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Is there room for livelihoods in inform al settlem ents?
SA SDI Alliance Presentation SANPAD Workshop Durban, 26 September 2012
“Developm ent with us, not for us!”
SLIDE 2 SA SDI Alliance - Com m unity Networks
Inform al Settlem ent Network (ISN)
Bottom-up agglomeration of more than 600
settlements across the country
Mobilises communities around issue-based
upgrading agenda and develops capacity
Active in five major metropolitan areas as well as
a number of smaller municipalities
Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor
(FEDUP)
National network of 800+ woman-led savings
schemes
Built more than 15,000 houses since 1991 Collective action towards policy change, eg “People’s Housing Process”
SLIDE 3 SA SDI Alliance - Support NGOs
Com m unity Organisation Resource
Centre (CORC)
Provides a platform for information exchange and
technical support to ISN and FEDUP
Supports ISN and FEDUP in influencing resource
allocation towards more pro-poor and inclusive cities
uTshani Fund
A formal bridging finance institution providing
loans and grants towards community-initiatives
Pre-financing of EPHP projects but also runs CUFF
which funds in-situ upgrading projects in informal settlements
SLIDE 4 FEDUP and ISN in eThekwini
FEDUP:
Building communities through women-centred savings groups Constructing precedent -setting houses (Govan Mbeki KZN
award for Namibia Stop 8 EPHP project)
Participating in Provincial Joint Working Group meetings
ISN:
Profiling informal settlements across the Municipality Mobilising settlements through com m unity-im plem ented
enum erations and com m unity savings for development
Implementing com m unity-led upgrading projects ranging
from water drainage , through community facilities such as creches, to ‘reblocking’ of settlements
Engaging with local government eg Water and Sanitation,
Housing Support Unit, Fire and Disaster Management
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Mobilisation - Enum eration
Settlement Mapping Calculating Area of Structures Verifying Details Recorded
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Mobilisation – Project design
TO-SCALE MODEL OF SLOPE AND SETTLEMENT LAYOUT, HAVELOCK, ETHEKWINI
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Engaging with Governm ent
MEETING WITH WATER AND SANITATION DEPARTMENT, ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY
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Project Im plem entation - Reblocking
UU
kwaMam Suthu - eThekwini Um shini wam i - Cape Town
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Room for Livelihoods?
Sm ithfield - eThekwini Zanem pilo Creche, eZakheleni, eMlazi
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Room for Livelihoods?
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Room for Livelihoods?
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Thank you - Siyabonga - Dhanyabad - Nengri
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Projects – Com m unity Facilities
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Projects - C0 m m unity Facilities
ZANEMPILO CRECHE EZAKHELENI, UMLAZI
