Podcasts about informal settlements

Paraffin, gas, and candles can cause deadly blazes if misused. Zain Johnson speaks to Jermaine Carelse from The City of Cape Town’s Fire Services about how to stay safe this winter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Maytham speaks with Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, about the recent unrest in Dunoon’s Ezihagwini informal settlement. The conversation explores how law enforcement balances public safety, crowd control, and constitutional rights during volatile protests. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GroundUp continues its focus on the effect of microplastics on the human body with evidence that they are being found in our major organs including the brain; PRASA’s new “blue” trains can accommodate passengers in wheelchairs, but the stations not so much; commercial abalone permit holders concerned that their share of quota will be allocated to small-scale fishing sector. Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October of GroundUp News. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and accessible. The team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View feature at 7:45am daily. Listen out for #LesterInYourLounge which is an outside broadcast – from the home of a listener in a different part of Cape Town - on the first Wednesday of every month. This show introduces you to interesting Capetonians as well as their favourite communities, habits, local personalities and neighbourhood news. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays between 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Good Morning CapeTalk with Lester Kiewit broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/xGkqLbT or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/f9Eeb7i Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Families who have been living on railway grounds are unsure of PRASA’s relocation plans for them; a judicial report on prisons has found Goodwood prison to be overcrowded due to many not being able to afford bail; a fifth-generation flower farming family from Constantia is bringing their rich history to life. Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October of GroundUp News. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and accessible. The team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View feature at 7:45am daily. Listen out for #LesterInYourLounge which is an outside broadcast – from the home of a listener in a different part of Cape Town - on the first Wednesday of every month. This show introduces you to interesting Capetonians as well as their favourite communities, habits, local personalities and neighbourhood news. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit. Listen live – Good Morning CapeTalk with Lester Kiewit is broadcast weekdays between 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) https://www.primediaplus.com/station/capetalk Find all the catch-up podcasts here https://www.primediaplus.com/capetalk/good-morning-cape-town-with-lester-kiewit/audio-podcasts/good-morning-cape-town-with-lester-kiewit/ Subscribe to the CapeTalk daily and weekly newsletters https://www.primediaplus.com/competitions/newsletter-subscription/ Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CapeTalk   CapeTalk on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@capetalk   CapeTalk on Instagram: www.instagram.com/capetalkza  CapeTalk on X: www.x.com/CapeTalk  CapeTalk on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nokukhanya Mntambo speaks to Paul Junior Malinda, an Eco-preneur and Tech Innovator, about building a safer, more sustainable world. As the founder of Ndzilo Fire Solutions, he's using AI to prevent fires in informal settlements and nature reserves, while also advocating for ocean conservation and climate justice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of A is for Architecture, I spoke with Pablo Meninato, Associate Professor of Architecture at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, about Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America (Routledge 2024), co-authored with Gregory Marinic.  Exploring the complexities of informal urbanism, Pablo discusses how self-built settlements shape cities, challenge conventional architectural narratives, and drive social transformation. From favelas to barriadas, we examine resilience, adaptation, and policy implications for equitable urban development. Tune in for insights on architecture, urban design, and Latin America's evolving cityscapes. Pablo is on  can be found on the Temple University website, on X, Instagram and LinkedIn. The book is linked above.

In Nigeria's largest city, a powerful story is unfolding - one that shines a light on the urgent struggle for housing rights and urban resilience. In this episode, we sit down with the creative team behind the new film "The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos," which dramatizes the real-life tragedy of the Otodo Gbame informal settlement.Between November 2016 and April 2017, over 30,000 residents of this waterfront community were violently evicted, with nine drowning and two shot in the process. Our guests - lead actor Temi Ami-Williams, director/producer Bisola Akinmuyiwa, and director Temi Ogungbamila - have worked tirelessly with community members to craft a cinematic experience that demands our attention.But this is more than a movie - it's a work of resistance, part of a broader campaign led by Slum Dwellers International. For decades, they've stood alongside organized communities to challenge forced evictions and build inclusive cities.You can also support the launch of the film, or request a screening.Learn more about the film, and the work of Slum Dwellers International.Support the show

Join us as we welcome Dr. Maria Rusca, a senior lecturer in global development at the University of Manchester, who brings her extensive research on urban inequalities and environmental governance to our discussion. Maria will illuminate the pressing issues of gendered access to water and sanitation services in sub-Saharan African cities, with a poignant case study of Cape Town's severe drought from 2015 to 2018. Understand how socioeconomic disparities shape the vulnerabilities and resilience of different communities during extreme climate events, and why equitable urban planning is essential for future sustainability. Our conversation then shifts to the intricate challenges of water management, both in Cape Town and globally, including the United States. We uncover how merely increasing water supply is insufficient without addressing the underlying socioeconomic inequalities that impact water consumption and access. Maria's insights urge us to reconsider societal priorities and the role of sustainable consumption and climate justice in effective climate adaptation strategies. This episode critiques the limitations of technocratic fixes and advocates for more holistic, structural changes. Finally, we spotlight the remarkable advocacy efforts of Shack Dwellers International (SDI) in improving water and sanitation services in informal settlements. Discover how SDI's innovative use of saving groups and data collection campaigns bring affordable, high-quality services to low-income residents, who often pay more for inferior water services. The episode also extends the discussion to developed nations, examining the broader implications of climate change and the need for resilience and equity in our responses. Maria shares inspiring examples of human adaptability, encouraging listeners to remain hopeful and proactive in confronting the challenges ahead. For sources and to read more about this subject, visit: www.agroecologies.org To support this podcast, join our patreon for early episode access at https://www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac For PPA Writing Content, visit: www.agroecologies.org For PPA Restoration Content, visit: www.restorationagroecology.com For PPA Merch, visit: www.poorproles.com For PPA Native Plants, visit: www.nativenurseries.org To hear Tomorrow, Today, our sister podcast, visit: www.tomorrowtodaypodcast.org/ Key words: Urban Inequalities, Environmental Governance, Gendered Access, Water and Sanitation Services, Sub-Saharan African Cities, Cape Town, Drought, Socioeconomic Disparities, Climate Events, Urban Planning, Water Management, United States, Sustainable Consumption, Climate Justice, Technocratic Fixes, Structural Changes, Shack Dwellers International, Informal Settlements, Saving Groups, Data Collection, Climate Change, Resilience, Equitable Advocacy, Oppressive Measures, Hurricane Harvey, Marginalized Communities, Water Shortages, Inaccessibility, Human Resilience, Adaptability, Hope, Atlantic Current

