data from informal settlements in Harare, Kampala, Lilongwe and Mumbai](https://sdinet.org/publication/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-data-from-informal-settlements-in-harare-kampala-lilongwe-and-mumbai/) - While the Covid-19 pandemic’s effect on the health of low-income urban communities in the global South has not been insignificant, the results of state responses carried out without full consideration of poverty consequences have been very serious. Vaccination, which supports both health and economic recovery, is one way people can reduce the risk of further -
- [2021-2022 SDFN & NHG Annual Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/2021-2022-sdfn-nhg-annual-report/) - The Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) is affiliated with the Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI).
- ["An enumeration and mapping of informal settlements in Kisumu, Kenya"](https://sdinet.org/publication/kenya-an-enumeration-and-mapping-of-informal-settlements-in-kisumu-kenya/) - Written by: Irene Karanja, Environment & Urbanisation, 2010
- ["Affordable Public Spaces in Informal Settlements"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-affordable-public-spaces-in-informal-settlements/) - By Celine d'Cruz with Sheela Patel and Gertrude Mazvimavi, SDI 2014
- ["A pro-poor urban agenda for Africa"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-a-pro-poor-urban-agenda-for-africa/) - Written by: Joel Bolnick et al, IIED Working Paper, 2006
- ["A fund to secure land for shelter](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-a-fund-to-secure-land-for-shelter-supporting-strategies-of-the-organized-poor/) - Written by: Diana Mitlin, Environment & Urbanisation, 2003
- [SDI Annual Report 2019/2020](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-annual-report-2019-2020/) - Annual Report 2019:20 - Download
- [Mapping capacities of community leaders to adapt, be resilient and co-create locally, by Celine d'Cruz](https://sdinet.org/publication/mapping-capacities-of-community-leaders-to-adapt-be-resilient-and-co-create-locally-by-celine-dcruz/) - In the last two decades, organisations of the urban poor in many countries in the global south have built their collective capacity to lead and improve the quality of their life in cities. Community leaders continue to build capability to adapt and respond to existing challenges like evictions and confront new ones like climate disasters
- [From Recovery to Resilience: Community-led Responses to Covid-19](https://sdinet.org/publication/from-recovery-to-resilience-community-led-responses-to-covid-19/) - From Recovery to Resilience: this piece highlights how federations of the urban poor across the world have been supporting their communities and working with local governments and stakeholders to implement effective, scalable solutions to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic in informal settlements. Through a partnership supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida),
- [Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia / NHAG 2019-20 Annual Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/shack-dwellers-federation-of-namibia-nhag-2019-20-annual-report/) - 2019-2020 Annual Report from SDI's Namibia Alliance, comprised of the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) and Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG).
- [South African SDI Alliance Covid-19 Response Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-african-sdi-alliance-covid-19-response-report/)
- [2018-19 Annual Report: Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG) and Shackdwellers Federation of Namibia](https://sdinet.org/publication/2018-19-annual-report-namibia-housing-action-group-nhag-shackdwellers-federation-namibia/) - The annual report highlights that private sector, government and local authorities are increasingly supporting the community-driven process of NHAG/SDFN to tackle the obstacles of informal settlements. The report shows an increased interest of Local Authorities to collaborate with communities organized by SDFN. The increasing emphasis on ‘peoples housing solutions’ in Namibia has led to the
- [Realising the Multiple Benefits of Climate Resilience and Inclusive Development in Informal Settlements](https://sdinet.org/publication/realising-multiple-benefits-climate-resilience-inclusive-development-informal-settlements/)
- [SDI Annual Report 2018 - 2019](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-annual-report-2018-2019/)
- [Zambia - Namibia Exchange Report | February 2019](https://sdinet.org/publication/zambia-namibia-exchange-report-february-2019/)
- [MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCES TO THE NATIONAL SLUM DWELLERS FEDERATION](https://sdinet.org/publication/message-condolences-national-slum-dwellers-federation/)
- [Age of Zinc: Memoirs of an Indian Slum Dweller](https://sdinet.org/publication/age-zinc-memoirs-indian-slum-dweller/)
- [Toilet Talk: A publication of the National Slum Dwellers Federation, Mahila Milan & SPARC India](https://sdinet.org/publication/toilet-talk-publication-national-slum-dwellers-federation-mahila-milan-sparc-india/) - Published in December 1997, this important document outlines years of experience in the sanitation sector for one of SDI's oldest affiliates to whom much is owed in the way of learning on how to provide affordable and accessible sanitation options to urban poor communities.
- [SDI Basket Fund Close Out Report, 2013-2018](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-basket-fund-close-report-2013-2018/) - This report serves as the close-out report for SDI’s Basket Fund-supported implementation of the SDI Strategic Plan 2013-2017. The Basket Fund represents a commitment from SDI’s partners to join a global network of slum dweller organizations in their long-term struggle to combat poverty and exclusion in cities.
- [There Is Another Way: Kenya Federation petition to prevent & seek alternatives to eviction](https://sdinet.org/publication/another-way-kenya-federation-petition-prevent-seek-alternatives-eviction/) - A petition requesting the government of Kenya to stop the forced evictions against the urban poor and to resettle them within the framework of the government's Agenda 4 Program.
- [Ruo Emoh: Our Home, Our Story](https://sdinet.org/publication/ruo-emoh-home-story/) - This booklet shares the story of Ruo Emoh (Our Home, spelt backwards) - a housing project through which 49 families have moved into homes on a well-located piece of infill land in Colorado Park in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. Community organising and planning for Ruo Emoh started in 1997 and continued over twenty years. Administrative and political regulations and obstacles, as well as neighbouring ratepayers’ interventions, repeatedly delayed the project. Nevertheless, the community’s persistence eventually paid off. The housing project was completed and Ruo Emoh’s 49 families moved into their new homes on December 22nd, 2017.
- [SDI Theory of Change](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-theory-change/)
- [SDI Stockholm Sessions Breakfast Seminars Flyer](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-stockholm-sessions-breakfast-seminars-flyer/)
- [Settlement Profiling Report from Bangladesh](https://sdinet.org/publication/settlement-profiling-report-bangladesh/) - The community profiling process in photographs. Feb - March 2018.
- [SDI Strategic Plan 2018 - 2022](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-strategic-plan-2018-2022/)
- [Understanding the contribution of the BSUP (JNNURM) to inclusive cities in India](https://sdinet.org/publication/understanding-contribution-bsup-jnnurm-inclusive-cities-india/) - The Basic Services for the Urban Poor (BSUP) sub-Mission of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) sought to address the needs of some of the lowest-income and most vulnerable urban dwellers in Indian cities. The promise was that these residents would receive ‘a garland of 7 entitlements’ – security of tenure, affordable housing,
- [SDI Annual Report 2017: The Road to Resilience](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-annual-report-2017-road-resilience/) - The 2017 SDI Annual Report centers on the issue of resilience. Emerging from the field of ecology, the term describes the capacity of a system to maintain or recover from disruption or disturbance. Cities are also complex systems and a resilience framework addresses the interconnectedness of formal and informal city futures. Moreover, it enables a
- [Know Your City: Slum Dwellers Count](https://sdinet.org/publication/know-city-slum-dwellers-count/) - This landmark publication showcases the extraordinary contribution of the Know Your City campaign to understanding and taking action to reduce urban poverty and exclusion. Anchored by SDI’s community-led informal settlement profiling, enumeration and mapping, the KYC campaign supports partnerships between local and city governments and organized slum communities. The campaign was established as a joint
- [Know Your City Latin America | Request for Proposals](https://sdinet.org/publication/know-city-latin-america-request-proposals/) - SDI is excited to announce that in 2018 we will support organized urban poor communities in Latin America looking to use community-led profiling, enumeration, and mapping to catalyze dialogue with government or other authorities to improve the lives of the poor. Small support grants for this work will be available to organization who show that
- [SDI Energy Justice Program | January 2018 Progress Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-energy-justice-program-january-2018-progress-report/) - Access to clean, reliable, safe, and affordable sources of energy is identified by SDG-7 as a key driver of development. During the past four years, SDI has sought to deliver scalable models for safe, affordable, and reliable renewable energy access. This work has been incorporated into the SDI network’s strategy for creating inclusive and resilient
- [OpenReblock Launch Brief](https://sdinet.org/publication/openreblock-launch-brief/) - OpenReblock: Safe, inclusive and integrated cities. Make the connection. A new digital platform for informal neighborhood development places the power of urban planning and data in the hands of slum dwellers and their cities.
- [SDI Agenda at WUF9](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-agenda-wuf9/) - This is a snapshot of the over 50 events SDI is participating in at the upcoming World Urban Forum 9 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Check our Facebook page for full the daily schedule and event highlights!
- [Press Release: Otodo Gbame One Year Anniversary](https://sdinet.org/publication/press-release-otodo-gbame-one-year-anniversary/) - For more information on this, please read this blog post.
- [Report of the SDI West Africa Hub Meeting | October 2017](https://sdinet.org/publication/report-sdi-west-africa-hub-meeting-october-2017/) - Report from the SDI West Africa Hub meeting, held in Lagos, Nigeria from 2 - 7 October 2017, hosted by the Nigeria Slum / Informal Settlement Federation and Justice & Empowerment Initiatives - Nigeria.
- [PRESS RELEASE: West African Movements of Urban Poor Call for Inclusive Cities](https://sdinet.org/publication/press-release-west-african-movements-urban-poor-call-inclusive-cities/) - Last week federations members from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Benin convened their regional West Africa Hub meeting in Lagos, Nigeria to share experiences and strategize together on how to build inclusive cities. Discussions focused on alternative approaches to evictions by leveraging community-collected data to inform and build partnership with government for in situ upgrading.
- [Botswana Know Your City Exchange Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/botswana-know-city-exchange-report/) - This exchange, part of the Francistown Know Your City Programme, took place in May 2017 and involved participants from SDI affiliates in Zimbabwe, South Africa & Namibia.
- [SDI Annual Report | 2015-2016 | 20th Anniversary Edition](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-annual-report-2015-2016-20th-anniversary-edition/)
- [SDI Letter to Governor Ambole re: Clearance of Waterfront Communities in Lagos](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-letter-governor-ambole-re-clearance-waterfront-communities-lagos/) - Letter from the SDI Board and Management Committee to Governor Akinwunmi Abole of Lagos State, Nigeria, in response to the eviction of 4,700 people in Otodo Gbame community, Lagos. 22 March 2017; 22 March 2017.
- [Where Will the Money Come From?: SDI and local-level finance](https://sdinet.org/publication/will-money-come-sdi-local-level-finance/) - by Joel Bolnick, IIED Working Paper, December 2016.
- [JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: Lagos State Government forcibly evicts Otodo Gbame community in brazen disregard for rule of law & ongoing mediation process](https://sdinet.org/publication/joint-press-statement-lagos-state-government-forcibly-evicts-otodo-gbame-community-brazen-disregard-rule-law-ongoing-mediation-process/) - Released on 20 March 2017 by Nigeria Slum / Informal Settlement Federation and Justice Empowerment Initiatives - Nigeria.
- [Taking money to making money: SPARC, NSDF and Mahila Milan transform low-income shelter options in India](https://sdinet.org/publication/taking-money-making-money-sparc-nsdf-mahila-milan-transform-low-income-shelter-options-india/) - By Sheela Patel, Aseena Viccajee, and Jockin Arputham, IIED Working Paper, January 2017
- [Lagos High Court Finds Waterfront Evictions in Violation with Constitution](https://sdinet.org/publication/lagos-high-court-finds-waterfront-evictions-violation-constitution/)
- [Muungano Nguvu Yetu (Unity is Strength): 20 Years of the Kenyan Federation of Slum Dwellers](https://sdinet.org/publication/muungano-nguvu-yetu-unity-is-strength-20-years-of-the-kenyan-federation-of-slum-dwellers/) - by Kate Lines and Jack Makau, IIED Working Paper, January 2017.
- [SDI Strategic Plan 2013 - 2017](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-strategic-plan-2013-2017/)
- [PRESS RELEASE: Evictions & Demolition in Otodo Gbame, Lagos](https://sdinet.org/publication/press-release-evictions-demolition-in-otodo-gbame-lagos/) - OVER 30,000 HOMELESS AFTER POLICE USE DEMOLITION BY FIRE AND BULLDOZER WORKING IN DEAD OF NIGHT DESTROY OTODO GBAME COMMUNITY DESPITE SUBSISTING INJUNCTION.
- [SDI at Habitat III](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-at-habitat-iii/)
- [Nigerian Slum Dweller Federation Demands Retraction of Eviction Threat](https://sdinet.org/publication/nigerian-slum-dweller-federation-demands-retraction-of-eviction-threat/) - On Sunday, Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode ordered the immediate demolition to all Lagos waterfront communities. The Nigerian Slum / Informal Settlement Federation held an emergency meeting of over 20 communities that fear they may fall among those threatened by the Governor's announcement.
- ["The 20-year Sanitation Partnership of Mumbai and the Indian Alliance"](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-the-20-year-sanitation-partnership-of-mumbai-and-the-indian-alliance/) - By Sheela Patel and the SPARC team, Environment and Urbanisation, Vol. 27(1)
- [Port Harcourt Joint Press Release Condemning Evictions](https://sdinet.org/publication/port-harcourt-joint-press-release-condemning-evictions/) - Communities and civil society partners issue press statement condemning forced evictions at Eagle Island and decry threat of further evictions looming over more than 60,000 people in 17 communities across Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
- [We Beat the Path by Walking](https://sdinet.org/publication/we-beat-the-path-by-walking/) - How the women of Mahila Milan in India learned to plan, design, finance and build housing, By Sheela Patel, Jockin Arputham and Sheridan Bartlett, Environment & Urbanization Copyright © 2015 International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Vol 28(1): 223–240.
- [Making the Invisible Visible: Generating data on 'slums' at local, city, and global scales](https://sdinet.org/publication/making-the-invisible-visible-generating-data-on-slums-at-local-city-and-global-scales/)
- [Know Your City, Know Your Settlement](https://sdinet.org/publication/know-your-city-know-your-settlement/)
- [Joint Communique Against Forced Evictions Affecting the Urban Poor](https://sdinet.org/publication/joint-communique-against-forced-evictions-affecting-the-urban-poor/)
- [Alberton Station Enumeration Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/alberton-station-enumeration-report/) - Analysis of the findings from the community enumeration process
- [Senegalese Savings Groups Visit South Africa](https://sdinet.org/publication/senegalese-savings-groups-visit-south-africa/) - A short report on the exchange
