Urban poverty projects
Improving the urban environment in Africa
This project aimed to improve the livelihoods of poor women and men through developing sustainable, community-managed models of water, sanitation and waste management.
Read moreIntegrated approaches to improving the urban environment in Asia
The project aims to reduce environmental threats to the health and livelihoods of urban slum dwellers, thus helping to reduce poverty in four towns in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Read morePeoples' Plans Into Practice (PPP): Kisumu and Kitale
Country: Kenya Dates: October 2008 - September 2013 Partners: Shelter Forum, KUAP Funder: Comic Relief Locations: Kisumu (Manyatta and Nyalenda), Kitale: Tuwani, Grasslands, Sokoni The city of Kisumu on the banks of Lake Victoria is Kenya’s third largest, with a populat...
Read morePromoting Examples of Participatory Local Empowerment in Urban Planning (PEOPLE UP)
A Practical Action project in Mutare and Epworth that seeks to improve the living conditions of poor and marginalised urban and peri-urban residents by accessing and sustaining basic municipal and infrastructure services.
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