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Social and Urban Integration in Barrio Mugica (former Villa 31)
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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Social and Urban Integration in Barrio Mugica (...

Integrating a large informal settlement to the City’s urban, social and economic fabric.

Kolorob: Lighting up the City
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kolorob: Lighting up the City

Kolorob is an online mobile platform that delivers access to information about local services. Currently focussed based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, it connects people living in informal settlements with essential service providers: schools, clinics, businesses, and government departments.

 Slum Electrification Program
Ahmedabad, India

Slum Electrification Program

A programme to connect 200,000 poor households to the public electricity grid.

Community Resilience through Women in Leadership Roles
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Community Resilience through Women in Leadershi...

A programme to provide women living in slums  leadership skills andrrisk reduction training.

Lusaka 2030 - a city without slums
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Lusaka, Zambia

Lusaka 2030 - a city without slums

Building a sustainable working relationship between local government and slum dwellers to create an inclusive city.

Improvement without Barriers
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Medellín, Colombia

Improvement without Barriers

Increasing access and mobility for people with disabilities

Strengthening the Women of El Alto (Bolivia) through Cultivation of Agricultural  Products
El Alto, Bolivia

Strengthening the Women of El Alto (Bolivia) th...

The project for self-sustaining agriculture focuses on local families and especially on the women who have organized themselves in almost 600 community organizations in order to take care of daily issues in residential areas.

eThekwini Communal Ablution Blocks for Informal Settlements
Durban, South Africa

eThekwini Communal Ablution Blocks for Informal...

In 2004, the municipality initiated the community ablution blocks (CABs) programme to provide communal water and sanitation facilities to un-served informal settlements in the urban and peri-urban areas of eThekwini.

Participatory Development Programme in Urban Areas (PDP)
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Cairo, Egypt

Participatory Development Programme in Urban Ar...

This project advises concepts and methods of participatory community development and grass roots based waste management in informal urban areas.