- [World Urban Forum 6 Schedule](https://sdinet.org/publication/world-urban-forum-6-schedule/) - Naples, Italy | September 2012
- [Sdi Meets Ministers At Shelter Afrique](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-meets-ministers-at-shelter-afrique/) - 5 June 2009
- [Council Of Federations Meeting Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/council-of-federations-meeting-report/) - 2009 January
- [Profile Of Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation](https://sdinet.org/publication/profile-of-zimbabwe-homeless-peoples-federation/)
- [Savings Spread Through Zambia](https://sdinet.org/publication/savings-spread-through-zambia/) - The process builds momentum
- [Reflections On The First Half Of 2007](https://sdinet.org/publication/reflections-on-the-first-half-of-2007/) - A reflection on the progress so far
- [2012 Annual Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/2012-annual-report/) - [File Size: 1.1 MB ]
- [Case Study: Enumerations Report In Swakopmund](https://sdinet.org/publication/case-study-enumerations-report-in-swakopmund/)
- [Ghanaian Affiliate Visits Monrovia, Liberia](https://sdinet.org/publication/ghanaian-affiliate-visits-monrovia-liberia/) - 2009 May
- [Bolivia: Enumerations Handbook](https://sdinet.org/publication/bolivia-enumerations-handbook-2/)
- ["Community savings that mobilize federations, build women's leadership, and support slum upgrading"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-community-savings-that-mobilize-federations-build-womens-leadership-and-support-slum-upgrading/) - By Celine d'Cruz and Patience Mudimu, Environment & Urbanisation, IIED, Vol 26(1): 31-45
- [SDI Council of Federation Minutes](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-council-of-federation-minutes/) - Minutes from the April 2015 Council of Federation meeting.
- [SPARC Annual Report 2014 - 2015](https://sdinet.org/publication/sparc-annual-report-2014-2015/)
- [SSNS Annual Report 2014 - 2015](https://sdinet.org/publication/ssns-annual-report-2014-2015/)
- [Cooking up a storm: Community-led mapping and advocacy with food vendors in Nairobi's informal settlements](https://sdinet.org/publication/cooking-up-a-storm-community-led-mapping-and-advocacy-with-food-vendors-in-nairobis-informal-settlements/) - Written by Sohel Ahmed, Edwin Simiyu, Grace Githiri, Alice Sverdlik, and Shadrack Mbaka, IIED Working Paper, June 2015
- [Kurla-Ghatkopar belt is king of Slumbai](https://sdinet.org/publication/kurla-ghatkopar-belt-is-king-of-slumbai/) - Written by: Clara Lewis, The Times of India Mumbai, 6 July 2011
- ["Vila Real, Savings Means Citizenship"](https://sdinet.org/publication/vila-real-savings-means-citizenship/) - August 2006
- ["India's Moral Dilema Over Evicting Poor"](https://sdinet.org/publication/indias-moral-dilema-over-evicting-poor/) - Written by: Robert Marquand, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 August 2000
- ["Gates Gives $10 Million to Help Urban Poor Improve Living Conditions"](https://sdinet.org/publication/gates-gives-10-million-to-help-urban-poor-improve-living-conditions/) - Written by: IIED, SDI Secretariat
- ["Gates Millions, Slum-dwellers: A Thanksgiving Miracle?"](https://sdinet.org/publication/gates-millions-slum-dwellers-a-thanksgiving-miracle/) - Written by: Neil Peirce, Houston Chronicle, 22 November 2007
- ["Just P1 a Day"](https://sdinet.org/publication/just-p1-a-day/) - Written by: Sesupo Rantsimako, The Botswana Gazette, 23 May 2012
- ["Woman Working for Kenyan Rights Honoured in New York"](https://sdinet.org/publication/woman-working-for-kenyan-rights-honoured-in-new-york/) - New Africa Analysis, 27 July 2011
- ["The Rockefeller Foundation Launches Annual "Innovation Forum" to Explore Challenges Facing World's Poor and Vulnerable"](https://sdinet.org/publication/the-rockefeller-foundation-launches-annual-innovation-forum-to-explore-challenges-facing-worlds-poor-and-vulnerable/) - The Rockefeller Foundation, 26 July 2011
- ["Moving from Slum Survivor to Urban Planner"](https://sdinet.org/publication/moving-from-slum-survivor-to-urban-planner/) - Written by: Patrick Magebhula, Mail & Guardian, 4 March 2011
- ["Top Prize for Sheltering the City Homeless"](https://sdinet.org/publication/top-prize-for-sheltering-the-city-homeless/) - Written by: Nyambega Gisesa, Daily Nation, 2 August 2011
- ["The Sanitation Deficit Reflects a Deficit in Governance for the Poor"](https://sdinet.org/publication/the-sanitation-deficit-reflects-a-deficit-in-governance-for-the-poor/) - Written by: Sheela Patel, The Global Herald, 29 August 2011
- ["Incremental Housing Strategy in India / Filipe Balestra & Sara Göransson"](https://sdinet.org/publication/incremental-housing-strategy-in-india-filipe-balestra-sara-goransson/) - Written by: David Basulto, Arch Daily, May 2009
- ["CLIFF Philippines benefits 160 additional urban poor families in Iloilo City"](https://sdinet.org/publication/cliff-philippines-benefits-160-additional-urban-poor-families-in-iloilo-city/) - U.S. News Las Vegas, October 2011
- ["Pune's slum rehabilitation project gets int'l recognition"](https://sdinet.org/publication/punes-slum-rehabilitation-project-gets-intl-recognition/) - Daily News & Analysis, October 2011
- ["Climate change mitigation in our cities: Don't ignore the urban poor"](https://sdinet.org/publication/climate-change-mitigation-in-our-cities-dont-ignore-the-urban-poor/) - Written by: Skye Dobson, SDI Secretariat | Daily Monitor, October 2011
- ["Building a Bridge between the 'Informal' and the 'Formal'"](https://sdinet.org/publication/building-a-bridge-between-the-informal-and-the-formal/) - Written by: Benjamin Bradlow (SDI), appeared in SA Affordable Housing Magazine, September 2011
- ["Cooper-Hewitt on Designing Lasting Solutions with the Other 90%"](https://sdinet.org/publication/cooper-hewitt-on-designing-lasting-solutions-with-the-other-90/) - Written by: Gwenn Webber, A|N Blog, 17 October 2011
- ["Housing plan unveiled for slum dwellers"](https://sdinet.org/publication/housing-plan-unveiled-for-slum-dwellers/) - Written by: Lucas Barasa, Daily Nation (Kenya), 18 October 2011
- ["Secure homes for the urban poor"](https://sdinet.org/publication/secure-homes-for-the-urban-poor/) - The Standard (Kenya), 29 October 2011
- ["The Thanksgiving Miracle"](https://sdinet.org/publication/the-thanksgiving-miracle/) - Written by: Neal Peirce, Affordable Housing Institute, 22 November 2007
- ["Bank pledges R7m to kill toilet stink"](https://sdinet.org/publication/bank-pledges-r7m-to-kill-toilet-stink/) - Written by: Michael Tlhakudi and Ntwaagae Seleka, The Sowetan, 18 November 2011
- ["Giving a voice to slum dwellers - Shack/Slum Dwellers International"](https://sdinet.org/publication/giving-a-voice-to-slum-dwellers-shackslum-dwellers-international/) - WhatWorks Blog, 15 November 2011
- ["New land rights for Urban Poor"](https://sdinet.org/publication/new-land-rights-for-urban-poor/) - Written by: Augetto Graig, Namibian Sun, 17 November 2011
- ["Improving Urban Planning in Africa"](https://sdinet.org/publication/improving-urban-planning-in-africa/) - Written by: Eric Jaffe, The Atlantic Cities, 22 November 2011
- ["How a classic model of social commerce can teach the world how to save"](https://sdinet.org/publication/how-a-classic-model-of-social-commerce-can-teach-the-world-how-to-save/) - Written by: Adam Werbach, Guardian UK, 29 November 2011
- ["Local governments in Uganda engaging slum dwellers on public service delivery challenges"](https://sdinet.org/publication/local-governments-in-uganda-engaging-slum-dwellers-on-public-service-delivery-challenges/) - ICMA, 11 December 2011
- [Speech by UNICEF Executive Director at Launch of State of the World's Children](https://sdinet.org/publication/speech-by-unicef-executive-director-at-launch-of-state-of-the-worlds-children/) - Speech by Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, February 2012
- ["Homes for FEDUP Savers"](https://sdinet.org/publication/homes-for-fedup-savers/) - Written by: Kgopi Mabotja, 2 March 2012
- ["Pressure Mounts for Flexible Land Tenure Bill"](https://sdinet.org/publication/pressure-mounts-for-flexible-land-tenure-bill/) - Written by: Albertina Nakale, New Era Newspaper (Namibia), February 2012
- ["Housing for Low Income Earners"](https://sdinet.org/publication/housing-for-low-income-earners/) - Written by: Mary Atuheire, Daily Monitor (Uganda), 7 March 2012
- ["Two-room shack, Mumbai slum. Asking price: $43,000"](https://sdinet.org/publication/two-room-shack-mumbai-slum-asking-price-43000/) - Written by: Stephanie Nolen, The Globe & Mail, 1 April 2012
- ["Cape Town Informal Settlement to get Upgrade"](https://sdinet.org/publication/cape-town-informal-settlement-to-get-upgrade/) - Eye Witness News, 19 April 2012
- ["The Power of Community Led Surveys"](https://sdinet.org/publication/the-power-of-community-led-surveys/) - Written by: Carrie Baptist, Polis Blog, 9 May 2012
- ["Planning for Urban Population Surge Will Limit Crises"](https://sdinet.org/publication/planning-for-urban-population-surge-will-limit-crises/) - Written by: Laurie Goering, AlertNet, 18 June 2012
- [Mail & Guardian Book of South African Women 2012 | Evelyn Benekane](https://sdinet.org/publication/mail-guardian-book-of-south-african-women-2012-evelyn-benekane/) - Mail & Guardian online, 2012
- ["RIO+20: Slum Dweller Power"](https://sdinet.org/publication/rio20-slum-dweller-power/) - IRIN News, June 2012
- ["Supporting Data Collection by the Poor"](https://sdinet.org/publication/supporting-data-collection-by-the-poor/) - Written by: Sheela Patel, Alliance Magazine, September 2012
- ["Slum Surveys Give 'Invisible' Inhabitants a Say in Urban Planning"](https://sdinet.org/publication/slum-surveys-give-invisible-inhabitants-a-say-in-urban-planning/) - Written by: Claire Provost, The Guardian (UK), September 2012
- ["Sixth World Urban Forum: Will the agenda of slum & shack dwellers ever get considered?"](https://sdinet.org/publication/sixth-world-urban-forum-will-the-agenda-of-slum-shack-dwellers-ever-get-considered/) - By David Satterthwaite | Eco-Business, Sept. 2012
- ["Kenya's Slum Dwellers: Tangles Over Tenure"](https://sdinet.org/publication/kenyas-slum-dwellers-tangles-over-tenure/) - The Economist, Sept. 2012
- ["Innovative Funding Model Allows Urban Poor to Determine Their Own Future"](https://sdinet.org/publication/innovative-funding-model-allows-urban-poor-to-determine-their-own-future/) - The Guardian, October 2012
- ["Rethinking Development Finance for City 'Slums'"](https://sdinet.org/publication/rethinking-development-finance-for-city-slums/) - By David Satterthwaite; Policy Innovations, Oct 2012.
- ["Sh11bn Court Ruling Piles More Misery on City Slum Dwellers"](https://sdinet.org/publication/sh11bn-court-ruling-piles-more-misery-on-city-slum-dwellers/) - The Nation (Kenya) | Oct 2012
- ["PMC Project to Rehabilitate 5 Slums in Dhankawadi"](https://sdinet.org/publication/pmc-project-to-rehabilitate-5-slums-in-dhankawadi/) - The Indian Express | Oct 2012
- ["Striving for Better Housing in Kenya"](https://sdinet.org/publication/striving-for-better-housing-in-kenya/) - CNC World | 20 October 2012
- ["Networking Among the Urban Poor"](https://sdinet.org/publication/networking-among-the-urban-poor/) - Written by: Sheela Patel, Alliance Magazine, 2012
- ["SDFN Constructs 80 Houses at Otjinene"](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdfn-constructs-80-houses-at-otjinene/) - New Era (Namibia) | 12 March 2013
- [Slumming it out](https://sdinet.org/publication/slumming-it-out/) - Written by: Anahita Mukherji, The Times of India Mumbai, 30 August 2011
- [State sets up panel to recheck CRZ rules](https://sdinet.org/publication/state-sets-up-panel-to-recheck-crz-rules/) - Written by: Clara Lewis, The Times of India Mumbai, 31 August 2011
- [ACHR e-News June-October 2012](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-achr-e-news-june-october-2012/) - Written by: Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, 2012
- [Centre plans to launch SRA alternative in city](https://sdinet.org/publication/centre-plans-to-launch-sra-alternative-in-city/) - Written by: Yogesh Naik, Mumbai Mirror, 3 September 2011
- [Citylights](https://sdinet.org/publication/citylights/) - The Times Of India Mumbai, 5 September 2011
- [Banking Sector Supports Federation](https://sdinet.org/publication/banking-sector-supports-federation/) - Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia, 2006
- [Poor Should Help Themselves](https://sdinet.org/publication/namibia-poor-should-help-themselves/) - Written by: Surihe Gaomas, 2007
- [Mission Eviction in the Pipeline](https://sdinet.org/publication/mission-eviction-in-the-pipeline/) - The Indian Express, 26 July 2011
- [UN Habitat & Norwegian Government Visit Mukuru Sinai, Kenya](https://sdinet.org/publication/kenya-un-habitat-norwegian-government-visit-mukuru-sinai-kenya/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, 2012
- [Hovels keep homing in on land reserved for housing purposes, not open spaces](https://sdinet.org/publication/hovels-keep-homing-in-on-land-reserved-for-housing-purposes-not-open-spaces/) - Written by: Clara Lewis, The Times of India Mumbai, 6 July 2011
- [MHADA all set to give Dharavi a facelift](https://sdinet.org/publication/mhada-all-set-to-give-dharavi-a-facelift/) - Written by: Rahul Gadpale, Mumbai Mirror, 2 June 2011
- [In one week, MHADA to ready roadmap for Dharavi Sector 5](https://sdinet.org/publication/in-one-week-mhada-to-ready-roadmap-for-dharavi-sector-5/) - The Indian Express, 24 May 2011
- [Realty biggies back civic plan for DC rules](https://sdinet.org/publication/realty-biggies-back-civic-plan-for-dc-rules/) - Written by: Nauzer K Bharucha, The Times of India Mumbai, 3 Spetember 2011
- [Drive to clear pipelines of huts hits a wall](https://sdinet.org/publication/drive-to-clear-pipelines-of-huts-hits-a-wall/) - Written by: Sukhada Tatke, The Times of India Mumbai, 7 September 2011
- [4 new slums bigger than Dharavi](https://sdinet.org/publication/4-new-slums-bigger-than-dharavi/) - The Times Of India Mumbai, 6 July 2011
- ["Just One Pula a Day"](https://sdinet.org/publication/just-one-pula-a-day/) - Botswana Gazette, May 2012
- ["Itekeng Savings Scheme Eradicates Poverty"](https://sdinet.org/publication/itekeng-savings-scheme-eradicates-poverty/) - Written by Faith Tshabo, Daily News, 14 Feb 2013.
- ["Jockin Arputham: from slum dweller to Nobel Peace Prize nominee"](https://sdinet.org/publication/jockin-arputham-from-slum-dweller-to-nobel-peace-prize-nominee/) - Written by: Srinath Perur, The Guardian, June 2014
- ["The houses were made of cardboard"](https://sdinet.org/publication/the-houses-were-made-of-cardboard/) - Written by: John Perry, London Review of Books Blog, 11 June 2014
- ["Better measures for urban quality of life: the view from below"](https://sdinet.org/publication/better-measures-for-urban-quality-of-life-the-view-from-below/) - Written by: Sheela Patel, Development Progress, January 2014
- ["Leading Slum Dwellers around the World to Improve Their Cities"](https://sdinet.org/publication/leading-slum-dwellers-around-the-world-to-improve-their-cities/) - Written by: Skoll Foundation, 2014
- ["In Kenya, Using Tech To Put An 'Invisible' Slum On The Map"](https://sdinet.org/publication/in-kenya-using-tech-to-put-an-invisible-slum-on-the-map/) - Written by: Gregory Warner, NPR, 17 July 2013
- [Government to build homes for military veterans](https://sdinet.org/publication/government-to-build-homes-for-military-veterans/)
- ["At 21 Shack Dwellers Come of Age"](https://sdinet.org/publication/namibia-at-21-shack-dwellers-come-of-age/) - Written by: The Namibian, October 2014
- [(CLIP) Profile Of Informal Settlements In Namibia 2009](https://sdinet.org/publication/namibia-clip-profile-of-informal-settlements-in-namibia-2009/) - Written by: The Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia, 2009
- ["Grupos de Ahorro](https://sdinet.org/publication/bolivia-grupos-de-ahorro-acciones-colectivos/) - By Red de Interaccion, Bolivia
- ["Reinterpreting the Rights-Based Approach](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-reinterpreting-the-rights-based-approach-a-grassroot-perspective/) - Written by: Sheela Patel, Diana Miltin, Global Poverty Research Group, 2005
- ["One Experience of the Contribution of Membership Organisations to Development"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-one-experience-of-the-contribution-of-membership-organisations-to-development/) - Written by: Diana Mitlin and Celine d'Cruz
- ["Evaluation of SDI Strategies to Secure Land and Basic Services"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-evaluation-of-sdi-strategies-to-secure-land-and-basic-services/) - Written by: Astrid Ley and Peter Herrle, 2007
- ["Savings and Credit as Means to Mobilisation, People's Power and Housing Finance"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-savings-and-credit-as-means-to-mobilisation-peoples-power-and-housing-finance/) - Written by: Ted Baumann and Joel Bolnick, 1996
