CiNii Books - Building bridges with the grassroots : scaling-up through knowledge sharing

About one billion people now live in the slums of the towns and cities of the developing world. And their number is set to double by 2030, unless concerted efforts are made to the contrary. Slums provide an unhealthy and dangerous living environment, and improving the living conditions of slum dwellers is therefore an important international goal. Unfortunately, the official target for doing so falls far short of the numbers affected. Already, the slum residents themselves are the major actors in upgrading their living environment, and there are many good examples of decentralized upgrading. In order to improve the lives of much larger numbers, these examples need to be scaled up. This book examines how this can be done successfully, by investigating a number of case studies and the lessons to be derived from those. It takes as a starting point that the social networks of the urban poor are an important source of information as well as means of communication. But they cannot provide answers to every problem, and one of the key questions is therefore how these networks can be stimulated to link up with other networks or external information sources.

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Preface and Acknowledgements Foreword Building Bridges
Changing Lives Surviving Disasters: investing in capacities of women and poor communities to build resilience The Women's Information and Communications Technology Project (WICT), Nairobi, Kenya Women, the True Champions of Urban Shelter Delivery in Southern Africa: the case of the Zimbabwe Women in Construction Association Building on Poor Communities' Strengths: NAHECO Credit and Savings Schemes in Nakuru, Kenya Dissemination of Household Smoke Reduction In Sudan and the Critical Role of the Women's Development Associations in the Process Mothers Organizing Practical and Social Support in their Communities: The Work of the Mother Centers International Network for Empowerment (MINE) The Grassroots Women's International Academy GWIA - A grassroots methodology for knowledge building and knowledge transfer A Roof Overhead: Disseminating a new technology throughout Latin America The Programme to Improve Living Conditions in the Neighbourhoods of Yaounde 6, Cameroun: An example of changing the scale of a participative process International exchanges between slum communities: the SDI experience in Kenya Opportunities not Wasted: Promoting Livelihoods and Improved Environmental Health through Community-focused Solid Waste Management, the Programme for Sanitation and Protection of the Environment (PrAPE) in Benin Strengthening Grassroots Processes through Partnerships: Evaluating the Lessons and Identifying the Barriers and Gaps Making the Vision a Reality: What still needs to be done through information sharing and institutional change

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