Today, informal settlements are home to over a billion people (nearly 1/7 of the world population); and that number is projected to triple by 2050. These growing settlements are the result of rapid urbanization and present us with both lessons as well as serious challenges for the future of our planet. In this next episode of ON CITIES, host Carie Penabad speaks with Dr. Janice Perlman, a global expert on urbanization and the informal sector. With over fifty years of experience researching the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and working within informal settlements in megacities throughout the world, Perlman sheds light on the realities of daily life for informal settlers and how we can address the pressing challenges of rapid urbanization to create a more equitable and sustainable future for all. Tune in Friday, June 16, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST, 8:00 PST on the Voice America Variety Channel https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/4119/on-cities; and find all previous episodes on Spotify, Apple iTunes or your favorite podcast platform.

In a panel discussion about flood risks and informal settlement challenges and solutions, Moegsien Hendricks, the Executive Director of The Development Action Group, and Cllr Carl Pophaim, the MMC for Human Settlements for the City of Cape Town, join Lester Kiewit to address the pressing issue of informal settlements developing in flood-prone areas.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, informal settlements are home to over a billion people (nearly 1/7 of the world population); and that number is projected to triple by 2050. These growing settlements are the result of rapid urbanization and present us with both lessons as well as serious challenges for the future of our planet. In this next episode of ON CITIES, host Carie Penabad speaks with Dr. Janice Perlman, a global expert on urbanization and the informal sector. With over fifty years of experience researching the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and working within informal settlements in megacities throughout the world, Perlman sheds light on the realities of daily life for informal settlers and how we can address the pressing challenges of rapid urbanization to create a more equitable and sustainable future for all. Tune in Friday, June 16, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST, 8:00 PST on the Voice America Variety Channel https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/4119/on-cities; and find all previous episodes on Spotify, Apple iTunes or your favorite podcast platform.

Today, informal settlements are home to over a billion people (nearly 1/7 of the world population); and that number is projected to triple by 2050. These growing settlements are the result of rapid urbanization and present us with both lessons as well as serious challenges for the future of our planet. In this next episode of ON CITIES, host Carie Penabad speaks with Dr. Janice Perlman, a global expert on urbanization and the informal sector. With over fifty years of experience researching the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and working within informal settlements in megacities throughout the world, Perlman sheds light on the realities of daily life for informal settlers and how we can address the pressing challenges of rapid urbanization to create a more equitable and sustainable future for all. Tune in Friday, June 16, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST, 8:00 PST on the Voice America Variety Channel https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/4119/on-cities; and find all previous episodes on Spotify, Apple iTunes or your favorite podcast platform.

Around the world, roughly one billion people live in informal settlements – residential areas that fall outside the jurisdiction of governments. These communities live without traditional centralised sanitation and water systems. As a result, the settlements are vulnerable to extreme weather events like floods, which cause wastewater to spread through homes and lead to serious health issues.  As climate change and nearby development increase the frequency and severity of floods in these settlements, organisations like RISE (Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments) are trying to help. In this episode, Alisha speaks to Professor Karin Leder, head of research at RISE, about projects in Indonesia and Fiji that are collaborating with local communities to combine scientific study with infrastructure-building. They hear from Losalini Malumu and Ibu Ina Rahlina, RISE staff members and residents of informal settlements, who through their experiences demonstrate the critical role of collaborating with those most affected by these challenges.  When Science Finds a Way is brought to you by Wellcome, an independent global foundation that supports science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone. For more information visit www.wellcome.org/news-and-reports/podcast.

Today, informal settlements are home to over a billion people (nearly 1/7 of the world population); and that number is projected to triple by 2050. These growing settlements are the result of rapid urbanization and present us with both lessons as well as serious challenges for the future of our planet. In this next episode of ON CITIES, host Carie Penabad speaks with Dr. Janice Perlman, a global expert on urbanization and the informal sector. With over fifty years of experience researching the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and working within informal settlements in megacities throughout the world, Perlman sheds light on the realities of daily life for informal settlers and how we can address the pressing challenges of rapid urbanization to create a more equitable and sustainable future for all. Tune in Friday, June 16, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST, 8:00 PST on the Voice America Variety Channel https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/4119/on-cities; and find all previous episodes on Spotify, Apple iTunes or your favorite podcast platform.

Today, informal settlements are home to over a billion people (nearly 1/7 of the world population); and that number is projected to triple by 2050. These growing settlements are the result of rapid urbanization and present us with both lessons as well as serious challenges for the future of our planet. In this next episode of ON CITIES, host Carie Penabad speaks with Dr. Janice Perlman, a global expert on urbanization and the informal sector. With over fifty years of experience researching the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and working within informal settlements in megacities throughout the world, Perlman sheds light on the realities of daily life for informal settlers and how we can address the pressing challenges of rapid urbanization to create a more equitable and sustainable future for all. Tune in Friday, June 16, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST, 8:00 PST on the Voice America Variety Channel https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/4119/on-cities; and find all previous episodes on Spotify, Apple iTunes or your favorite podcast platform.

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Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi will today unveil an anti-crime unit that will be deployed to hostels, townships, and informal settlements in the province. The unit was mentioned in his State of the Province address earlier this year and will be tasked to combat crime in high-risk areas. The surge in the country's crime rate has once again prompted conversations on whether municipalities should have greater policing powers. Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis believes a step in this direction is to devolve more law enforcement powers to local government. He once called for Police Minister Bheki Cele to devolve such functions to the city administration saying this would aid in reducing the crime rate. Elvis Presslin spoke to Eldred De Klerk, Senior Policing specialist at the Centre for Security and Intelligence Praxis...

