Syv år efter at Zimbabwes regering forsøgte at slippe af med slumbebyggelse, hjælper indbyggerne nu istedet med til at udvikle en måde hvorpå levestandarden kan forhøjes.
RIO DE JANEIRO, 19. juni, 2012 (IRIN): Kampagnen dengang blev kaldt “Operation Murambatsvina” eller oversat “At slippe af med skidt”.
“The government is broke, so they have no choice but to listen to us,” said Patience Mudimu, of the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation.
More than luck has changed the fortunes of the slum dwellers not only in Zimbabwe but also in many other developing countries, where informal settlements do not often feature in the government’s growth plans.
The Federation and other members of Shack Dwellers International, a network of urban poor associations in 33 countries, have come up with a winning formula of using micro-finance or savings schemes to develop their own plans to upgrade or purchase land for housing projects, which they then present to their local authorities.
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