- ["The Oracle of Mokattam](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-the-oracle-of-mokattam-waste-management-in-south-africa-kenya-egypt/) - Written by: Joel Bolnick, 2010
- ["Face to Face: A Dialogue on Exchanges"](https://sdinet.org/publication/face-to-face-a-dialogue-on-exchanges/) - Written by: Tom Kerr, SDI Secretariat
- [Street Wise Newsletter](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-street-wise-newsletter/) - Written by: SPARC, 2013
- [Temoignage (Testimony)](https://sdinet.org/publication/burkina-faso-temoignage-testimony/) - Written by: Kotimi Kere, Community member from Burkina Faso, January 2013
- [Arif Hasan Visits the Kenya SDI Alliance](https://sdinet.org/publication/kenya-arif-hasan-visits-the-kenya-sdi-alliance/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, February 2012
- [SDI Event Schedule for WUF 7](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-sdi-event-schedule-for-wuf-7/) - April 2014, Medellin, Colombia
- [SDI Annual Report 2012](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-sdi-annual-report-2012/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, 2012
- [Report on the Upgrading of Langrug Settlement](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-report-on-the-upgrading-of-langrug-settlement/) - Written by: South African SDI Alliance, 2012
- [Kurasini - Chamazi Resettlement Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/tanzania-kurasini-chamazi-resettlement-report/) - Written by: Greg Bachmayer, 2012
- [Ten Years of Okwegatta](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-ten-years-of-okwegatta-the-story-of-the-ugandan-federation-on-their-10-yr-anniversary/) - Written by: AcTogether Uganda, 2012
- [Densification of Dzivarasekwa Extension](https://sdinet.org/publication/zimbabwe-densification-of-dzivarasekwa-extension/) - Written by: Greg Bachmayer, 2012
- [Upgrading Kinawataka Market Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-upgrading-kinawataka-market-report/) - Written by: Greg Bachmayer, 2012
- [Re-Interpreting, Re-Imagining & Re-Developing Dharavi Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-re-interpreting-re-imagining-re-developing-dharavi-report/) - Written by: SPARC India, 2010
- [UPFI Annual Report 2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-upfi-annual-report-2011/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, 2011
- [Enumerations Handbook](https://sdinet.org/publication/bolivia-enumerations-handbook/) - Written by: Interaccion, 2012
- [Learning Differently](https://sdinet.org/publication/malawi-learning-differently-malawi-community-planning-studio/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, January 2013
- [How the Kenyans Discovered Haiti](https://sdinet.org/publication/haiti-how-the-kenyans-discovered-haiti/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, 2012
- [Sheffield Road](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-sheffield-road/) - Written by: South African SDI Alliance, 2013
- [Livingstone Resource Centre](https://sdinet.org/publication/zambia-livingstone-resource-centre/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, 2011
- [Thinking City-Wide in Iloilo City](https://sdinet.org/publication/philippines-thinking-city-wide-in-iloilo-city/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, 2009
- [ACCA Update 2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/philippines-acca-update-2011/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, 2011
- [Egypt: The Oracle of Mokattam Mountain](https://sdinet.org/publication/egypt-the-oracle-of-mokattam-mountain/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, 2008
- [Kroo Bay Settlement Profile](https://sdinet.org/publication/sierra-leone-kroo-bay-settlement-profile/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, 2010
- [Ahmed Nagar 2013 Federation Profile](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-ahmed-nagar-2013-federation-profile/)
- [City Urban Poor Funds Handbook](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-city-urban-poor-funds-handbook/) - Based on reflections from Cape Town, Harare, Kampala, Lilongwe, Lusaka and Oruro.
- [World Urban Campaign Special Session Programme - WUF 7](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-world-urban-campaign-special-session-programme-wuf-7/) - World Urban Forum 7, Medellin, Colombia, 2014
- [SPARC 2012 - 2013 Annual Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-sparc-2012-2013-annual-report/) - Written by: SPARC, 2013
- [SDI-AAPS Community Planning Studios](https://sdinet.org/publication/malawi-sdi-aaps-community-planning-studios/) - Written by: Baraka Mwau, SDI Secreteriat, 2012
- [Change By Design at Slovo Park](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-change-by-design-at-slovo-park/) - Written by: The South African SDI Alliance, 2011
- [Report from the 9th E. Africa Hub Meeting](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-report-from-the-9th-e-africa-hub-meeting/) - Written By AcTogether Uganda & National Slum Dweller Federation of Uganda, June 2013
- [A Learning-By-Doing Approach to Active Urban Citizenship in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-a-learning-by-doing-approach-to-active-urban-citizenship-in-uganda/) - Written by: AcTogether Uganda, 2013
- [Mbarara Municipality Slum Profile 2010](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-mbarara-municipality-slum-profile-2010/) - Written by: AcTogether Uganda, 2010
- [Mbale City Profiling Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-mbale-city-profiling-report/) - Written by: AcTogether Uganda, 2010
- [Kabale City Profile 2010](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-kabale-city-profile-2010/) - Written by: AcTogether Uganda, 2010
- [Jinja Municipality Slum Profile 2010](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-jinja-municipality-slum-profile-2010/) - Written by: National Slum Federation of Uganda, 2010
- [Harare Slum Upgrading Profiles](https://sdinet.org/publication/zimbabwe-harare-slum-upgrading-profiles/) - Written by: Dialogue on Shelter - Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation, 2011
- [An inventory of slums in Nairobi](https://sdinet.org/publication/kenya-an-inventory-of-slums-in-nairobi/) - Written by: Irene Wangari Karanja and Jack Makau, 2011
- [We Start from Home, Then We Go International](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-we-start-from-home-then-we-go-international/) - Written by: Benjamin Bradlow and Rose Molokoane, SDI Secretariat, 2012
- [Final Report for the Malawi Cities Forum on City Wide Slum Upgrading](https://sdinet.org/publication/malawi-final-report-for-the-malawi-cities-forum-on-city-wide-slum-upgrading/) - Written by: Malawi Homeless People's Federation, 2012
- [SDI Programme for WUF 7](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-sdi-programme-for-wuf-7/) - April 2014, Medellin, Colombia
- [Report from the Launch of "The City We Need"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-report-from-the-launch-of-the-city-we-need/) - World Urban Campaign, New York, 2014
- [Chinoyi Water & Sanitation Action Research Policy Brief](https://sdinet.org/publication/zimbabwe-chinoyi-water-sanitation-action-research-policy-brief/) - Year 1 of SHARE project, January 2014
- [Dar es Salaam Water & Sanitation Action Research Policy Brief](https://sdinet.org/publication/tanzania-dar-es-salaam-water-sanitation-action-research-policy-brief/) - Year 1 of SHARE project, January 2014
- [Durban Exchange to Cape Town, 2014](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-durban-exchange-to-cape-town-2014/) - Exchange report from FEDUP exchange from Durban to Cape Town
- [SDI at World Urban Forum 7](https://sdinet.org/publication/know-your-city-sdi-at-world-urban-forum-7/) - SDI's progamme at WUF7 in Medellin, Colombia, April 2014
- [Know Your City Banner](https://sdinet.org/publication/know-your-city-banner/) - Presented at World Urban Forum 7, Medellin, Colombia, April 2014
- [City Finance That Works For and With The Poor](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-city-finance-that-works-for-and-with-the-poor/) - By: Mara Forbes, Ariana MacPherson & Noah Schermbrucker. Report on Citywide Urban Poor Funds in South Africa, Bolivia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Uganda.
- ["Grupos de Ahorro](https://sdinet.org/publication/bolivia-grupos-de-ahorro-fondo-de-vivienda-popular/) - By Red de Interaccion, Bolivia
- ["Grupos de Ahorro](https://sdinet.org/publication/bolivia-grupos-de-ahorro-reglamento/) - By Red de Interaccion, Bolivia
- [Southern Africa: Southern Africa Regional Hub Meeting Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/southern-africa-southern-africa-regional-hub-meeting-report/) - July 2013
- [14th ACCA Program Committee Meeting](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-14th-acca-program-committee-meeting/) - Written by: ACCA, 2013
- [Notes on ACHR Visit to Mumbai](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-notes-on-achr-visit-to-mumbai/) - Written by: ACCA, 2009
- [Kalimali Sanitation Unit Launch Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-kalimali-sanitation-unit-launch-report/) - Written by: AcTogether Uganda, October 2013
- [The Age of Zinc](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-the-age-of-zinc-memoirs-of-a-south-african-shack-dweller/) - SDI Secretariat, 2013.
- [Kitwe Water & Sanitation Action Research Policy Brief](https://sdinet.org/publication/zambia-kitwe-water-sanitation-action-research-policy-brief/) - Year 1 of SHARE project, January 2014
- [Blantyre Water & Sanitation Action Research Policy Brief](https://sdinet.org/publication/malawi-blantyre-water-sanitation-action-research-policy-brief/) - Year 1 of SHARE project, January 2014
- [Towards a Pro-Poor Agenda for Change](https://sdinet.org/publication/sierra-leone-towards-a-pro-poor-agenda-for-change/) - Written by: Benjamin Bradlow, SDI, 2010
- [Transforming Minds and Setting Precedents](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-transforming-minds-and-setting-precedents-blocking-out-at-ruimsig-informal-settlement/) - Written by Andrea Bolnick, Community Organisation Resource Centre and Ikhayalami, Good Governance Learning Network, 2012
- [Landlords & Tenants Relationship in Improving Sanitation](https://sdinet.org/publication/tanzania-landlords-tenants-relationship-in-improving-sanitation/) - Written by: Stella Stephen, Centre for Community Initiatives, October 2013
- ["Old problems, invisible problems, new actors](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-old-problems-invisible-problems-new-actors-conceiving-and-mis-conceiving-our-urban-century/) - By Sheela Patel, published in Civicus State of Civil Society Report, 2014
- [Community Toilets](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-community-toilets-emergence-of-community-toilets-as-a-public-good/) - Written by SPARC India, 2014
- [SDI Annual Report 2012 - 2013](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-sdi-annual-report-2012-2013/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, 2013
- ["Final Report to People's Dialogue on Human Settlements on Community-led Enumeration of Old Fadama, Accra"](https://sdinet.org/publication/ghana-final-report-to-peoples-dialogue-on-human-settlements-on-community-led-enumeration-of-old-fadama-accra/) - Written by: Housing the Masses, 2010
- [Community Led Enumeration & Profiling in 11 Coastal Slums](https://sdinet.org/publication/sierra-leone-community-led-enumeration-profiling-in-11-coastal-slums/) - Written by: CODOHSAPA, FEDURP & Freetown City Council, 2011
- ["Beyond Cooption and Protest](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-beyond-cooption-and-protest-reflections-on-the-fedup-alternative/) - Written by: Mark Swilling
- [Arua Municipality Slum Profile](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-arua-municipality-slum-profile/) - Written by: AcTogether Uganda, 2010
- ["Community Driven Development for Water and Sanitation in Urban Areas"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-community-driven-development-for-water-and-sanitation-in-urban-areas/) - Written by: David Satterthwaite, Gordon McGranahan, Diana Mitlin, Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council, 2005
- [Mathare Zonal Plan | Collaborative Planning for Informal Settlement Upgrading](https://sdinet.org/publication/kenya-mathare-zonal-plan-collaborative-planning-for-informal-settlement-upgrading/) - Written by: MuST Kenya, University of California Berkeley, University of Nairobi & Shack / Slum Dwellers Int'l, July 2012
- [12th East African Hub Meeting, August 2014](https://sdinet.org/publication/12th-east-african-hub-meeting-august-2014/) - By ACTogether Uganda, 2014
- [SDI Annual Report 2013 - 2014](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-sdi-annual-report-2013-2014/) - Written by: SDI Secretariat, 2014
- [Kampala Slum Profiles 2014](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-kampala-slum-profiles-2014-putting-slum-settlements-on-the-map/) - Written by: ACTogether Uganda & NSDFU, 2014
- [STOP OPEN DEFECATION](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-stop-open-defecation-community-led-slum-sanitation/) - Written by RMA Research & SPARC, 2014
- ["Housing by People in Asia"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-housing-by-people-in-asia/) - Newsletter of the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, No. 19, September 2014
- [The Boda Boda Thieves Press Pack](https://sdinet.org/publication/the-boda-boda-thieves-press-pack/) - Press pack for the film "The Boda Boda Thieves," which SDI has supported through its Know Your City initiative.
- [Thailand: "The urban community environmental activities project and its environment fund"](https://sdinet.org/publication/thailand-the-urban-community-environmental-activities-project-and-its-environment-fund/) - Written by: Somsook Boonyabancha, Environment & Urbanisation, 1999
- [Thailand: "Savings and loans; drawing lessons from some experiences in Asia"](https://sdinet.org/publication/thailand-savings-and-loans-drawing-lessons-from-some-experiences-in-asia/) - Written by: Somsook Boonyabancha, Environment & Urbanisation, 2001
- [Thailand: "Urban poor housing development on Bangkok’s waterfront"](https://sdinet.org/publication/thailand-urban-poor-housing-development-on-bangkoks-waterfront/) - Written by: Nattawut Usavagovitwong and Prayong Posriprasert, Environment & Urbanisation, 2006
- [Thailand: "Land for housing the poor, by the poor: experiences from Baan Mankong"](https://sdinet.org/publication/thailand-land-for-housing-the-poor-by-the-poor-experiences-from-baan-mankong/) - Written by: Somsook Boonyabancha, Environment & Urbanisation, 2009
- [Who will hear our cry? Girls' experience with sanitation facilities in Nairobi's Mukuru Slum](https://sdinet.org/publication/kenya-who-will-hear-our-cry-girls-experience-with-sanitation-facilities-in-nairobis-mukuru-slum/) - Written by: Alissa Wachter, MA Transformational Urban Leadership, Azusa Pacific University, July 2013
- [Who Will Plan Africa's Cities?](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-who-will-plan-africas-cities/) - Written by: Vanessa Watson & Babtunde Agbola, African Research Institute, September 2013.
- ["Understanding Urban Poverty](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-understanding-urban-poverty-what-the-poverty-reduction-strategy-papers-tell-us/) - Written by: Diana Mitlin, IIED Working Paper
- ["The Work of SPARC, the NSDF, and Mahila Milan"](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-the-work-of-sparc-the-nsdf-and-mahila-milan/) - Written by: Sheela Patel and DIana Mitlin, IIED Working Paper, 2001
- ["Innovation in Securing Land Rights in Africa"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-innovation-in-securing-land-rights-in-africa/) - Written by: Diana Mitlin, IIED Briefing Paper, 2006
- [Cambodia: "Building an urban poor people's movement in Phnom Penh, Cambodia"](https://sdinet.org/publication/cambodia-building-an-urban-poor-peoples-movement-in-phnom-penh-cambodia/) - Written by: Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, Environment & Urbanisation, 2001
- [Cambodia: "Negotiating the right to stay in the city"](https://sdinet.org/publication/cambodia-negotiating-the-right-to-stay-in-the-city/) - Written by: Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, Environment & Urbanisation, 2004
- [Cambodia: "The Urban Poor Development Fund in Cambodia"](https://sdinet.org/publication/cambodia-the-urban-poor-development-fund-in-cambodia/) - Written by: Somsak Phonphakdee, Sok Visal and Gabriela Sauter, Environment & Urbanisation, 2009
- ["Supporting shelter improvements for low-income groups"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-supporting-shelter-improvements-for-low-income-groups/) - Written by: Jorge Anzorena, Environment & Urbanisation, 1993
- ["Deep democracy](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-deep-democracy-urban-governmentality-and-the-horizon-of-politics/) - Written by: Arjun Appadurai, Environment & Urbanisation, 2001