The November of last year saw a heated contention between the Kathmandu Metropolitan City and the slum-dwellers of Thapathali, as the yellow dozers of the first were confronted with the homemade weapons of the latter. This wasn't the first time the squatter (or Basti) had garnered public concern, but it continues to struggle to reach a resolution as the State finds itself torn between its duties. On the one hand, it's called by the ideals of urban planning for a world-class city; on the other, it's obliged to uphold human rights within its territories.  In this episode, PEI's Khushi and Sabin Ninglekhu look into the informal settlement of Thapathali to understand the rationale, actions, and desired ends of its two key stakeholders: the State and the settlers. They unfold, in detail, the tumultuous past and present of the Basti, covering all grounds, including the recent public discourse over the “fake settler”. They then branch out to other resettlement initiatives in Nepal, rethinking the role of aesthetics in humane urban planning and exploring how to best manage and resettle informal settlements. Sabin holds a Ph.D. in Human Geography from the University of Toronto, Canada, focusing on informal politics and urban poverty. Sabin co-leads a long-term research project titled ‘Heritage as placemaking: The politics of erasure and solidarity in South Asia', where he looks at the tacit and implicit roles of religion and heritage in urban planning agendas. Sabin also voices his findings and thoughts in op-eds for The Record, The Kathmandu Post, Naya Patrika, and Chetlung and occasionally translates popular pieces from Nepali to English. Click here to support us on Patreon!!

Season Two's twenty-second episode features Kim Dovey, Professor and Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, speaking about his very wonderful body of work on informality, informal urbanism, place and placemaking. We discuss his forthcoming Atlas of Informal Settlement: Understanding Self-Organized Urban Design (Bloomsbury 2023, with, Matthijs van Oostrum, Tanzil Shafique, Ishita Chatterjee and Elek Pafka), Mapping Urbanities: Morphologies, Flows, Possibilities (Routledge 2018), and Becoming Places: Urbanism / Architecture / Identity / Power (Routledge 2010), and just one of his marvellous papers, Towards a morphogenesis of informal settlements (2020, Habitat International, with van Oostrum, Shafique, Chatterjee and Pafka). Kim is fantastic, of course, at describing the most common form of urban form and housing type of all: ‘In a formal urban design and planning process, the urban design and planning comes first, and then the architecture follows. In an informal process, in the most informal of informal settlements, the architecture comes first, or tends to come first. So the people just build buildings. And if you like the, the street network is then an emergent phenomenon that comes out of the whatever's whatever spaces are left after the buildings are produced. But then, there's a lot of processes, which are much more mixed on that as well.' For more like that, listen and learn. You can get Mapping Urbanities andBecoming Places from the Routledge website here and here, and bookmark this link to the Bloomsbury website for August, when the Atlasdrops. Kim's can be found on the Melbourne School of Design here, and on ResearchGate here. Kim co-leads the Informal Urbanism Research Hubtoo. Thanks for listening. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Music credits: Bruno Gillick + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + aisforarchitecture.org Apple: podcasts.apple.com Spotify: open.spotify.com Google: podcasts.google.com Amazon: music.amazon.co.uk

The City of Ekurhuleni has kick-started a pilot project to install smoke detectors in informal settlements across the City. Smoke detectors have already been installed in an informal settlement in Dermiston as a part of the pilot. MMC for Safetey and Security, Khathutshelo Rasilingwane says the devices would help reduce the number of house fires in the country. Sebenzile Nkambule spoke to Rasilingwane 

Guest: Professor David Everatt describes a project that aims to drive South Africa's solar revolution by empowering residents of informal settlements with the opportunity to sell solar energy back to the grid.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Editar Adhiambo Ochieng is Founder of the Feminist for Peace, Rights and Justice Centre.  In this episode, we discuss the impact of women's civic and political participation, election violence, and peacebuilding in informal settlements. 

Delivery of fire safety to one billion inhabitants of informal settlements cannot be done through a single solution. No magical extinguishing ball nor hyper-sensitive sensor can solve this issue. As it is not a single issue - it is dozens of overlapping problems spanning from the availability of materials, how structures are built and how the urban landscape can be planned and managed. It is related to how society is managed, what role models are presented to them and what resources they have to fight fires... in fact, it is much much more. This is what we have discussed with prof. Richard Walls of Stallenbosch University in South Africa. Richard's group is leading in efforts to understand the science behind the informal settlement fires (and participated in the notable IRIS project by the University of Edinburgh, which is something you should also check here). As discussed in the episode, Richard's group has prepared Fire Safety Engineering Guidelines, which can be accessed here for free! Please check it out and share it with those who may benefit from it. If you have missed the episode with Danielle Antonellis, please check it in here.Check out the free training series and documentaries on battling fires in informal settlements at Stallenbosch University Fire Group (FireSun) youtube (preview for the guests of Fire Science Show, soon to be released to the public!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi21ZyVLOWIPicture credit: https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7730

In this week's episode, we will be hearing from two PhD students from the ARISE Consortium. ARISE stands for accountability and responsiveness in informal settlements for equity, and is about promoting social change for improved health and wellbeing with communities and people living and working within urban informal spaces.This episodes guests:Bachera AktarAssistant Director, The Centre of Excellence for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (CGSRHR); and PhD studentA public health researcher and academic with more than 13 years of experience of implementing community-based public health interventions and research in Bangladesh. An advocate of community/people-centric health interventions. The areas of her research interest and work include community-based participatory research, action research, health systems research, health and gender equity, socio-political determinants of health, and humanitarian health systems. Bachera works with marginalised communities living in informal urban settlements and humanitarian settings. Relevant information sources:Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ckDgGNcAAAAJ&hl=en Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bachera-aktar-bd/ ORCID: Bachera Aktar (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0242-1792) ARISE: www.ariseconsortium.org BRAC University - https://www.bracu.ac.bd/about/people/bachera-aktar Samuel SaiduCurrently, Samuel works on a project that is multi-country and focused on residents of informal settlements. In Sierra Leone, Samuel's project works within 3 communities where the research aims are to provide empowerment opportunities to community residents based on data-driven development. Samuel works with co-researchers (community residents who are now assistants to the research team) and are capacitated based on their various levels of education. They are involved in designing the study/research, data collection, analysis of data, and dissemination. The community people are the centre of the research in the sense that they are part of the research and play a key role at all levels. It is critical to know that the community people are part of the research team but are also participants. Relevant information sources:ARISE: https://www.ariseconsortium.org/news-events/ IDS: https://bulletin.ids.ac.uk/index.php/idsbo/article/view/3119 TWITTER HANDLES@samuelsaidu0 @AktarBachera @ARISEHub @UKRI_News @BRACJPGSPH @BRACUniversity @COMAHS_USL

