Life In Kibera Located in southwest Nairobi, Kibera is one of the world’s largest informal settlements. Most of Kibera’s roughly 250,000 residents live in densely packed homes constructed from mud and sheet metal. The majority of houses are built on unstable ground and lack adequate access to clean water and sanitation services. Many families do not… Read more »
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Urbanisation and Slums Blogs
Upgrading Slums in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is currently undergoing an escalation of urbanisation. This has created a city where people from very different socio-economic backgrounds live in close proximity. However, with 80% of the population still in slums, conflicts between groups have intensified. Due to a deep cultural history, many families refuse to move away from the… Read more »
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Fighting Evictions in Recife, Brazil: Favelas, Bankruptcy & Luxury
Today when you arrive in Recife, what you can’t always see are the many forgotten communities and thousands of displaced families who have suffered to make those views so ‘spectacular’.
Read moreVolunteers in Brazil Join Efforts to Rebuild Favelas
The hard work begins in Brazil Last October, a group of international volunteers arrived in Recife, the sprawling capital of the North-East Region of Pernambuco, Brazil, to spend the next week renovating homes for 5 families in the Alto Santa Terezinha community. This favela was chosen by Habitat for Humanity because there are many families living… Read more »
Read moreGender Discrimination: Women’s Rights & Lives in Slums
Women’s Lives in Slums Urbanisation spells both hope and despair, with regard to gender, to the lower class, unskilled Indian woman. For many women, migration to the mega-cities seems like the best way to earn some more money to save. Also, to create a less busy life and to provide their families with a more… Read more »
Read moreUrbanisation and the Rise of Slum Housing
Effects of Urbanisation “Human settlements are linked so closely to existence itself… represent such a concrete and widespread reality, are so complex and demanding. So laden with questions of rights and desires, with needs and aspirations. So racked with injustices and deficiencies, that the subject cannot be approached with the leisurely detachment of the solitary… Read more »
Read moreSocial Housing in Romania
Following the fall of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe, states once socialist underwent widespread privatisation, and homes were handed from the state to the people. In Romania, property was bought well below the market price. The number of homes in private ownership jumped from 67% in 1990, to 98% today. This may sound all… Read more »
Read moreToilet Shortage in the Slums of Addis Ababa
For us, sharing a toilet with hundreds of people is a far cry from reality. But in Addis Ababa, where more than 80% of the city’s 2.74 million residents live in slum areas, this is normality. In these areas, large communities share make-shift kitchens and toilets, which are extremely unhygienic and dangerous to be around.… Read more »
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