- ["Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI) - Foundations to Treetops"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-slumshack-dwellers-international-sdi-foundations-to-treetops/) - Written by: Sheela Patel, Sundar Burra and Celine D'Cruz, Environment & Urbanisation, 2001
- ["With and beyond the state"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-with-and-beyond-the-state/) - Written by: Diana Mitlin, Environment & Urbanisation, 2008
- ["The age of cities and organizations of the urban poor"](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-the-age-of-cities-and-organizations-of-the-urban-poor/) - Written by: Ted Baumann, Joel Bolnick and Diana Mitlin, IIED Working Paper, 2001
- ["Building homes, Changing official approaches"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-building-homes-changing-official-approaches/) - Written by: Celine d’Cruz and David Satterthwaite, IIED Working Paper, 2005
- ["Catalyzing pro-poor development](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-catalyzing-pro-poor-development-the-role-of-savings-and-savings-organizations/) - Written by: Diana Mitlin, IIED Working Paper, 2005
- ["Community finance](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-community-finance-the-news-from-asia-and-africa/) - Written by: Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, IIED Working Paper, 2007
- ["SPARC](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-sparc-developing-new-ngo-lines/) - Written by: Sheela Patel and Celine D'Cruz, Environment & Urbanisation, 1990
- ["The Mahila Milan crisis credit scheme](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-the-mahila-milan-crisis-credit-scheme-from-a-seed-to-a-tree/) - Written by: Sheela Patel and Celine D'Cruz, Environment & Urbanisation, 1993
- ["Avoiding anti-poor solutions to Mumbai's transport problems"](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-avoiding-anti-poor-solutions-to-mumbais-transport-problems/) - Written by: Sheela Patel and Kalpana Sharma, Environment & Urbanisation, 1998
- ["Beyond evictions in a global city](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-beyond-evictions-in-a-global-city-people-managed-resettlement-in-mumbai/) - Written by: Sheela Patel, Celine d'Cruz and Sundar Burra, Environment & Urbanisation, 2002
- ["Working for Rights From the Grassroots"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-working-for-rights-from-the-grassroots/) - Written by: Diana Mitlin and Sheela Patel, Alliance Magazine, 2005
- ["Gender Issues and Slum/Shack Dweller Federations"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-gender-issues-and-slumshack-dweller-federations/) - Written by: Sheela Patel and Diana Mitlin, IIED Working Paper, 2007
- ["Our needs, our priorities](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-our-needs-our-priorities-water-and-sanitation-in-mumbai-and-pune/) - Written by: Meera Bapat and Indu Agarwal, Environment & Urbanisation, 2003
- ["Community-designed, built and managed toilet blocks in Indian cities"](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-community-designed-built-and-managed-toilet-blocks-in-indian-cities/) - Written by: Sundar Burra, Sheela Patel and Thomas Kerr, Environment & Urbanisation, 2003
- ["Community police stations in Mumbai's slums"](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-community-police-stations-in-mumbais-slums/) - Written by: A. N. Roy, A. Jockin and Ahmad Javed, Environment & Urbanisation, 2004
- ["Towards a pro-poor framework for slum upgrading in Mumbai, India"](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-towards-a-pro-poor-framework-for-slum-upgrading-in-mumbai-india/) - Written by: Sundar Burra, Environment & Urbanisation, 2005
- ["An offer of partnership or a promise of conflict in Dharavi, Mumbai?"](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-an-offer-of-partnership-or-a-promise-of-conflict-in-dharavi-mumbai/) - Written by: Sheela Patel and Jockin Arputham, Environment & Urbanisation, 2007
- ["Plans for Dharavi](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-plans-for-dharavi-between-a-state-driven-redevelopment-and-residents-aspirations/) - Written by: Sheela Patel and Jockin Arputham, Environment & Urbanisation, 2008
- ["Developing new approaches for people-centred development"](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-developing-new-approaches-for-people-centred-development/) - Written by: Jockin Arputham, Environment & Urbanisation, 2008
- ["Getting the information base for Dharavi’s redevelopment"](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-getting-the-information-base-for-dharavis-redevelopment/) - Written by: Sheela Patel, Jockin Arputham, Sundar Burra and Katia Savchuk, Environment & Urbanisation, 2009
- ["Recent developments in plans for Dharavi and for the airport slums in Mumbai"](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-recent-developments-in-plans-for-dharavi-and-for-the-airport-slums-in-mumbai/) - Written by: Jockin Arputham and Sheela Patel, Environment & Urbanisation, 2010
- ["SPARC and its work with the National Slum Dwellers Federation and Mahila Milan"](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-sparc-and-its-work-with-the-national-slum-dwellers-federation-and-mahila-milan/) - Written by: Sheela Patel, IIED Working Paper, 1996
- [Indonesia: "Renovation not relocation: the work of Paguyuban Warga Strenkali (PWS)"](https://sdinet.org/publication/indonesia-renovation-not-relocation-the-work-of-paguyuban-warga-strenkali-pws/) - Written by: Wawan Some, Wardah Hafidz and Gabriela Sauter, Environment & Urbanisation, 2009
- ["Community federations and city upgrading in Kenya"](https://sdinet.org/publication/kenya-community-federations-and-city-upgrading-in-kenya/) - Written by: Jane Weru, Environment & Urbanisation, 2004
- ["The story of the Kenyan slum youth federation"](https://sdinet.org/publication/kenya-the-story-of-the-kenyan-slum-youth-federation/) - Written by: Jack Makau, Environment & Urbanisation, 2011
- ["Understanding pro-poor housing finance in Malawi"](https://sdinet.org/publication/malawi-understanding-pro-poor-housing-finance-in-malawi/) - Written by: Mtafu A.Z. Manda, Siku Nkhoma and Diana Mitlin, Environment & Urbanisation, 2011
- ["Mchenga – urban poor housing fund in Malawi"](https://sdinet.org/publication/malawi-mchenga-urban-poor-housing-fund-in-malawi/) - Written by: Mtafu A Zeleza Manda, Environment & Urbanisation, 2007
- ["Securing inclusion](https://sdinet.org/publication/namibia-securing-inclusion-strategies-for-community-empowerment-and-state-redistribution/) - Written by: Anna Muller and Diana Mitlin, Environment & Urbanisation, 2007
- [Nepal: "A decade in the work of the squatters’ movement in Nepal"](https://sdinet.org/publication/nepal-a-decade-in-the-work-of-the-squatters-movement-in-nepal/) - Written by: Masako Tanaka, Environment & Urbanisation, 2009
- [Pakistan: "Orangi Pilot Project: Mapping of informal settlements and infrastructure"](https://sdinet.org/publication/pakistan-orangi-pilot-project-mapping-of-informal-settlements-and-infrastructure/) - Written by: Arif Hasan, Environment & Urbanisation, 2006
- [Pakistan: "The work of the Anjuman Samaji Behbood and the larger Faisalabad context"](https://sdinet.org/publication/pakistan-the-work-of-the-anjuman-samaji-behbood-and-the-larger-faisalabad-context/) - Written by: Salim Alimuddin, Arif Hasan and Asiya Sadiq, IIED Working Paper, 2001
- ["The Payatas Environmental Development Programme"](https://sdinet.org/publication/philippines-the-payatas-environmental-development-programme/) - Written by: Vincentian Missionaries Social Development Foundation Inc., Environment & Urbanisation, 1998
- ["Meet the Philippines Homeless People's Federation"](https://sdinet.org/publication/philippines-meet-the-philippines-homeless-peoples-federation/) - Written by: Vincentian Missionaries Social Development Foundation Inc., Environment & Urbanisation, 2001
- ["Establishing the role of communities in governance"](https://sdinet.org/publication/philippines-establishing-the-role-of-communities-in-governance/) - Written by: Sandra Yu and Anna Marie Karaos, Environment & Urbanisation, 2004
- ["Community-driven land tenure strategies"](https://sdinet.org/publication/philippines-community-driven-land-tenure-strategies/) - Written by: John Iremil E Teodoro and Jason Christopher Ramos Co, Environment & Urbanisation, 2009
- ["Community-driven disaster intervention"](https://sdinet.org/publication/philippines-community-driven-disaster-intervention/) - Written by: Jason Christopher Rayos Co, IIED Working Paper, 2010
- ["Community-driven networking in South Africa's informal settlements"](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-community-driven-networking-in-south-africas-informal-settlements/) - Written by: Joel Bolnick, Environment & Urbanisation, 1993
- ["People's Dialogue and the South African Homeless People's Federation (1994-96)"](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-peoples-dialogue-and-the-south-african-homeless-peoples-federation-1994-96/) - Written by: Joel Bolnick, Environment & Urbanisation, 1996
- ["Negotiating for land](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-negotiating-for-land-the-construction-and-demolition-of-ruo-emohs-show-house/) - Written by: People’s Dialogue on Land and Shelter, Environment & Urbanisation, 1999
- ["The Methodist Church’s initiative to support homeless people in South Africa"](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-the-methodist-churchs-initiative-to-support-homeless-people-in-south-africa/) - Written by: Joel Bolnick and Greg Van Rensburg, Environment & Urbanisation, 2005
- ["Partnerships between government and slum/shack dwellers’ federations"](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-partnerships-between-government-and-slumshack-dwellers-federations/) - Written by: Lindiwe Sisulu, Environment & Urbanisation, 2006
- ["Housing, institutions, money](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-housing-institutions-money-human-settlements-policy-and-practice/) - Written by: Benjamin Bradlow, Joel Bolnick and Clifford Shearing, Environment & Urbanisation, 2011
- [Sri Lanka: "From savings groups to citywide strategies in Moratuwa"](https://sdinet.org/publication/sri-lanka-from-savings-groups-to-citywide-strategies-in-moratuwa/) - Written by: Celine d'Cruz, Gordon McGranahan and Upali Sumithre, Environment & Urbanisation, 2009
- ["Empowerment through community mapping for water and sanitation in Dar es Salaam"](https://sdinet.org/publication/tanzania-empowerment-through-community-mapping-for-water-and-sanitation-in-dar-es-salaam/) - Written by: Heike Glöckner, Meki Mkanga and Timothy Ndezi, Environment & Urbanisation, 2004
- [Thailand: "Baan Mankong: going to scale with “slum” and squatter upgrading in Thailand"](https://sdinet.org/publication/thailand-baan-mankong-going-to-scale-with-slum-and-squatter-upgrading-in-thailand/) - Written by: Somsook Boonyabancha, Environment & Urbanisation, 2005
- ["Strategies for grassroots control of international aid"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-strategies-for-grassroots-control-of-international-aid/) - Written by: Diana Mitlin and David Satterthwaite, Environment & Urbanisation, 2007
- ["The urban poor under threat and in struggle](https://sdinet.org/publication/zimbabwe-the-urban-poor-under-threat-and-in-struggle-urban-development-in-zimbabwe/) - Written by: Beth Chitekwe and Diana Mitlin, Environment & Urbanisation, 2001
- ["Struggles for urban land by the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation"](https://sdinet.org/publication/zimbabwe-struggles-for-urban-land-by-the-zimbabwe-homeless-peoples-federation/) - Written by: Beth Chitekwe-Biti, Environment & Urbanisation, 2009
- ["Inclusion](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-inclusion-a-sustainability-agenda-for-african-city-growth/) - Written by: Benjamin H. Bradlow, Perspectives Journal, December 2012.
- ["Building partnerships between urban poor communities and local governments"](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-building-partnerships-between-urban-poor-communities-and-local-governments/) - Written by: Hellen Nyamweru and Skye Dobson, IIED Working Paper, March 2014
- [Reflections on Social Accountability](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-reflections-on-social-accountability/) - UNDP publication, with contribution from David Satterthwaite & Sheela Patel, July 2013
- ["Community-Led Baseline Surveys as a Tool for Resettlement & Rehabilitation Component for Mumbai Urban Transport Project 2"](https://sdinet.org/publication/india-community-led-baseline-surveys-as-a-tool-for-resettlement-rehabilitation-component-for-mumbai-urban-transport-project-2/) - Written by: Celine d'Cruz and Gunashekar Mulayman, World Bank Land and Poverty Conference, March 2014
- ["Negotiated Planning](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-negotiated-planning-breaking-the-implementation-impasse-in-kampala/) - Written by: Skye Dobson, Lutwama Muhammed, Frederick Mugisa, World Bank Land and Poverty Conference, March 2014
- [Quiet Conflict](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africa-quiet-conflict-social-movements-institutional-change-upgrading-informal-settlements-in-south-africa/) - Written by: Benjamin H. Bradlow, Masters Thesis, Master of City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013
- ["Tools for Inclusive Cities](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-tools-for-inclusive-cities-the-roles-of-community-based-engagement-and-monitoring-in-reducing-poverty/) - Written by: Celine d'Cruz, Sonia Fadrigo Cadornigara, and David Satterthwaite, IIED Working Paper, June 2014
- ["Know Your City](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-know-your-city-community-profiling-of-informal-settlements/) - Written by: Anni Beukes, IIED Briefing, June 2014
- ["Community savings](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-community-savings-a-basic-building-block-in-the-work-of-urban-poor-federations/) - Written by: Celine d'Cruz et al., IIED Working Paper, July 2014
- [Community Savings](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-community-savings-a-basic-building-block-in-the-world-of-urban-poor-federations/) - Written by Celine d'Cruz et al, IIED Working Paper, July 2014
- [Innovative Communal Sanitation Models for the Urban Poor](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-innovative-communal-sanitation-models-for-the-urban-poor-lessons-from-uganda/) - Written by Greg Bachmayer and Noah Schermbrucker, SHARE Research Report, 2014
- ["Sharing Reflections on Inclusive Sanitation"](https://sdinet.org/publication/international-sharing-reflections-on-inclusive-sanitation/) - By Evans Banana, Patrick Chikoti, Chisomo Harawa, et al., Environment & Urbanisation, Vol. 27(1)
- ["Co-Producing Inclusive Citywide Sanitation Strategies](https://sdinet.org/publication/zimbabwe-co-producing-inclusive-citywide-sanitation-strategies-lessons-from-chinhoyi-zimbabwe/) - By Evans Banana, Beth Chitekwe-Biti, and Anna Walnycki, Environment and Urbanisation, Vol. 27(1)
- [SDI Annual Report 2014 - 2015](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-annual-report-2014-2015/)
- [Federation Newsletter: January 2012](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-newsletter-january-2012/) - (in Spanish)
- [Affordability And Financing Products For The Poor](https://sdinet.org/publication/affordability-and-financing-products-for-the-poor/) - A short note hilighting some of the challenges in Sri Lanka
- [The Impact Of Typhoon Ketsana](https://sdinet.org/publication/the-impact-of-typhoon-ketsana/) - 2009 September 29
- [Amt 2012 Annual Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/amt-2012-annual-report/)
- [Moving With The Times: Rethinking Resettlement In Mumbai](https://sdinet.org/publication/moving-with-the-times-rethinking-resettlement-in-mumbai/) - An article looking at the options communities have facing the MUTP
- [Faces Of Old Fadama](https://sdinet.org/publication/faces-of-old-fadama/) - A joint project between the Federation and African University College of Communications
- [Federation Newsletter: March 2013](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-newsletter-march-2013/) - English translation
- [Assessment Of National Fund](https://sdinet.org/publication/assessment-of-national-fund-2/) - Communities assess the strengths of the Twahangana Fund
- [Wdbf News: Progress Of Usaviwattha Housing Project](https://sdinet.org/publication/wdbf-news-progress-of-usaviwattha-housing-project/)
- [Tsunami Crisis & Savings](https://sdinet.org/publication/tsunami-crisis-savings/) - A visit by SDI just after the tsunami of December 2004
- [Response To The Tsunami, Document 1](https://sdinet.org/publication/response-to-the-tsunami-document-1/) - The first of several documents discussing the tsunami