Can land use regulations end up incentivizing informal settlements, or mitigate? In this episode, cohosted by Flavia Leite of UC Berkeley, we interview Prof. Cynthia Goytia of Torcuato Di Tella University in Buenos Aires. We talk to Prof. Goytia about an ambitious multi-year project which charts the relationship between land use regulation and informal settlements in over 300 municipalities across 10 different Latin American countries. We talk about the prevalence of low density residential zoning in Latin American cities, the impact this and other land use regulations have on promoting or mitigating informal settlements, and what local governments can do to leverage what is arguably their cities' biggest asset – their land – to make more inclusive cities. Although the reports we discuss are not yet publicly available, we will post it when they are published. Cynthia Goytia is Head of the MSc. in Urban Economics at Torcuato Di Tella University in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she also has founded and chairs since 2012, the Urban Policy and Housing Research Center (CIPUV), one of the most prestigious urban research centers in Latin America. She has developed a relevant and influential body of academic research on urban policies, housing and land markets. She is a senior urban consultant to Argentinas and Latin American governments, the World Bank, United Nations Inter-American Development Bank and CAF (Banca de Desarrollo de America Latina), and fellow of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Flávia is a PhD student in City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley. Her research interest revolves around the relationship between formal and informal housing markets, with a specific focus on housing financialization, access to credit, and housing policy in Latin America.

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In this week's episode we hear from our co-host Robinson Karuga in his role as a Research, Evaluation and Learning Manager at LVCT. Robinson has been part of a team implementing a participatory action research approach to improve health and wellbeing in two informal settlements in Nairobi. Robinson shares with us:  How data collected with community co-researchers using photovoice (see S4E1) was presented to key stakeholders like chiefs, village elders, civil society organisations and community volunteers so they could identify and prioritise key health and wellbeing issues   The development of work improvement teams that were responsible for driving actions for change together with key decision makers, government bodies and those who held power such as police  The journey from data collection to problem identification, root cause analysis, developing actions and implementing them within the system  The role of researchers as facilitators, coaches, and morale support, as well as assessing and navigating power dynamics through reflexivity  Robinson Karuga is a Health Systems and Policy Research specialist. His area of specialization is community health systems research, with a focus on community participation in governance and embedding of quality improvement approaches. Karuga is a co-investigator in https://www.ariseconsortium.org/the-challenge/ (ARISE (Accountability and Responsiveness in Informal Settlements for Equity)), a multi-country research consortium that seeks to generate evidence on how to apply community-based participatory approaches to empower marginalized residents of urban informal settlements to advocate for improvements to factors that affect their health and wellbeing. Within ARISE, Robinson connects citizens with science through the implementation of community-based participatory research such as photo voice and building the capacity of co-researchers in reflexive methods.  Robinson Karuga Research, Evaluation and Learning Manager, LVCT Health  As the Research Capacity Strengthening lead in the ARISE Consortium, Karuga is responsible for developing and implementing the Consortium's capacity strengthening strategy that targets 29 early and mid-career researchers, a Ph.D. cohort of 9 candidates, and community co-researchers in four countries across Africa (Kenya, Sierra Leone) and Asia (India and Bangladesh).Robinson Karuga is currently the Research Evaluations and Learning Manager at https://lvcthealth.org/ (LVCT Health), a Kenyan not-for-profit organization that seeks to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable and marginalized populations through research, technical support to governments, and policy advocacy.  

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Series 4 is brought to us by the ‘Accountability and Responsiveness in Informal Settlements for Equity' abbreviated to ARISE. The ARISE consortium is all about promoting social change for improved health and wellbeing with communities and people living and working within urban informal spaces.  Together, across 10 partners in 4 countries – Bangladesh, India, Kenya and Sierra Leone- they are co-developing solutions with communities to health and wellbeing challenges. However, co-production of knowledge for action is challenging due to the many and intersecting inequalities and power relations between researchers, development professionals, activists and communities. We will be exploring how ARISE is working to overcome these, in partnership with people in urban informal settlements or slums, to stimulate change.  In this week's episode we are talking to Inviolata Njoroge from LVCT Kenya and Shrutika Murthy from The George Institute for Global Health (TGI), India. They have shared their experiences of using visual methods and storytelling to bridge the power-laden distances between lived realities of waste pickers, child headed households, the elderly and people with disabilities in urban informal communities and research and policy. We hear about:  methods that have been used to connect with the most marginalised and often hidden people in urban informal communities  how different intersecting identities and inequities add new layers of vulnerability in urban informal settlements   the use of participant shadowing as an activity to capture experience and context of vulnerable people and what needs to be considered before using this as a method to connect with people  how the photovoice method has brought out silent voices and stories that are often left unheard   The importance of considering researcher and community mental health when using these in-depth exploratory and creative methods with vulnerable populations  Guest presenter for this series is Robinson Karuga Research, Evaluation and Learning Manager, LVCT Health Robinson Karuga is a Health Systems and Policy Research specialist. His area of specialization is community health systems research, with a focus on community participation in governance and embedding of quality improvement approaches. Karuga is a co-investigator in https://www.ariseconsortium.org/the-challenge/ (ARISE (Accountability and Responsiveness in Informal Settlements for Equity)), a multi-country research consortium that seeks to generate evidence on how to apply community-based participatory approaches to empower marginalized residents of urban informal settlements to advocate for improvements to factors that affect their health and wellbeing. Within ARISE, Robinson connects citizens with science through the implementation of community-based participatory research such as photo voice and building the capacity of co-researchers in reflexive methods.  As the Research Capacity Strengthening lead in the ARISE Consortium, Karuga is responsible for developing and implementing the Consortium's capacity strengthening strategy that targets 29 early and mid-career researchers, a Ph.D. cohort of 9 candidates, and community co-researchers in four countries across Africa (Kenya, Sierra Leone) and Asia (India and Bangladesh).Robinson Karuga is currently the Research Evaluations and Learning Manager at https://lvcthealth.org/ (LVCT Health), a Kenyan not-for-profit organization that seeks to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable and marginalized populations through research, technical support to governments, and policy advocacy. Inviolata Njoroge Research officer, LVCT Health Inviolata has 15 years of managing programs that target marginalized and vulnerable populations in Kenya.  She implemented the ambitious 5-year DREAMS project at LVCT Health that targeted vulnerable adolescent girls and young women living in urban...

