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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.