- [Creation Of A National Tsunami Community Federation](https://sdinet.org/publication/creation-of-a-national-tsunami-community-federation/) - There is a need to focus specifically on tsunami affected communities
- [Third Meeting Of The National Tsunami Community Federation](https://sdinet.org/publication/third-meeting-of-the-national-tsunami-community-federation/) - Notes from the meeting held in June of 2005
- [Settlement & Slum Improvements In Nepal](https://sdinet.org/publication/settlement-slum-improvements-in-nepal/) - The role of the Urban Poor in Katmandu
- [Reflections On The Way Forward](https://sdinet.org/publication/reflections-on-the-way-forward/) - The leaders plan the way forward
- [The Politics Of Redress](https://sdinet.org/publication/the-politics-of-redress/) - An article about the community of Joe Slovo in Cape Town
- [The International Urban Poor Fund](https://sdinet.org/publication/the-international-urban-poor-fund/)
- [Harare Exchange To Namibia](https://sdinet.org/publication/harare-exchange-to-namibia/) - March 2011
- [Overview Of Evictions & Savings](https://sdinet.org/publication/overview-of-evictions-savings/) - An article about the tools available to the urban poor in the face of eviction
- [Report On The Slum Upgrading Programme](https://sdinet.org/publication/report-on-the-slum-upgrading-programme/) - Updates from projects in Kisenyi
- [This.Is.Kisenyi.](https://sdinet.org/publication/this-is-kisenyi-2/) - A profile of Kampala's largest informal settlement.
- [Assessment Of National Fund](https://sdinet.org/publication/assessment-of-national-fund/) - Communities assess the strengths of the Twahangana Fund
- [Response To The Mukuru Sinai Fire Tragedy](https://sdinet.org/publication/response-to-the-mukuru-sinai-fire-tragedy/)
- [Beyond The Beaten Track](https://sdinet.org/publication/beyond-the-beaten-track/) - A paper on the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)
- [Citywatch India](https://sdinet.org/publication/city-watchindia/) - June 2011
- [Overview Of The Indian Process](https://sdinet.org/publication/overview-of-the-indian-process/) - An introduction to the Indian Alliance
- [Ssns Annual Report 2010-2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/ssns-annual-report-2010-2011/)
- [Sparc Annual Report 2010-2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/sparc-annual-report-2010-2011/)
- [Settlements Under Siege, Conference Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/settlements-under-siege-conference-report/) - Report from the first in series of conferences on citywide slum upgrading.
- [Alternatives To Eviction In Old Fadama](https://sdinet.org/publication/alternatives-to-eviction-in-old-fadama/) - A report compiled by the Ghanaian alliance on the alternatives for the community
- [Federation Newsletter: September 2012](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-newsletter-september-2012/) - English translation
- [5 Cities Conference Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/5-cities-conference-report/) - March 2012, Harare, Zimbabwe
- [Federation Newsletter: April 2012](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-newsletter-april-2012/) - (in Spanish)
- [Federation Newsletter: March 2012](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-newsletter-march-2012/) - (in Spanish)
- [Exchange Report: Bolivian Savers Travel To Brazil](https://sdinet.org/publication/exchange-report-bolivian-savers-travel-to-brazil/) - December 2011
- [Federation Newsletter October 2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-newsletter-october-2011/) - (in Spanish)
- [Community Land Information Programme (Clip)](https://sdinet.org/publication/community-land-information-programme-clip/) - Profile of all informal settlements in Namibia
- [Response To The Tsunami, Document 3](https://sdinet.org/publication/response-to-the-tsunami-document-3/) - The final of several documens discussing the tsunami
- [Response To The Tsunami, Document 2](https://sdinet.org/publication/response-to-the-tsunami-document-2/) - The second of several documents dicussing the tsunami
- [Construction Updates](https://sdinet.org/publication/construction-updates/) - Photos from a construction site in Sri Lanka
- [Strengthening Communities Through Art, Information, And Collective Savings](https://sdinet.org/publication/strengthening-communities-through-art-information-and-collective-savings/) - A community-led initiative for low-income settlements upgrading in the Colombian Amazon
- [A Letter From The Amazon](https://sdinet.org/publication/a-letter-from-the-amazon/) - Initial meeting with community groups in the Amazon
- [Angola Exchange To Brazil With Development Workshop](https://sdinet.org/publication/angola-exchange-to-brazil-with-development-workshop/)
- ["Youth & Land In Urban Settlements In South Africa"](https://sdinet.org/publication/youth-land-in-urban-settlements-in-south-africa/) - By Sizwe Mxobo & Kholeka Xuza
- [St. Luke's Housing Motivation Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/st-lukes-housing-motivation-report/) - April 2008
- [A Miracle Rising Out Of The Ashes: South African Sdi Affiliates Respond To Fire At Joe Slovo](https://sdinet.org/publication/a-miracle-rising-out-of-the-ashes-south-african-sdi-affiliates-respond-to-fire-at-joe-slovo/)
- [The Challenge Of Engagement](https://sdinet.org/publication/the-challenge-of-engagement/) - A reflective look at the South African process
- [Sdi Condemns Attacks On The Urban Poor](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-condemns-attacks-on-the-urban-poor/) - Statement released following attacks on Kennedy Road Settlement, Durban
- [Exchange To Mumbai & Pune](https://sdinet.org/publication/exchange-to-mumbai-pune/) - Report on the activites carried out on a visit to the two Indian cities
- [Slum Federations Seek To Make Poverty History](https://sdinet.org/publication/slum-federations-seek-to-make-poverty-history/) - By: Celine D'Cruz
- [A Decade Of Innovation: U.P.F.I. 2000-2010](https://sdinet.org/publication/a-decade-of-innovation-u-p-f-i-2000-2010/)
- [Zimbabwean Perspective On Korokocho Survey](https://sdinet.org/publication/zimbabwean-perspective-on-korokocho-survey/) - A reflective look at the process
- [Federation Showcase Their Houses 2009](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-showcase-their-houses-2009/) - Federation opens a model home at the 83rd Agricultural & Commercial show
- [Uganda Federation Visits Stellenbosch, South Africa Municipality](https://sdinet.org/publication/uganda-federation-visits-stellenbosch-south-africa-municipality/)
- [Sdi Support Visit To Tanzania 2010](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-support-visit-to-tanzania-2010/) - A team from India, Kenya and Uganda visit the groups
- [Upfi Report Of Activities In Gobabis](https://sdinet.org/publication/upf-report-of-activities-in-gobabis/) - Updates from the federation
- [Malawian Exchange To Namibia](https://sdinet.org/publication/malawian-exchange-to-namibia/) - A short report on the trip
- [Federation Signs An Mou With Government](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-signs-an-mou-with-government/) - A report form the exchange
- [Muungano News | Vol. 2](https://sdinet.org/publication/muungano-news-vol-2/) - Sept/Oct 2010
- [Pavement Dwellers Get Keys 21 Years Later](https://sdinet.org/publication/pavement-dwellers-get-keys-21-years-later/) - A letter to mark the occassion
- [Report On Ghanaian Affiliate's Visit To Monrovia, Liberia](https://sdinet.org/publication/report-on-ghanaian-affiliates-visit-to-monrovia-liberia/) - 2009 May
- [Sdi Delegation Visits Accra](https://sdinet.org/publication/sdi-delegation-visits-accra/) - A report on the group's activities
- [Exchange: Pernambuco - Sao Paulo](https://sdinet.org/publication/exchange-pernambuco-sao-paulo/) - 2010 January
- [Vila Real, Saving Means Citizenship](https://sdinet.org/publication/vila-real-saving-means-citizenship/) - Newspaper article from August 2006
- [Southern Africa Hub Meeting Report - July 2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/southern-africa-hub-meeting-report-july-2011/)
- [Federation Newsletter June 2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-newsletter-june-2011/) - (in Spanish)
- [Federation Newsletter May 2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-newsletter-may-2011/) - (in Spanish)
- [Learning & Evaluation Workshop April 2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/learning-evaluation-workshop-april-2011/) - A report from the workshop attended by SDI delegates
- [Federation Newsletter April 2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-newsletter-april-2011/) - (in Spanish)
- [Federation Newsletter March 2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-newsletter-march-2011/) - (in Spanish)
- [Federation Newsletter Febuary 2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-newsletter-febuary-2011/) - (in Spanish)
- [Exchange From Pernambuco To Sao Paulo](https://sdinet.org/publication/exchange-from-pernambuco-to-sao-paulo/) - Representatives from Pernambuco wanted to better understand the Federation's methods
- [Federation Newsletter January 2011](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-newsletter-january-2011/) - (in Spanish)
- [Final Report: Review Of Upfi](https://sdinet.org/publication/final-report-review-of-upfi/) - 2010 December
- [Report On Progress At Mukuru Sinai, Kenya, 2009](https://sdinet.org/publication/report-on-progress-at-mukuru-sinai-kenya-2009/) - Updates from the UPFI project
- [Moratuwa City-Wide Slum Upgrading Project](https://sdinet.org/publication/moratuwa-city-wide-slum-upgrading-project/)
- [Reflections In 2003](https://sdinet.org/publication/reflections-in-2003/) - A reflection on the federation's activities for the year
- [Breakthrough In South Africa](https://sdinet.org/publication/breakthrough-in-south-africa/) - Minister pledges 6,000 houses per year to Federation members
- [Joe Slovo Enumeration Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/joe-slovo-enumeration-report/) - Analysis of the findings from the community enumeration in the City of Cape Town
- [Learning, Monitoring And Evaluation Workshop Report](https://sdinet.org/publication/learning-monitoring-and-evaluation-workshop-report/)
- [Epworth Settlement Profiling Report 2009](https://sdinet.org/publication/epworth-settlement-profiling-report-2009/) - A compilation of all the informal settlements in the area
- [Launch Of The Pilot Housing Project In Kisenyi](https://sdinet.org/publication/launch-of-the-pilot-housing-project-in-kisenyi/) - Report from the ground breaking ceremony
- [Father Jorge Visits Tanzania 2008](https://sdinet.org/publication/father-jorge-visits-tanzania-2008/) - A report from a visit to Tanzania
- [Progress Report For January - September 2009](https://sdinet.org/publication/progress-report-for-january-september-2009/) - News from the federation
- [Upfi Report 2009](https://sdinet.org/publication/upfi-report-2009/) - A report from the federation on their activities
- [Disaster Interventions](https://sdinet.org/publication/disaster-interventions/) - Support to families impacted by Typhoon Frank
- [Muungano News | Vol. 1](https://sdinet.org/publication/muungano-news-vol-1/) - Aug/Sept 2010
- [Report On Ghanaian Exchange](https://sdinet.org/publication/report-on-ghanaian-exchange/) - Benson Osumba, the Kenyan federation leader's report on his 2 month stay in Accra
- [Citywatch India](https://sdinet.org/publication/citywatchindia/) - June 2009
- [Second Exchange Between Sao Paulo & Recife](https://sdinet.org/publication/second-excahnge-between-sao-paulo-recife/) - activities from the exchange
- [Brazilian & Namibian Federations Visit Angola (Portugese Report)](https://sdinet.org/publication/brazilian-namibian-federations-visit-angola-portugese-report/)
- [South Africa/Brazil Exchange To Bolivia Nov 2009](https://sdinet.org/publication/south-africabrazil-exchange-to-bolivia-nov-2009/)
- [In Praise Of Michael Gomo: Xenophobia In South Africa](https://sdinet.org/publication/in-praise-of-michael-gomo-xenophobia-in-south-africa/) - By Ted Baumann, 2008
- [Federation Visits Madagascar 2001](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-visits-madagascar-2001/) - A report detailing the activities conducted whilst visiting various communities
- [World Urban Forum 2008](https://sdinet.org/publication/world-urban-forum-2008/)
- [Federation Visits Sri Lanka & India, 2007](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-visits-sri-lanka-india-2007/) - A report from the exchange
- [Philippine Federation 2008](https://sdinet.org/publication/philippine-federation-2008/) - A report after meeting with new leaders
- [Urban Poor Fund: The Southern Hub Meets 2008](https://sdinet.org/publication/urban-poor-fund-the-southern-hub-meets-2008/) - Lessons from the southern african affiliates
- [Overview Of Upfi Projects Jan 2009](https://sdinet.org/publication/overview-of-upfi-projects-jan-2009/) - A narrative report on the federation's activities
- [Evaluation Of Sdi's Strategies 2007](https://sdinet.org/publication/evaluation-of-sdis-strategies-2007/) - Focusing on securing land & basic services in Malawi
- [Updates From Recife 2008](https://sdinet.org/publication/updates-from-recife-2008/) - News from the federation
- [Federation Activities From June - Sept 2009](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-activities-from-june-sept-2009/) - Activities focused on supporting & building the federation
- [Report Of Preparations For Upfi Projects](https://sdinet.org/publication/report-of-preparations-for-upfi-projects/) - 2009 July
- [Reconstruction & Resettlement Update 2007](https://sdinet.org/publication/reconstruction-resettlement-update-2007/) - From the Bicol Region
- [Typhoon & Flood Hits Iloilo City](https://sdinet.org/publication/typhoon-flood-hits-iloilo-city/) - 2008 June 26
- [Citywatch India](https://sdinet.org/publication/citywatchindia-2/) - July 2008
- [Landless & Hunger March, 2008](https://sdinet.org/publication/landless-hunger-march-2008/) - Groups meet with city officials in Durban
- [Brazilian & Namibian Federation's Visit To Angola June 2008](https://sdinet.org/publication/brazilian-namibian-federations-visit-to-angola-june-2008/) - Federations from Brazil and Namibia visit Angola
- [Exchange To Angola Febuary 2006](https://sdinet.org/publication/exchange-to-angola-febuary-2006/)
- [Exploratory Visit To Luanda, Angola, March 2005](https://sdinet.org/publication/exploratory-visit-to-luanda-angola-march-2005/)
- [Federation Visits Kenya 2006](https://sdinet.org/publication/federation-visits-kenya-2006/) - A report from the exchange to Nairobi
- [Banking Sector Officially Supports Federation, 2006](https://sdinet.org/publication/banking-sector-officially-supports-federation-2006/) - Press release
- [Reflections Of 2006](https://sdinet.org/publication/reflections-of-2006/) - A reflection of the year's activities
- [Brazilian And South African Mayors Meet October 2006](https://sdinet.org/publication/brazilian-and-south-african-mayors-meet-october-2006/) - The Mayor of Durban and the Municipality of Osasco meet to discuss an MOU
- [Exposure Trip To Argentina 2003](https://sdinet.org/publication/exposure-trip-to-argentina-2003/) - An SDI delegation meets with communitites in Argentia
- [The Official Opening For Area 49 Housing Project 2005](https://sdinet.org/publication/the-official-opening-for-area-49-housing-project-2005/) - A copy of the speech given by the Chairman of the Board for CCODE
- [Overview Of The Federation's History Up To 2005](https://sdinet.org/publication/overview-of-the-federations-history-up-to-2005/) - A short introduction to the Ghanaian activities
- [Cooperative Housing Foundation Conference 2005](https://sdinet.org/publication/cooperative-housing-foundation-conference-2005/) - The federation attends a highlevel conference
- [Reflections Of 2005](https://sdinet.org/publication/reflections-of-2005/) - A reflection of the year's activities
- [Federations Travel In Support Of Zambian Process 2004](https://sdinet.org/publication/federations-travel-in-support-of-zambian-process-2004/) - SA & Zimbabwe went to support the emerging federation in Lusaka & Livingstone
- [Peer Learning Between East Timor & The Philippines 2004](https://sdinet.org/publication/peer-learning-between-east-timor-the-philippines-2004/) - A report from the exchange
- [Launch Of Secure Tenure Campaign, 2002](https://sdinet.org/publication/launch-of-secure-tenure-campaign-2002/) - A joint effort between the Namibian Alliance and the Government
- [Launch Of Akiba Mashinani, 2003](https://sdinet.org/publication/launch-of-akiba-mashinani-2003/) - The official launch of the Kenyan Federation, Akiba Mashinani
- [Reflections On Ghana July 2002](https://sdinet.org/publication/reflections-on-ghana-july-2002/) - South African leader, Rose Molokoane's report on her visit to Ghana
- [Old Fadama Enumeration](https://sdinet.org/publication/old-fadama-enumeration/) - A report on the enumeration conducted by the community members.