In most African cities, more than half of the population live in informal settlements. Residents often lack basic services and infrastructure, also facing unsafe housing and insecure tenure.Yet upgrading informal settlements is complex and can be contentious. While some successful models have been developed, too little upgrading has taken place in African cities, existing upgrading has lacked affordable options for the lowest-income residents, and tenants are frequently displaced. Moreover, upgrading efforts have not addressed the growing significance of adverse climate change and the risks this poses for residents.In this episode, social activist and leader of Muungano wa Wanavijiji, Joseph Muturi, talks to Smith Ouma about the challenges of informal settlement upgrading, the importance of youth in climate change advocacy, and why communities have to be at the centre of upgrading initiatives.Joseph Muturi is leader of Muungano wa Wanavijiji, the Kenyan Slum Dweller Federation, and chair of SDI's board of directors.Smith Ouma is a postdoctoral fellow at the African Cities Research Consortium, conducting research into informal settlements as part of our domain team.Read more about informal settlements on the ACRC blog. ----Music: Brighter Days | Broke in SummerSounds: ZapsplatThis podcast presents the views of the speakers featured and does not necessarily represent the views of the African Cities Research Consortium as a whole.Stay up to date with the latest publications, announcements and insights from the African Cities Research Consortium:> Website> E-news> Twitter> LinkedIn> YouTube

In this episode we speak with Wafa Alam and Imran Hossain Mithu from BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University about conducting remote community GIS mapping of informal settlements in Bangladesh. We hear about how:  Young people living in informal settlements joined as co-researchers to map their community for the first time  How WhatsApp was used to strengthen capacity for mapping and build new skills  The process of participatory mapping was adapted during COVID-19 restrictions Wafa Alam, Assistant Coordinator  BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University  Wafa Alam is currently working as an Assistant Coordinator at BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University. She is currently involved in ARISE project which focuses on the health and wellbeing of marginalized communities living in urban informal settlements. Under ARISE, she works closely with community researchers and is actively engaged in various community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods. She has also worked in a research that focused on social inclusion through skills development of vulnerable population groups like persons with disabilities and transgender. Her research interests are urban health and governance, and health systems research.   She completed her Master of Public Health from BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University. She has an undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology) from Monash University.  https://bracjpgsph.org/staff-members.php (https://bracjpgsph.org/staff-members.php)     https://www.ariseconsortium.org/about-us/team/ (https://www.ariseconsortium.org/about-us/team/)    https://bracjpgsph.org/assets/pdf/Advocacy/communication%20tools/brochures/Journey_to_A_Better_Life_Stories_of_BRAC_Skills_Development_Programme_Graduates.pdf (https://bracjpgsph.org/assets/pdf/Advocacy/communication%20tools/brochures/Journey_to_A_Better_Life_Stories_of_BRAC_Skills_Development_Programme_Graduates.pdf)    https://covid-bracjpgsph.org/front/covid/assets/files/research/brief/Urban_%20Poor%20Lived%20Experiences%20in%20SLums%20ARISE_April%2019_final%20brief%202020-min.pdf (https://covid-bracjpgsph.org/front/covid/assets/files/research/brief/Urban_%20Poor%20Lived%20Experiences%20in%20SLums%20ARISE_April%2019_final%20brief%202020-min.pdf)    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl4ghkwrs5Q&t=2s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl4ghkwrs5Q&t=2s)    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr8Czk3BvkY&t=40s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr8Czk3BvkY&t=40s)    https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3608577 (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3608577)    https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30162-5/fulltext (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30162-5/fulltext)    https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30158-3/fulltext (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30158-3/fulltext)    https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/5/e002253.abstract (https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/5/e002253.abstract)      https://www.ariseconsortium.org/learn-more-archive/community-health-volunteers-unsung-heroes-for-urban-informal-settlement-dwellers-during-covid-19-pandemic/ (https://www.ariseconsortium.org/learn-more-archive/community-health-volunteers-unsung-heroes-for-urban-informal-settlement-dwellers-during-covid-19-pandemic/)   Imran Hossain Mithu; BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University Imran Hossain Mithu is currently working as a Research Associate at James P Grant School of Public Health. He attained his master's degree in public health from the same institution in Jan'20. He is currently involved in...

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests look at "informal" [non-planned, non-approved] housing and explore how targeted urban planning can improve living conditions. Guests include Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, the mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Buwa Binitie, a property developer in Washington D.C. and urban economist Astrid Haas.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests look at "informal" [non-planned, non-approved] housing and explore how targeted urban planning can improve living conditions. Guests include Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, the mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Buwa Binitie, a property developer in Washington D.C. and urban economist Astrid Haas.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests look at "informal" [non-planned, non-approved] housing and explore how targeted urban planning can improve living conditions. Guests include Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, the mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Buwa Binitie, a property developer in Washington D.C. and urban economist Astrid Haas.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests look at "informal" [non-planned, non-approved] housing and explore how targeted urban planning can improve living conditions. Guests include Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, the mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Buwa Binitie, a property developer in Washington D.C. and urban economist Astrid Haas.

Kennedy Odede grew up in Kenya's Kibera slum, where he experienced first hand the devastating realities of life in extreme poverty. His experience led him to launch Shining Hope for Communities, or SHOFCO, an organization that impacts over 2.4 million slum dwellers across 17 urban slums in Kenya. Today Kennedy is one of Africa’s best-known community organizers and social entrepreneurs. Kennedy is also one of the hosts of the “Inclusive Cities: Last Mile Delivery in Slums and Informal Settlements”, which was held as part of Expo 2020 Dubai. His entire life is an answer to the question: What does my community need? This podcast is by Expo 2020 Dubai’s Programme for People and Planet, and produced by Kerning Cultures Network.

