
Housing poverty in Colombia
- 730 people served in FY18
- 401 volunteers hosted in FY18
- Projects: holistic programmes, education, reconstruction in slum areas
This is fulfilled through holistic programmes for neighbourhood improvement and home improvement in slums and other poor settlements.
In recent years, the economic growth of Colombia has placed the country among the world’s “emerging economies,” but nearly 34% of the population still live in poor conditions (DANE, 2005).
Colombia is also the world’s seventh most inequitable country (Banco Mundial, 2012).
Colombia has been experiencing violent internal conflicts for more than 50 years. Since 1985, 5.9 million Colombians have been violently displaced as a result of this conflict (CODHES, 2014).
In search of safety and a better future, the displaced population migrates to urban areas, and informal settlements proliferate on the cities’ peripheries.
As a result, 3.8 million households, nearly 30% of all families in Colombia, do not have adequate homes (according to Ministry of Housing estimates from 2013), and 662,146 families are homeless, or 5% of the popularion.
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