## Videos

- [Slum Upgrading is Climate Action](https://sdinet.org/video/slum-upgrading-is-climate-action/) - Slum Dwellers International (SDI) is a global network anchored by a transnational poor people’s movement working to create inclusive, resilient cities where slum dwellers’ lives are substantively improved. Committed to social justice, we champion community-led, citywide slum upgrading to expand access to essential services, secure tenure, and economic opportunities for the world’s one billion slum
- [Gungano Urban Poor Fund: Community Led Urban Finance](https://sdinet.org/video/gungano-urban-poor-fund-community-led-urban-finance/) - Breaking new ground with the Gungano Urban Poor Fund. In Zimbabwe, the Gungano Urban Poor Fund is redefining how cities grow, from the bottom up. Built on daily savings from countless low-income households, mostly women, this grassroots fund helps communities finance what governments and banks won't: land, housing, toilets, markets, solar energy, and dignity. This
- [Cities4Children](https://sdinet.org/video/cities4children/) - Honouring the Voices of Children and Youth at World Urban Forum 12.
- [Learning Monitoring & Evaluation workshop](https://sdinet.org/video/learning-monitoring-evaluation-workshop/) - Youth from informal settlements come together to make media, make change!
- [Dignified Urban Life Youth Exchange 2023](https://sdinet.org/video/dignified-urban-life-youth-exchange-2023/) - The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us lessons in resilience and community-led adaptation. We commissioned teams of #SDIYouth five African cities to hold an intergenerational dialogue with their mother federation in their communities around these lessons. Based on this discussion of our teams produced a pop song that carries the message that organized communities are more
- [A Tribute to Jockin Arputham, late president of SDI](https://sdinet.org/video/tribute-jockin-arputham-late-president-sdi/)
- [Exploring models for delivering universal basic solar energy services in informal settlements](https://sdinet.org/video/exploring-models-delivering-universal-basic-solar-energy-services-informal-settlements/)
- [Know Your City Campaign Launches in Dakar](https://sdinet.org/video/know-city-campaign-launches-dakar/) - Last month, the Fédération Sénégalaise des Habitants launched its first Know Your City campaign for citywide slum profiling across all of the suburbs in the capital city of #Dakar, beginning with the mapping and profiling of 30 informal neighbourhoods in Medina Gounass. Delegations from SDI affiliates in South Africa, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Kenya traveled to Dakar to share experiences and support the #Senegal Federation to mobilise communities and train residents to map services and settlement boundaries with GPS devices.
- [Indian SDI Alliance Solar Energy Installation in Mumbai](https://sdinet.org/video/indian-sdi-alliance-solar-energy-installation-mumbai/) - One of the greatest challenges of this century is access to clean and affordable energy for the 1 billion+ slum dwellers around the world. In response to this, SDI and the Indian SDI Alliance have been experimenting with scalable alternative energy sources. This video shows how, in Mumbai, the Indian SDI Alliance has begun to
- ["What you see is qualified leadership."](https://sdinet.org/video/see-qualified-leadership/) - Monica Geingos, The First Lady of Namibia and patron of the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia, speaks at March 2018 the handing-over of 136 houses in Swakopmund and Walvis Bay.
- [Ghana Federation Tests SENSEMAKER Tool for Slum Data Collection](https://sdinet.org/video/ghana-federation-tests-sensemaker-tool-slum-data-collection/)
- [Asia Hub Meeting, July 2017](https://sdinet.org/video/asia-hub-meeting-july-2017/)
- [#UrbanThinkers Voices - Jack Makau](https://sdinet.org/video/urbanthinkers-voices-jack-makau/)
- [#UrbanThinkers Voices - SDI & Partners](https://sdinet.org/video/urbanthinkers-voices-sdi-partners/)
- [UrbanThinkers Voices Part II: Rose Molokoane](https://sdinet.org/video/urbanthinkers-voices-part-ii-rose-molokoane/) - Rose Molokoane speaks with World Urban Campaign about the role of grassroots communities in implementation and monitoring of the New Urban Agenda - using WUC's Urban Thinkers Campuses to strengthen local communities to empower the urban poor to implement a people-cenetred NUA that creates truly resilient cities.
- [Choices in Freedom Square](https://sdinet.org/video/choices-freedom-square/) - Bottom up Planning in Gobabis, Namibia.
- [Know Your City in Cape Town, South Africa](https://sdinet.org/video/know-city-cape-town-south-africa/) - Community-driven slum data. Identification of development needs. Inclusive partnerships with local government. Co-produced slum upgrading strategies. See the full case study here.
- [Lands, Services and Citizenship Country Program in Ghana](https://sdinet.org/video/lands-services-citizenship-country-program-ghana/) - National urban dialogue catalyzed. Attitudes on informality transformed. Slums profiled and mapped citywide. Slum dwellers mobilized. National urban policy launched. See the full case study here.
- [Transforming Settlements of the Urban Poor in Uganda](https://sdinet.org/video/transforming-settlements-urban-poor-uganda/) - Better governance. Empowered slum dwellers. National dialogue on urban issues. See the full case study here.
- [No One Left Behind: Slum dwellers talk about safe & inclusive cities](https://sdinet.org/video/no-one-left-behind-slum-dwellers-talk-safe-inclusive-cities/) - No One Left Behind is a short film produced by IDS and Slum Dwellers International (SDI) which profiles the voices of the most marginalised urban residents narrating what a fruitful, violence-free life in the city means to them. The film was made by slum dwellers themselves as part of SDI's Know Your City TV initiative.
- [Sallah Message from Badia East Evictees](https://sdinet.org/video/sallah-message-from-badia-east-evictees/) - On 18 September 2015, bulldozers suddenly started demolishing hundreds of homes at Ijora Badia East. Thousands were rendered homeless in a matter of hours. The bulldozers worked on 18-19 September and then came back again, under direction of the Lagos State Physical Planning and Development Authority (LSPPDA), on 22 September 2015, moving from Badia East
- [#TheCityWeNeed #UrbanThinkers Voices with Rose Molokoane](https://sdinet.org/video/thecityweneed-urbanthinkers-voices-with-rose-molokoane/)
- [We Know Our City](https://sdinet.org/video/we-know-our-city/) - Filmed & produced by KYC.TV youth documenters from South Africa and Uganda.
- [KYC.TV | My Daughter, My Life](https://sdinet.org/video/kyc-tv-my-daughter-my-life/)
- [Participatory Household Data Collection](https://sdinet.org/video/participatory-household-data-collection/) - via SPARC India
- [Slum Profiles: Creating a Citywide Database](https://sdinet.org/video/slum-profiles-creating-a-citywide-database/) - via SPARC India
- [Introduction to Survey Mapping](https://sdinet.org/video/introduction-to-survey-mapping/) - via SPARC India
- [KYC.TV | Heart Beat of PE](https://sdinet.org/video/kyc-tv-heart-beat-of-pe/)
- [KYC.TV | ZA REPORT BACK](https://sdinet.org/video/kyc-tv-za-report-back/)
- [KYC.TV | Bukoto Mulimira Zone 2](https://sdinet.org/video/kyc-tv-bukoto-mulimira-zone-2/)
- [KYC.TV | Reflections from Uganda](https://sdinet.org/video/know-your-city-tv-reflections-from-uganda/) - Youth documenters from Uganda report back on their experience at a KYC.TV workshop in Cape Town.
- [Farouk Braimah - Shack Dwellers International](https://sdinet.org/video/farouk-braimah-shack-dwellers-international/) - Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum
- [Sallah Message from Badia East Evictees](https://sdinet.org/video/sallah-message-from-badia-east-evictees-2/) - On 18 September 2015, bulldozers suddenly started demolishing hundreds of homes at Ijora Badia East. Thousands were rendered homeless in a matter of hours. The bulldozers worked on 18-19 September and then came back again, under direction of the Lagos State Physical Planning and Development Authority (LSPPDA), on 22 September 2015, moving from Badia East
- [Community Driven Sanitation in Tanzania's Slums](https://sdinet.org/video/cci-sanitation-documentary/) - Centre for Community Initiatives documentary on sanitation in informal settlements.
- [Community Driven Sanitation in Namibia](https://sdinet.org/video/community-driven-sanitation-in-namibia/) - This video highlights a community savings group that organised to link their community to the sewerage lines, creating the necessary infrastructure for safe, hygienic sanitation service rather than waiting on government. So far, across Namibia, 185 households have installed sanitation services in five settlements, 110 households are currently installing in two settlements, and five towns are
- [Why Cities Need to be Planned](https://sdinet.org/video/why-cities-need-to-be-planned/)
- [Profile of SDI by Skoll Foundation](https://sdinet.org/video/profile-of-sdi-by-skoll-foundation/) - In 2014, SDI won the Skoll Foundation's Award for Social Entrepreneurship. This short film was produced by Skoll to highlight SDI's work.
- [A Profile of Dharavi | Mumbai, India](https://sdinet.org/video/a-profile-of-dharavi-mumbai-india/) - A brief profile of Dharavi, one of the largest informal settlements in the world, situated in the city of Mumbai, India.
- [Federation Profile | Philippines](https://sdinet.org/video/federation-profile-philippines/) - The Homeless Peoples' Federation Philippines (HPFPI) uses savings and community-driven processes as tools to address challenges faced by the urban poor.
- [Blocking in Joe Slovo | South Africa](https://sdinet.org/video/blocking-in-joe-slovo-south-africa/) - After a fire in March 2009, the community of Joe Slovo rebuilt hundreds of shacks in their settlement, uniting residents and catalyzing a city-wide upgrading process.
- [The Zabaleem of Cairo](https://sdinet.org/video/the-zabaleem-of-cairo/) - Garbage collectors (zabaleem) in Cairo, Egypt recycle and trade roughly 80% of collected waste. Recently, this decades-old resource recovery system has come under threat.
- ["We are Citizens, Not Squatters" | Uganda](https://sdinet.org/video/we-are-citizens-not-squatters-uganda/) - Community members in Jinja settlement initiate a community-wide enumeration, halting evictions and allowing the community to negotiate with local government for nearby land.
- [Slum Upgrading Processes in Pune, India](https://sdinet.org/video/slum-upgrading-processes-in-pune-india/) - Sheela Patel, director of SPARC India, discusses the process of community-driven in situ slum upgrading in the city of Pune, in Maharashtra, India.
- [Protocols for Upgrading Informal Settlements](https://sdinet.org/video/protocols-for-upgrading-informal-settlements/) - Key protocols for informal settlement upgrading, as seen in the work of national urban poor federations of Shack / Slum Dwellers International (SDI).
- [SDI Board Member Awarded by Rockefeller](https://sdinet.org/video/sdi-board-member-awarded-by-rockefeller/) - SDI Board Member and executive director of Kenyan support NGO Jane Weru speaks about her work in Kenya and recent award from The Rockefeller Foundation.
- [Patience Mudimu - Shack Dwellers International](https://sdinet.org/video/patience-mudimu-shack-dwellers-international/)
- [Sikhulile Nkhoma](https://sdinet.org/video/sikhulile-nkhoma/) - Sikhulile Nkhoma
- [MINDING THE FINANCE GAP](https://sdinet.org/video/minding-the-finance-gap/) - MINDING THE FINANCE GAP
- [WOMEN = WELL ORGANIZED MEN](https://sdinet.org/video/women-well-organized-men/) - WOMEN = WELL ORGANIZED MEN
- [KNOWLEDGE IS POWER](https://sdinet.org/video/knowledge-is-power/) - KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
- [THE NUMBERS DO THE TALKING](https://sdinet.org/video/the-numbers-do-the-talking/) - THE NUMBERS DO THE TALKING
- [WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT](https://sdinet.org/video/working-with-government/) - WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT
- [AN UNAVOIDABLE TRUTH](https://sdinet.org/video/an-unavoidable-truth/) - AN UNAVOIDABLE TRUTH
- [Partnerships in Focus: UGANDA](https://sdinet.org/video/partnerships-in-focus-uganda/) - Partnerships in Focus: Uganda
- [SDI & ACHR Global Impact](https://sdinet.org/video/sdi-achr-global-impact/) - The work of SDI and partner organization ACHR in numbers.
- [Bob Buckley - Rockerfeller Foundation](https://sdinet.org/video/bob-buckley-rockerfeller-foundation/)
- [Plotting a Better Life in Uganda's Slums](https://sdinet.org/video/plotting-a-better-life-in-ugandas-slums-2/) - This short film, made by SciDev Net, explores the work of the Ugandan SDI Alliance in Kampala's slums. It shows how the Alliance is using SDI tools to advance the right to the city through practical action on the ground.
- [The Know Your City Campaign](https://sdinet.org/video/the-know-your-city-campaign/) - Know Your City is a call to action for cities to know their people, know the poverty and plight of the poorest and work together to bring about an end to poverty in our world's cities.
- [SDI Upgrading Case Study - Langrug, Cape Town, South Africa](https://sdinet.org/video/sdi-upgrading-case-study-langrug-cape-town-south-africa/)
- [10 Years of Okwegatta TVC](https://sdinet.org/video/10-years-of-okwegatta-tvc/) - This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the National Slum Dwellers Federation. On the 12th of December the Federation will host a celebration, slum dwellers market, Urban Poor Fund Convention and finally a cponcert by Uganda's hottest artist Bobi Wine.
- [UGANDA 10 Year Anniversary Launch Event](https://sdinet.org/video/uganda-10-year-anniversary-launch-event/) - The Ugandan Federation10 year Anniversary with Mr Ghetto President, Bobi Wine
- [Federation Profile: Zimbabwe](https://sdinet.org/video/federation-profile-zimbabwe/) - The Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation unites people to improve living conditions through community-driven savings schemes, enumerations, exchanges and training.
- [When Push Comes to Shove: Old Fadama, Accra](https://sdinet.org/video/when-push-comes-to-shove-old-fadama-accra/) - Members of the Ghana Federation of the Urban Poor, supported by People's Dialogue Ghana, unite around savings and enumerations to engage local government and stave off evictions in Old Fadama - Accra's largest slum.
- [Making a Home in the City | Tanzania](https://sdinet.org/video/making-a-home-in-the-city-tanzania/) - Facing threat of eviction, members of the SDI alliance in Tanzania saved money collectively and negotiated with government for land.
- [The Backyarders of Manenberg](https://sdinet.org/video/the-backyarders-of-manenberg/) - After a community-wide enumeration, backyard shack dwellers in Manenberg, Cape Town unite to form savings groups and mobilise for improved living conditions.
- [Profiling Informal Settlements in Namibia](https://sdinet.org/video/profiling-informal-settlements-in-namibia/) - The Community Land Information Programme (CLIP) mobilises community around data collection and analysis, providing leverage in negotiating with government to improve living conditions.
- [Struggle for the Inclusive City](https://sdinet.org/video/struggle-for-the-inclusive-city/) - How can organised communities make meaningful contributions to the struggle for inclusive cities? Slum Dwellers International highlights key practices for slum dwellers to engage in this process.
- [Responding to Evictions in Kibera, Nairobi](https://sdinet.org/video/responding-to-evictions-in-kibera-nairobi/) - When thousands of people are displaced in Kibera, Nairobi, the local SDI affiliate draws on lessons from the Indian SDI Alliance in developing a response in partnership with government.
- [Climate Justice & the Urban Poor](https://sdinet.org/video/climate-justice-the-urban-poor/) - "Because people living in slums are at risk, they are at the cutting edge of disaster mitigation."
- [Making Cities Inclusive](https://sdinet.org/video/making-cities-inclusive/) - Slum Dwellers International serves as a platform where governments and slum dwellers engage as partners in urban development. Together, they can co-produce cities that include the poor.
- [Slum Enumeration & Comm'ty Development](https://sdinet.org/video/slum-enumeration-commty-development/) - Celine d'Cruz gives the keynote address at the 175th Anniversary of the Dutch Kadaster, 2007.