An estimated 1 billion people worldwide currently live in informal settlements, including slums and shantytowns. Experts believe that number could double or even triple over the next 30 years. In today's episode, Professor Richard Walls of South Africa's Stellenbosch University discusses his research on the fire problem in informal settlements and some of the proposed solutions to address the problem. The cover story for the Winter 2021 issue of NFPA Journal will examine how global urbanization trends are expected to impact urban fire safety challenges—including informal settlement fires; building construction, inspections, and code compliance; and more—in the coming decades.   Links:  Watch the full version of the short film heard at 3:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z5SkDZtA3U

Nairobi, Kenya's capital city, started as a railway depot in 1899 and developed into a colonial administration centre, then into a commercial and regional hub. Informal settlements in the city grew in parallel, arising from colonial policies that excluded local people from permanent residence, and driven by demand for housing. The names of these informal settlements – and the names of places within them – capture their history and act as a voice for their residents. Place names tell us about politics, culture and the challenges of people who live there. In today's episode of Pasha, The Conversation Weekly's Gemma Ware chats to Melissa Wanjiru-Mwita, a lecturer at the Technical University of Kenya, about Nairobi's informal settlements and how they got their names. Read more: The fascinating history of how residents named their informal settlements in Nairobi Photo: “Kosovo, the name of an area in an informal settlement.” By Mélissa Wanjiru. Music: “Happy African Village” by John Bartmann, found on FreeMusicArchive.org licensed under CC0 1. “Back To My Roots” by John Bartmann, found on Freesound licensed under Attribution 4.0 International License.

Sam Hopkins summarizing the last presentations followed by a presentation with Cynthia Chepkemoi about infrastructural problems in slums in Nairobi and what kinds of alternative models emerge of this, like sharing content offline via bluetooth and other methods, and for what purposes the people use the internet. With the progress and application of Information Technology (IT), Networking and Internet access has been gaining world's attention. It is relatively a growing phenomenon whose value has proven beyond doubts, though its' application is majorly in developed countries and cities. Slums and Rural areas have been neglected and less has been done on its applications and they lack these services so they seek alternatives means. This paper attempts to analyse how people in slums and rural areas network,use mobile phones, share content offline and their identity. The research seek to identify which alternative devices they use to network and share content offline. CYNTHIA CHEPKEMOI regards herself as an archivist interested in the particular complexities of personal experience. She works in qualitative and quantitative research for both academic projects and market research companies. Her works employ research and surveys to understand Kenya at the margins, beyond the staple subjects. She has been involved with reports on various topics, including by ipsos on teenage pregnancies, medical insurance accessibility to Kenyans, the views of shareholders in KCB Bank research, the plight of sex workers in Salgaa in Nakuru County and agribusiness in Kericho County. She has a background in logistics and supply chain management and six year's experience working in procurement in Nairobi.

How close is a four-day working week? Over the last few years, companies and governments in a number of countries have begun to experiment with the idea of a four-day work week – and some of the results are in. We talk to experts about these recent trials, explore how they fit into the long history of ever-shrinking work hours, and wonder what this all might mean for the future of work. Featuring Anthony Veal, adjunct professor a the Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Jana Javornik, associate professor of work and employment relations at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds and José-Ignacio Antón associate professor at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Salamanca in Spain. In our second story, historian Melissa Wanjiru-Mwita from the Technical University of Kenya explains her research on the history and politics of how informal settlements in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, got their names. And Catesby Holmes, international editor at The Conversation in New York, recommends two recent stories about immigration in the US.The Conversation Weekly is produced by Mend Mariwany and Gemma Ware, with sound design by Eloise Stevens. Our theme music is by Neeta Sarl. You can sign up to The Conversation's free daily email here. Full credits for this episode available here.Further reading:The success of Iceland's ‘four-day week' trial has been greatly overstated, by Anthony Veal, University of Technology SydneyFour-day week: how workplaces can successfully establish it, by Rita Fontinha, University of Reading and James Walker, University of ReadingPost-pandemic return to work is a perfect opportunity to move to a four-day week, by David Spencer, University of LeedsAre we ready to work from only Monday to Thursday?, by José-Ignacio Antón, University of Salamanca (in Spanish) Is it becoming easier to be a working mother?, by Jana Javornik, University of LeedsThe fascinating history of how residents named their informal settlements in Nairobi, by Melissa Wanjiru-Mwita, Technical University of KenyaThis is what happens to child migrants found alone at the border, from the moment they cross into the US until age 18, by Randi Mandelbaum, Rutgers UniversityDACA in doubt after court ruling: 3 questions answered, by Kevin Johnson, University of California, Davis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Creative, sustainable solutions find their home in the thousands of informal neighborhoods across the world. Urban planner Jota Samper believes these often overlooked settlements (also known as slums) should be regarded as hubs of innovation and shares three reasons why giving them the attention they deserve could help change the way humanity coexists -- and cities evolve -- on a global scale.

Creative, sustainable solutions find their home in the thousands of informal neighborhoods across the world. Urban planner Jota Samper believes these often overlooked settlements (also known as slums) should be regarded as hubs of innovation and shares three reasons why giving them the attention they deserve could help change the way humanity coexists -- and cities evolve -- on a global scale.

Creative, sustainable solutions find their home in the thousands of informal neighborhoods across the world. Urban planner Jota Samper believes these often overlooked settlements (also known as slums) should be regarded as hubs of innovation and shares three reasons why giving them the attention they deserve could help change the way humanity coexists -- and cities evolve -- on a global scale.