## Affiliates

- [India](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/india/) - The National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF) and its sister organisation, Mahila Milan, are the oldest members of the network and have scaled up their activities in numerous cities across India. The Indian Federation is supported by the NGO SPARC. Summary Active Cities: 14 Savings Groups: 400 Cities 1.Odisha 2.Bangalore 3.Mumbai 4.Pune
- [Philippines](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/philippines/) - Originating in the dumpsites of Payatas, the Filipino Federation now has chapters in 25 cities throughout the country. Always prioritising the most vulnerable communities, the Federation uses savings to mobilise victims of disasters, ecological crisis, and evictions. By collecting information about city development plans and drawing local authorities into dialogue, land for the urban poor
- [Togo](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/togo/) - In 2012, SDI and Y Care International began conversations about expanding the joint work started in Sierra Leone to other West African countries. Under a grant from Comic Relief, the multi-country slums project in Sierra Leone, Togo, and Liberia started. The Ghana alliance has been crucial in supporting the emerging Federation in Togo, known as
- [Sierra Leone](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/sierra-leone/) - After 3 years of mobilising savings groups and building links with the Government under the YMCA Sierra Leone Slum Project, The Sierra Leone Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor (FEDURP) was officially launched in 2011. The Federation is present in 5 cities, including the capital Freetown. Over time, the Federation has built strong relationships
- [Tanzania](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/tanzania/) - Currently operating in 8 cities across Tanzania, the Homeless People’s Federation of Tanzania is becoming a city- and country-wide movement. Using savings as a core strategy, the Federation has initiated enumeration exercises, exchange programmes, upgrading projects, and has begun to broker deals with local governments. The Federation is supported by local NGO Centre for Community
- [Uganda](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/uganda/) - Savings collectives in Uganda were first established in late 2002 when the Indian, South African and Kenyan federations began to work with the Ugandan government to design and implement citywide slum-upgrading programmes. After nearly 15 years, the National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda is operating in 20 different cities and towns across Uganda. The federation
- [Kenya](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/kenya/) - Muungano wa Wanavijiji is the national movement of the urban and rural poor organised in savings groups that make up the Kenyan federation practicing daily savings, data collection and fostering partnerships with local governments, community-led housing development, land tenure advocacy and informal settlement upgrading. The movement was formed in 1996. The Kenya Alliance pioneers a
- [Malawi](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/malawi/) - Founded in 2003 through support from the Zimbabwean affiliate, the Homeless People’s Federation of Malawi has seen exponential growth in savings and credit practices, leading to the initiation of people-driven housing processes in Blantyre, Mzuzu and Lilongwe. As detailed by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), The National Minister of Public Works has vowed to help
- [Zimbabwe](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/zimbabwe/) - Despite the uncertain political environment, the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation has made significant strides with savings groups in 71 cities and towns. Although the economic free-fall makes house construction very difficult, there have been extensive negotiations with the government. Land agreements have been reached in several locations and houses have been constructed in three cities.
- [Zambia](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/zambia/) - With support from the Zimbabwean federation, the Zambian Homeless People’s Federation was first started in the resort town of Livingstone. Currently, the Zambian Federation is active in 44 cities and towns across the country. With the support of the NGO People’s Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia (PPHPZ), the federation has created collaborative partnerships
- [Botswana](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/botswana/) - The Botswana federation emerged with the support of the Zimbabwe federation. Activities include loans for small income-generating projects (e.g. agriculture, crafts) as well as savings towards procuring land, services and housing. In September 2015, Zimbabwe federation members visited Botswana to provide training on profiling and enumeration to its federation. The Botswana federation known as the Botswana Homeless
- [eSwatini](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/eswatini/) - The eSwatini Federation (Swaziland Low Income People’s Organization, SLIPO) is active in three cities across the country. The federation has built relationships with multiple municipal authorities, resulting in the allocation of land by the Mbabane Municipal Council to the federation for the construction of an office. The federation is currently working on expanding its membership
- [South Africa](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/south-africa/) - The Federation of the Urban Poor (FEDUP) has savings groups throughout 8 of South Africa's provinces. Partnering with the Informal Settlement Network (ISN), FEDUP has a history of Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), or partnership agreements with municipalities across South Africa, which included: Ethekwini, Ekhureleni, Stellenbosch, Johannesburg and Cape Town Metros. Development finance and social support
- [Namibia](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/namibia/) - The Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) is a network of urban and rural saving groups throughout the country. Community savings have been used to secure land, and to leverage additional government contributions, enabling the groups to build around 4,000 houses. A local NGO, Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG), supports the Federation. Summary Active Cities:
- [Senegal](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/senegal/) - SDI began exploring relationships with the Fédération Sénégalaise des Habitants (FSH) in 2014 at the World Urban Forum in Medellin through an introduction by urbaMonde. In 2010 FSH began setting up collective women’s savings schemes with the aim to enable people to sustainably rebuild their homes affected by flooding in Dakar. FSH has conducted some
- [Liberia](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/liberia/) - SDI started exploring links in Liberia in 2008 after contact at an international conference. In 2012, SDI and YCare International began conversations about expanding the joint work started in Sierra Leone to other West African countries. Under a grant from Comic Relief, the multi-country slums project in Sierra Leone, Togo, and Liberia started. YMCA Liberia
- [Ghana](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/ghana/) - Originating from a point of crisis in the settlement of Old Fadama, the Ghana Federation of the Urban Poor (GHAFUP) was mobilised to negotiate solutions for 30,000 residents under threat of eviction. Working to find permanent solutions to urban poverty through the improvement of human settlements and shelter conditions, the Ghana Federation promotes partnerships between poor
- [Benin](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/benin/)
- [Nigeria](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/nigeria/) - SDI has been exploring links in Nigeria since the mid 2000s. In 2013, the Kenya Alliance traveled to Nigeria to support the enumeration and mapping of 2 communities, Badia East in Lagos and Mpape in Abuja, that have been under the threat of eviction. Since this time, the communities in Lagos and Abuja have continued
- [Burkina Faso](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/burkina-faso/) - As the first Francophone West African country, the work in Burkia Faso will open opportunities in other Francophone African countries. Through a joint program with the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG-A) called the Know Your City Project, SDI is working closely with our contacts in Ouagadougou to begin establishing the SDI rituals
- [Brazil](https://sdinet.org/affiliate/brazil/) - The first savings schemes were initiated in 2004 by a South African exchange team in Sao Paulo and have since spread to many other parts of the country. Working towards relocation and upgrading projects in Osasco and Vairzea Paulista, the Brazil Federation is developing relationships with government and private sector institutions to secure finance, source

## Categories

- [Partnerships](https://sdinet.org/category/partnerships/)
- [South Africa](https://sdinet.org/category/south-africa/)
- [Sustainable Livelihoods](https://sdinet.org/category/sustainable-livelihoods/)
- [Uganda](https://sdinet.org/category/uganda/)
- [Women in the Lead](https://sdinet.org/category/women/)
- [Exchanges and Learning](https://sdinet.org/category/exchanges-and-learning/)
- [Data and Innovation](https://sdinet.org/category/data-innovation/)
- [Zimbabwe](https://sdinet.org/category/zimbabwe/)
- [Zambia](https://sdinet.org/category/zambia/)
- [Bolivia](https://sdinet.org/category/bolivia/)
- [Kenya](https://sdinet.org/category/kenya/)
- [Ghana](https://sdinet.org/category/ghana/)
- [News and Events](https://sdinet.org/category/news-and-events/)
- [India](https://sdinet.org/category/india/)
- [Namibia](https://sdinet.org/category/namibia/)
- [Brazil](https://sdinet.org/category/brazil/)
- [Haiti](https://sdinet.org/category/haiti/)
- [Slum Upgrading](https://sdinet.org/category/slum-upgrading/)
- [Tanzania](https://sdinet.org/category/tanzania/)
- [Philippines](https://sdinet.org/category/philippines/)
- [Sierra Leone](https://sdinet.org/category/sierra-leone/)
- [Malawi](https://sdinet.org/category/malawi/)
- [Nigeria](https://sdinet.org/category/nigeria/)
- [Burkina Faso](https://sdinet.org/category/burkina-faso/)
- [Security of Tenure](https://sdinet.org/category/tenure-security/)
- [Healthy Communities](https://sdinet.org/category/healthy-communities/)
- [Youth at the Centre](https://sdinet.org/category/youth/)
- [SDI Focus Stories](https://sdinet.org/category/sdi-focus-stories/)
- [Botswana](https://sdinet.org/category/botswana/)
- [Featured Stories](https://sdinet.org/category/featured-stories/)
- [Liberia](https://sdinet.org/category/liberia/)
- [Housing](https://sdinet.org/category/housing/)
- [Countries](https://sdinet.org/category/countries/)
- [Colombia](https://sdinet.org/category/colombia/)
- [Swaziland](https://sdinet.org/category/swaziland/)
- [Global Agenda](https://sdinet.org/category/global-agenda/)
- [Energy Justice](https://sdinet.org/category/energy-justice/)
- [Covid-19](https://sdinet.org/category/covid-19/)
- [Resilience in Action](https://sdinet.org/category/resilience-in-action/)
- [Profiling Enumeration and Mapping](https://sdinet.org/category/profliling-and-mapping/)
- [Sanitation](https://sdinet.org/category/sanitation/)
- [Benin](https://sdinet.org/category/benin/)

## Tags

- [Nobel Peace Prize](https://sdinet.org/tag/nobel-peace-prize/)
- [Jockin Arputham](https://sdinet.org/tag/jockin-arputham/)
- [SPARC](https://sdinet.org/tag/sparc/)
- [NSDF](https://sdinet.org/tag/nsdf/)
- [Mahila Milan](https://sdinet.org/tag/mahila-milan/)
- [Swaziland](https://sdinet.org/tag/swaziland/)
- [Financing Slum Upgrading](https://sdinet.org/tag/financing-slum-upgrading/)
- [Pune](https://sdinet.org/tag/pune/)
- [Age of Zinc](https://sdinet.org/tag/age-of-zinc/)
- [Slum](https://sdinet.org/tag/slum/)
- [Women](https://sdinet.org/tag/women/)
- [Hub Meeting](https://sdinet.org/tag/hub-meeting/)
- [East Africa](https://sdinet.org/tag/east-africa/)
- [AAPS](https://sdinet.org/tag/aaps/)
- [Urban planning](https://sdinet.org/tag/urban-planning/)
- [Studio](https://sdinet.org/tag/studio/)
- [Mapping](https://sdinet.org/tag/mapping/)
- [Conference](https://sdinet.org/tag/conference/)
- [Regularization](https://sdinet.org/tag/regularization/)
- [Law](https://sdinet.org/tag/law/)
- [MOU](https://sdinet.org/tag/mou/)
- [Mumbai](https://sdinet.org/tag/mumbai/)
- [Affordable Housing Institute](https://sdinet.org/tag/affordable-housing-institute/)
- [David Smith](https://sdinet.org/tag/david-smith/)
- [Durban](https://sdinet.org/tag/durban/)
- [FEDUP](https://sdinet.org/tag/fedup/)
- [SHARE](https://sdinet.org/tag/share/)
- [Sanitation](https://sdinet.org/tag/sanitation/)
- [Data](https://sdinet.org/tag/data/)
- [Profiling](https://sdinet.org/tag/profiling/)
- [West Africa](https://sdinet.org/tag/west-africa/)
- [Tenements](https://sdinet.org/tag/tenements/)
- [Slums](https://sdinet.org/tag/slums/)
- [Climate Change](https://sdinet.org/tag/climate-change/)
- [Resilience](https://sdinet.org/tag/resilience/)
- [Havelock](https://sdinet.org/tag/havelock/)
- [NIMBY](https://sdinet.org/tag/nimby/)
- [CORC](https://sdinet.org/tag/corc/)
- [Homeless](https://sdinet.org/tag/homeless/)
- [HPFP](https://sdinet.org/tag/hpfp/)
- [PACSII](https://sdinet.org/tag/pacsii/)
- [Development](https://sdinet.org/tag/development/)
- [Finance](https://sdinet.org/tag/finance/)
- [Government](https://sdinet.org/tag/government/)
- [Stellenbosch](https://sdinet.org/tag/stellenbosch/)
- [Langrug](https://sdinet.org/tag/langrug/)
- [SA SDI Alliance](https://sdinet.org/tag/sa-sdi-alliance/)
- [ISN](https://sdinet.org/tag/isn/)
- [Madiba](https://sdinet.org/tag/madiba/)
- [Mandela](https://sdinet.org/tag/mandela/)
- [Housing](https://sdinet.org/tag/housing/)
- [Gauteng](https://sdinet.org/tag/gauteng/)
- [WASH](https://sdinet.org/tag/wash/)
- [Water](https://sdinet.org/tag/water/)
- [Soweto](https://sdinet.org/tag/soweto/)
- [Pretoria Picture Company](https://sdinet.org/tag/pretoria-picture-company/)
- [Waterbone](https://sdinet.org/tag/waterbone/)
- [World Urban Forum](https://sdinet.org/tag/world-urban-forum/)
- [Slum Upgrading](https://sdinet.org/tag/slum-upgrading/)
- [Epworth](https://sdinet.org/tag/epworth/)
- [University of Zimbabwe](https://sdinet.org/tag/university-of-zimbabwe/)
- [Alternatives to Evictions](https://sdinet.org/tag/alternatives-to-evictions/)
- [UN Habitat](https://sdinet.org/tag/un-habitat/)
- [MuST Kenya](https://sdinet.org/tag/must-kenya/)
- [Benson Osumba](https://sdinet.org/tag/benson-osumba/)
- [Muungano wa Wanavijiji](https://sdinet.org/tag/muungano-wa-wanavijiji/)
- [GLTN](https://sdinet.org/tag/gltn/)
- [Youth](https://sdinet.org/tag/youth/)
- [municipalities](https://sdinet.org/tag/municipalities/)
- [Partnerships](https://sdinet.org/tag/partnerships/)
- [Johannesburg](https://sdinet.org/tag/johannesburg/)
- [Marlboro](https://sdinet.org/tag/marlboro/)
- [Constitutional Court](https://sdinet.org/tag/constitutional-court/)
- [Egypt](https://sdinet.org/tag/egypt/)
- [Cairo](https://sdinet.org/tag/cairo/)
- [Zabaleen](https://sdinet.org/tag/zabaleen/)
- [Recycling](https://sdinet.org/tag/recycling/)
- [Garbage collection](https://sdinet.org/tag/garbage-collection/)
- [Photo essay](https://sdinet.org/tag/photo-essay/)
- [Exclusion](https://sdinet.org/tag/exclusion/)
- [Urban Poverty](https://sdinet.org/tag/urban-poverty/)
- [Multimedia](https://sdinet.org/tag/multimedia/)
- [NPR](https://sdinet.org/tag/npr/)
- [Academia](https://sdinet.org/tag/academia/)
- [Makerere](https://sdinet.org/tag/makerere/)
- [Freetown](https://sdinet.org/tag/freetown/)
- [Kroo Bay](https://sdinet.org/tag/kroo-bay/)
- [Marbella's Bay](https://sdinet.org/tag/marbellas-bay/)
- [SDI](https://sdinet.org/tag/sdi/)
- [UCT](https://sdinet.org/tag/uct/)
- [Community planning](https://sdinet.org/tag/community-planning/)
- [NSDFU](https://sdinet.org/tag/nsdfu/)
- [Okwegatta](https://sdinet.org/tag/okwegatta/)
- [Anniversary](https://sdinet.org/tag/anniversary/)
- [ACTogether](https://sdinet.org/tag/actogether/)
- [Dharavi](https://sdinet.org/tag/dharavi/)
- [Savings](https://sdinet.org/tag/savings/)
- [Lusaka](https://sdinet.org/tag/lusaka/)
- [Lagos](https://sdinet.org/tag/lagos/)
- [Evictions](https://sdinet.org/tag/evictions/)
- [MuST](https://sdinet.org/tag/must/)
- [Pakistan](https://sdinet.org/tag/pakistan/)
- [Karachi](https://sdinet.org/tag/karachi/)
- [OPP](https://sdinet.org/tag/opp/)
- [Parween Rehman](https://sdinet.org/tag/parween-rehman/)
- [TSUPU](https://sdinet.org/tag/tsupu/)
- [Local government](https://sdinet.org/tag/local-government/)
- [Upgrading](https://sdinet.org/tag/upgrading/)
- [Income Generation](https://sdinet.org/tag/income-generation/)
- [Energy](https://sdinet.org/tag/energy/)
- [Toilets](https://sdinet.org/tag/toilets/)
- [Dar Es Salaam](https://sdinet.org/tag/dar-es-salaam/)
- [Arif Hasan](https://sdinet.org/tag/arif-hasan/)
- [Orangi Pilot Project](https://sdinet.org/tag/orangi-pilot-project/)
- [UPFI](https://sdinet.org/tag/upfi/)
- [Annual Report](https://sdinet.org/tag/annual-report/)
- [Norway](https://sdinet.org/tag/norway/)
- [Joan Clos](https://sdinet.org/tag/joan-clos/)
- [Forced Evictions](https://sdinet.org/tag/forced-evictions/)
- [Human Rights](https://sdinet.org/tag/human-rights/)
- [Mukuru Sinai](https://sdinet.org/tag/mukuru-sinai/)
- [KPC](https://sdinet.org/tag/kpc/)
- [WUF](https://sdinet.org/tag/wuf/)
- [Demolition](https://sdinet.org/tag/demolition/)
- [Infrastructure](https://sdinet.org/tag/infrastructure/)
- [Pavement Dwellers](https://sdinet.org/tag/pavement-dwellers/)
- [Byculla](https://sdinet.org/tag/byculla/)
- [Inclusion](https://sdinet.org/tag/inclusion/)
- [Sustainability](https://sdinet.org/tag/sustainability/)
- [Africa](https://sdinet.org/tag/africa/)
- [Growth](https://sdinet.org/tag/growth/)
- [Ecosan](https://sdinet.org/tag/ecosan/)
- [Habitat III](https://sdinet.org/tag/habitat-iii/)
- [Urban future](https://sdinet.org/tag/urban-future/)
- [Citywide](https://sdinet.org/tag/citywide/)
- [SDI India SPARC NSDF Mahila Milan](https://sdinet.org/tag/sdi-india-sparc-nsdf-mahila-milan/)
- [Muungano Support Trust](https://sdinet.org/tag/muungano-support-trust/)
- [Finance mechanisms](https://sdinet.org/tag/finance-mechanisms/)
- [Loans](https://sdinet.org/tag/loans/)
- [Winnie Mandela](https://sdinet.org/tag/winnie-mandela/)
- [Community Policing](https://sdinet.org/tag/community-policing/)
- [CCI](https://sdinet.org/tag/cci/)
- [Govan Mbeki](https://sdinet.org/tag/govan-mbeki/)
- [Human Settlements](https://sdinet.org/tag/human-settlements/)
- [Awards](https://sdinet.org/tag/awards/)
- [Santa Fe Institute](https://sdinet.org/tag/santa-fe-institute/)
- [Gates Foundation](https://sdinet.org/tag/gates-foundation/)
- [Sheela Patel](https://sdinet.org/tag/sheela-patel/)
- [Waste Management](https://sdinet.org/tag/waste-management/)
- [Millennium Development Goals](https://sdinet.org/tag/millennium-development-goals/)
- [MDGs](https://sdinet.org/tag/mdgs/)
- [post-MDG](https://sdinet.org/tag/post-mdg/)
- [Mukuru](https://sdinet.org/tag/mukuru/)
- [Interacao](https://sdinet.org/tag/interacao/)
- [City of Cape Town](https://sdinet.org/tag/city-of-cape-town/)
- [Mtshini Wam](https://sdinet.org/tag/mtshini-wam/)
- [Makarere](https://sdinet.org/tag/makarere/)
- [The New School](https://sdinet.org/tag/the-new-school/)
- [incrementalism](https://sdinet.org/tag/incrementalism/)
- [Kosovo](https://sdinet.org/tag/kosovo/)
- [Mathare](https://sdinet.org/tag/mathare/)
- [zonal plan](https://sdinet.org/tag/zonal-plan/)
- [Ougadougou](https://sdinet.org/tag/ougadougou/)
- [railway](https://sdinet.org/tag/railway/)
- [Jinja](https://sdinet.org/tag/jinja/)
- [Employment](https://sdinet.org/tag/employment/)
- [Livelihoods](https://sdinet.org/tag/livelihoods/)
- [Old Fadama](https://sdinet.org/tag/old-fadama/)
- [Accra](https://sdinet.org/tag/accra/)
- [Enumerations](https://sdinet.org/tag/enumerations/)
- [Evaluation](https://sdinet.org/tag/evaluation/)
- [2013](https://sdinet.org/tag/2013/)
- [Strategic Planning](https://sdinet.org/tag/strategic-planning/)
- [Academic partnerships](https://sdinet.org/tag/academic-partnerships/)
- [in situ](https://sdinet.org/tag/in-situ/)
- [Benson Erick Osumba](https://sdinet.org/tag/benson-erick-osumba/)
- [New School](https://sdinet.org/tag/new-school/)
- [Guardian](https://sdinet.org/tag/guardian/)
- [Funding](https://sdinet.org/tag/funding/)
- [NGO sector](https://sdinet.org/tag/ngo-sector/)
- [People's Dialogue Ghana](https://sdinet.org/tag/peoples-dialogue-ghana/)
- [Relocation](https://sdinet.org/tag/relocation/)
- [IMF](https://sdinet.org/tag/imf/)
- [Incremental Housing](https://sdinet.org/tag/incremental-housing/)
- [Jay Naidoo](https://sdinet.org/tag/jay-naidoo/)
- [World Bank](https://sdinet.org/tag/world-bank/)
- [Community Organising](https://sdinet.org/tag/community-organising/)
- [Cities Alliance](https://sdinet.org/tag/cities-alliance/)
- [GIZ](https://sdinet.org/tag/giz/)
- [Waste](https://sdinet.org/tag/waste/)
- [ecosan toilets](https://sdinet.org/tag/ecosan-toilets/)
- [Mats Odell](https://sdinet.org/tag/mats-odell/)
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- [Renewable energy](https://sdinet.org/tag/renewable-energy/)
- [Solar power](https://sdinet.org/tag/solar-power/)
- [KYCTV](https://sdinet.org/tag/kyctv/)
- [SDI Stockholm Sessions](https://sdinet.org/tag/sdi-stockholm-sessions/)
- [SDI Week](https://sdinet.org/tag/sdi-week/)
- [Urban Poverty Fighters](https://sdinet.org/tag/urban-poverty-fighters/)
- [Save Our Waterfronts](https://sdinet.org/tag/save-our-waterfronts/)
- [Innovation](https://sdinet.org/tag/innovation/)
- [Sewerage](https://sdinet.org/tag/sewerage/)
- [Twins on Tour](https://sdinet.org/tag/twins-on-tour/)
- [Mukuru SPA](https://sdinet.org/tag/mukuru-spa/)
- [Alan Wise](https://sdinet.org/tag/alan-wise/)
- [Clean Cooking Revolution](https://sdinet.org/tag/clean-cooking-revolution/)
- [Master Chef](https://sdinet.org/tag/master-chef/)
- [Federation Building](https://sdinet.org/tag/federation-building/)
- [Social Capital](https://sdinet.org/tag/social-capital/)
- [Buy a Brick](https://sdinet.org/tag/buy-a-brick/)
- [Standard Bank](https://sdinet.org/tag/standard-bank/)
- [CSI](https://sdinet.org/tag/csi/)
- [solar panels](https://sdinet.org/tag/solar-panels/)
- [solar home systems](https://sdinet.org/tag/solar-home-systems/)
- [iShack](https://sdinet.org/tag/ishack/)
- [Monorvia](https://sdinet.org/tag/monorvia/)
- [Forum](https://sdinet.org/tag/forum/)
- [Country Program](https://sdinet.org/tag/country-program/)
- [Resilient Cities](https://sdinet.org/tag/resilient-cities/)
- [Free Town](https://sdinet.org/tag/free-town/)
- [Recife](https://sdinet.org/tag/recife/)
- [Bulawayo](https://sdinet.org/tag/bulawayo/)
- [Basket Fund](https://sdinet.org/tag/basket-fund/)
- [Strategic Plan](https://sdinet.org/tag/strategic-plan/)
- [World Urban Forum 9](https://sdinet.org/tag/world-urban-forum-9/)
- [CoHabitat](https://sdinet.org/tag/cohabitat/)
- [Community-Led Habitat Awards](https://sdinet.org/tag/community-led-habitat-awards/)
- [100RC](https://sdinet.org/tag/100rc/)
- [Community-Led Habitat Award](https://sdinet.org/tag/community-led-habitat-award/)
- [ARISE](https://sdinet.org/tag/arise/)
- [cell phone](https://sdinet.org/tag/cell-phone/)
- [cell phone photography](https://sdinet.org/tag/cell-phone-photography/)
- [photo](https://sdinet.org/tag/photo/)
- [photography](https://sdinet.org/tag/photography/)
- [urbamonde](https://sdinet.org/tag/urbamonde/)
- [DPU](https://sdinet.org/tag/dpu/)
- [vusi](https://sdinet.org/tag/vusi/)
- [Vusi Ntsuntsha](https://sdinet.org/tag/vusi-ntsuntsha/)
- [WUF10](https://sdinet.org/tag/wuf10/)
- [CoHabitat Awards](https://sdinet.org/tag/cohabitat-awards/)
- [CoHabitat Network](https://sdinet.org/tag/cohabitat-network/)
- [World Habitat](https://sdinet.org/tag/world-habitat/)
- [COVID-19](https://sdinet.org/tag/covid-19/)
- [Coronavirus](https://sdinet.org/tag/coronavirus/)
- [Federation](https://sdinet.org/tag/federation/)
- [masks](https://sdinet.org/tag/masks/)
- [face masks](https://sdinet.org/tag/face-masks/)
- [tippy taps](https://sdinet.org/tag/tippy-taps/)
- [Ministry of health](https://sdinet.org/tag/ministry-of-health/)
- [Community response](https://sdinet.org/tag/community-response/)
- [Lilongwe](https://sdinet.org/tag/lilongwe/)
- [Mzuzu](https://sdinet.org/tag/mzuzu/)
- [Hygiene](https://sdinet.org/tag/hygiene/)
- [Covid19](https://sdinet.org/tag/covid19/)
- [Grassroots](https://sdinet.org/tag/grassroots/)
- [Sida](https://sdinet.org/tag/sida/)
- [change our picture](https://sdinet.org/tag/change-our-picture/)
- [MOOC](https://sdinet.org/tag/mooc/)
- [Training](https://sdinet.org/tag/training/)
- [Covid](https://sdinet.org/tag/covid/)
- [Climate Change Adaptation](https://sdinet.org/tag/climate-change-adaptation/)
- [CBA14](https://sdinet.org/tag/cba14/)
- [Disaster Risk Reduction](https://sdinet.org/tag/disaster-risk-reduction/)
- [Climate Finance](https://sdinet.org/tag/climate-finance/)
- [SDI Governance](https://sdinet.org/tag/sdi-governance/)
- [Safe & Inclusive Cities](https://sdinet.org/tag/safe-inclusive-cities/)
- [Women's savings](https://sdinet.org/tag/womens-savings/)
- [International development](https://sdinet.org/tag/international-development/)
- [Urban resilience](https://sdinet.org/tag/urban-resilience/)
- [Cash transfers](https://sdinet.org/tag/cash-transfers/)
- [Poverty alleviation](https://sdinet.org/tag/poverty-alleviation/)
- [Board of Directors](https://sdinet.org/tag/board-of-directors/)
- [Secretariat](https://sdinet.org/tag/secretariat/)
- [Business Development](https://sdinet.org/tag/business-development/)
- [WUF11](https://sdinet.org/tag/wuf11/)
- [Cop27](https://sdinet.org/tag/cop27/)
- [CBA17](https://sdinet.org/tag/cba17/)
- [Community-Based Adaptation](https://sdinet.org/tag/community-based-adaptation/)
- [Thailand](https://sdinet.org/tag/thailand/)
- [ICCCAD](https://sdinet.org/tag/icccad/)
- [climate justice](https://sdinet.org/tag/climate-justice/)
- [Security of Tenure](https://sdinet.org/tag/security-of-tenure/)
- [Secure Tenure](https://sdinet.org/tag/secure-tenure/)
- [Urban Farming](https://sdinet.org/tag/urban-farming/)
- [Farming](https://sdinet.org/tag/farming/)
- [Collaboration with Local Government](https://sdinet.org/tag/collaboration-with-local-government/)

## Type

- [Press](https://sdinet.org/publication-category/press/)
- [Academic](https://sdinet.org/publication-category/academic/)
- [General](https://sdinet.org/publication-category/general/)

## Type

- [International Networks](https://sdinet.org/type/international-networks/)
- [Multi-lateral Organizations](https://sdinet.org/type/multi-lateral-organizations/)
- [Academic / Research Institutions](https://sdinet.org/type/academic-institutions/)
- [Funding Partners](https://sdinet.org/type/funding-partners/)

## Countries

- [Namibia](https://sdinet.org/country/namibia/)
- [Philippines](https://sdinet.org/country/philippines/)
- [South Africa](https://sdinet.org/country/south-africa/)

## Category

- [Asia](https://sdinet.org/contact-category/asia/)
- [Western Africa](https://sdinet.org/contact-category/western-africa/)
- [Eastern Africa](https://sdinet.org/contact-category/eastern-africa/)
- [Southern Africa](https://sdinet.org/contact-category/southern-africa/)
- [Latin America](https://sdinet.org/contact-category/latin-america/)
- [Secretariat](https://sdinet.org/contact-category/secretariat/)
- [Regional Hubs](https://sdinet.org/contact-category/regional-hubs/)