South Africa's e-commerce industry is booming as a result of the explosion in demand for home deliveries during the pandemic. A recent report found the value of online retail has more than doubled in two years, despite overall national economic decline. Ntshepeng Motema reports from Johannesburg on some of the players fuelling the growth in this market. #SouthAfrica #Ecommerce #TechBusinesses

Sheila Oparaocha of the International Network on Gender and Sustainability discusses the global effort to ensure gender equality in energy access, as an essential foundation for economic development and public health.  ---One billion people around the world lack access to electricity, and three times as many do not have access to fuel and appliances that allow for clean and safe cooking inside the home. The lack of clean and reliable energy is a major barrier to economic development and an ongoing threat to human health in some of the poorest parts of the globe.Sheila Oparaocha, the recipient of the Kleinman Center’s 2021 Carnot Prize for outstanding contributions in energy policy, discusses efforts to bring access to reliable, affordable and clean energy to areas in need, and ensure that energy becomes a foundation of economic development that is available to women and men alike.Oparaocha is the International Coordinator of ENERGIA, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy. ENERGIA partners with governments and industry to provide women with access to finance, training and technical skills to build energy-based businesses. It also works with governments and other key actors to integrate gender-responsive approaches in energy policies, programs and projects.Sheila Oparaocha is the International Coordinator of ENERGIA, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy.Related ContentPowering the Slum: Meeting SDG7 in Accra’s Informal Settlements https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/publications/powering-the-slum-meeting-sdg7-in-accras-informal-settlements/Mongolian Energy Futures: Repowering Ulaanbaatar https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/publications/mongolian-energy-futures-repowering-ulaanbaatar-challenges-of-radical-energy-sector-decarbonization/ Balancing Renewable Energy Goals with Community Interests https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/publications/balancing-renewable-energy-goals-with-community-interests/

In the northern hemisphere, as countries were starting to enter the hottest time of the year, the world shut down in lockdowns intended to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. What happened to people living in informal settlements who had to deal with the dual impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns and the heat season? Elspeth Oppermann, Senior Research Fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, conducted surveys in Cameroon, Pakistan, India, and Indonesia through the Cool Infrastructures project to understand if responses to the pandemic had shaped people's ability to manage extreme heat in off-grid settlements. Poor building materials created "oven-like" conditions for some, and finely-tuned practices to cool down were disrupted in many cases.  Listen to the full episode to learn more! References and Supplemental Materials:Blog explaining the COVID-19 & Heat survey workExplore the raw data from the Cool Infrastructure project's surveysAnwar, N., et al. (2020) Heat and Covid-19 in the Off-Grid City. Somatosphere, July 2, 2020.The intro music is Welcome to the Show, and the background music is Beauty Flow, both by Kevin MacLeod and is used under a creative commons license. The podcast art is by Melinda.You can listen to the episode by clicking the “play” button in the audio player above or downloading it through your favorite podcast platform. If you are new to podcasts, learn how to listen.

Research suggests 1 out of 7 people in the world lives in an urban informal settlement (slum). Dr. Viv Grigg has been a pioneer in church planting in informal settlements through his own ministry experience and in mentoring many others to do the same.

We're back with another episode here on the 1:100 podcast, the voice of creative women of colour. In today's episode, we touch on the pressures associated with architecture, how to distinguish these, where they come from and how to tackle the overall issue. We know we're late with this episode but forgive us, we're currently facing a global pandemic! Lucky for you guys, we're joined by our Ghanaian sister, Johannah! Johannah Fening is a Part 2 Architectural and Urban Designer who graduated from Oxford Brookes University in 2020 with distinction. Her final project 'Reclaim Brixton' has been nominated for the 2020 RIBA Silver Medal Award. The project responded to the negative effects of government planning of urban spaces, addressing gentrification, acculturation and assimilation of Black migrants communities from an urban to a domestic scale. The project she produced in 2019 'My house, Our Neighbourhood' was awarded the ‘Best Urban Design Approach for Informal Settlements' at the Brookes Design Show, also gaining national recognition, being 1 of 4 student finalists for the 2020 National Urban Design Awards. Her passions lie with designing for BAME communities in urban and international contexts, aiming to contribute to real change through architectural activism. . Our mission at 1:100 Architecture Podcast is giving people just like us the confidence to thrive with originality, creativity and innovation. Our aim is to provide the best relatable content, design tips and architectural conversation for those of diverse backgrounds to be confident in their abilities. Stay up to date @1to100podcast Get in touch 1to100podcast@gmail.com

As the number of COVID-19 cases in PNG rises to 423, evidence from the capital Port Moresby's informal settlements suggests people are ignoring public health precautions.

South African startup Valor Green is using music, dance and theater to get people involved in recycling efforts. Still it's an uphill battle in a country where only a fraction of waste gets recycled at all.

The Gauteng government, together with the City of Johannesburg, have launched a new strategy to stop land invasions and the mushrooming of informal settlements. They'll be deploying one-thousand-500 community patrollers across the province to identify and stop illegal occupations

Charity Mumbi and Jack Makau work for Muungano wa Wanavijiji, a social movement of 'slum' residents and urban poor people in Kenya, affiliated to SDI International. In this podcast they describe the last few months of working through the initial outbreak of Covid-19, outlining how communities and their organisations have been responding. Their agile initial approaches, alongside a longstanding ability to accurately map dense informal settlements has led to new partnerships with the Kenyan Ministry of Health, as part of its coronavirus task force. This work is also being supported by an action research project to track coronavirus responses with GDI’s Professor Diana Mitlin.

Diébédo Francis Kéré, Architect Burkinabé, established the Kéré Foundation parallel to his studies and founded in 2005 Kéré Architecture. His architectural practice has been recognized nationally and internationally thanks to Kéré’s pioneering of a communal approach to design and his commitment to sustainable materials as well as modes of construction through his development of innovative construction strategies that combine traditional building techniques and materials. In this podcast, Francis Kéré explores how participation can bring quality into informal settlements. Kéré defines Africa as concerned with abundant opportunities, economic capacities and a huge potential for Architectural growth. Francis Kéré express his hope and belief in the work of governments and informal settlements as partners, considering the settlements as participants to cities and catalysts for development as part of the community. Kéré concludes with the importance of the role of communities in the development of societies of the future as the representative of people’s needs. The city of the future being defined as a city dedicated to the people. #NFFStories is a series of podcasts produced by the Norman Foster Foundation that aims to empower our community to make positive change. A new platform for people around the world to share and hear inspirational stories and ideas that are going to shape the future. www.normanfosterfoundation.org

Montreal in Quebec has been especially hard hit by Covid-19. Stacey Zammit joins me to reflect on the uncertainty facing the city she loves as the spring arrives. She also talks about her work with Land Portal. Land Portal's website describes its purpose pretty concisely: 'Securing Land Rights Through Open Data.' So we touch on the unfolding impacts of Covid-19 on vulnerable populations worldwide, particularly those many of whom are dependent on casual labour and live in informal settlements. You can find more about Land Portal here - and seriously, you should check it out. There are lots of really interesting, different perspectives on the impacts of the crisis in different places. https://landportal.org/

[0:00:00] Acknowledgement of Country. [0:29:00] We speak to Professor David Sanderson about the impacts of COVID-19 especially in informal settlements and communities in Africa and how these communities are preparing and dealing with the crisis. We also chat about how this crisis may re-shape how basic necessesaties are met in informal settlements.  [0:42:00] Joel Townsend from Legal Aid joins us to discuss the organisation's submission of recommendations to the current Victorian Homelessness Inquiry. The organisation's submission is a move toward a preventative technique rather than a crisis intervention set up.  To get involved, click on the link https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/about-us/news/urgent-changes-needed-to-break-cycle-of-homelessness-in-victoria  [1:00:00] This week's Tram Thought involves a discussion on whether or not film photography has a place in our future. We talk the rise in film popularity in art forms and use among the youth and whether it is just a phase or making a comeback that sticks.  

Africa speaks to Western Cape MEC for  Human Settlements, Tertius Simmers.

South African startup Valor Green is using music, dance and theater to get people involved in their recycling efforts. Still it's an uphill battle in a country where only a fraction of waste gets recycled at all.

Jacaranda FM — The Thanda Inja Project offers veterinary assistance to the community of Gabon, Chris Hani and surrounding Informal Settlements in Daveyton. Every second week a team of registered veterinarians and volunteers accompanies Pug Rescue SA to offer veterinary services, vaccinations, tick and flea treatment, de-worming, education and supplement feeding. At the same time that we offer veterinary care to the community, we also offer a soup kitchen which is visited by children passing by on their way to school and to the community making use of the offering.

Dr. Jota Samper is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado (Boulder, CO, USA) in Environmental Design. His research interests include sustainable urban growth, and the intersection between urban informality (slums) and urban violent conflict. The blog post for this episode can be found at prof-talks.com.

In this episode, Diana Mitlin talks to former Egyptian Minister Laila Iskander about her career, recycling and informal settlements in Egypt. Laila Iskander served as Minister for the Environment and Minister for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements in Egypt. She has worked as a researcher, speaker and consultant with governmental and international agencies as well as with the private sector in the fields of gender, education and development, environment, child labour and governance. Her consultation work encompasses grassroots' issues and policy matters. She received the Goldman Environmental Prize, also known as the 'Green Nobel', for her work with the Zabbaleen garbage collectors of Cairo. Diana Mitlin is Professor of Global Urbanism and Managing Director of the Global Development Institute.

We are joined by special guest Wandile Mthiyane (@Wandile7) of Ubuntu Design Group to work through the questions: how did African cities come to be? How did Apartheid and Colonization shape the planning of major African cities like Nairobi, Lagos and Durban? We discuss informal settlements and the circumstances that result in their existence and ask, how do we support people who live in informal settlements without being paternalistic? How do we be better neighbors to them? We close the episode by sharing our vision for African Cities. Resources: https://www.ted.com/talks/olutimehin_adegbeye_who_belongs_in_a_city https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/27/africa/otodo-gbame-demolition/index.html https://medium.com/latterly/homeless-by-design-the-forced-evictions-in-otodo-gbame-daae4039cc3d https://cda.co.ug/1130/historicizing-the-hustle-what-kenyas-colonial-legacy-tells-us-about-poverty-in-african-cities/ https://bittersoutherner.com/rural-studio-turns-20/#.W-yT7HpKg_U Reading Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami Educated by Tara Westover Watching Christmas Movies on Netflix and Hallmark Peppermint Candy by Lee Chang Dong Listening to Highlife EP by Femi Leye (the brilliant force behind our theme music!) - EP It Was All a Dream by Distruction Boyz - Album Tiny Winey by Joaquin Ft. Krosfyah - Single J Cole Lecrae London Grammar Keep any eye out for Wandlile’s book, Ubuntu in the Mumbulu and documentary, Child of Apartheid

The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, has presented a report that found that informal settlements represent a "systemic human rights violation" that arises as a result of state action. Her report urges states to adopt a human rights-based approach to informal settlements by urgently upgrading informal settlements and avoiding relocations or evictions. Nearly a quarter of the world's urban population lives in informal settlements where residents often live without water and sanitation and are in constant fear of eviction. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Senior Researcher at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, Michael Clark

Beth Chitekwe-Biti and Ezana Weldeghebrael discuss the recent political changes in Zimbabwe and what they mean for the urban poor. Beth Chitekwe-Biti, an alumna of Global Development Institute, recently joined the SDI secretariat as Deputy Director. Before moving to SDI, Beth was the Founder Director of Dialogue on Shelter, a Zimbabwean NGO that's working in a unique alliance with the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation a movement organised in urban poor neighbourhoods to push for secure tenure and inclusive human settlements. Ezana Weldeghebrael is currently studying for a PhD in Planning and Environmental Management at The University of Manchester. His PhD is entitled ‘The Relation between Residents and a Government Aspiring to Build a Developmental State: The Case of Addis Ababa Inner-city Redevelopment’

Prof Diana Mitlin talks to Kenyan representatives of Shack/Slum Dwellers International who recently visited Global Development Institute

Over 600 people have been displaced this Easter weekend after at least seven fires broke out in several informal settlements around Cape Town. Two people have died in separate incidences, and over 200 structures were gutted. Chris Mabuya reports

Urban planner Sizwe Mxobo works to transform informal settlements. He speaks to #NightTalk's Lovelyn Nwadeyi about his work of exploring the possibilities in making informal settlements homes people can be proud of. 

Residents of Sizanani informal settlement in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga have warned government officials to immediately attend to their demands of better services in their area. They are threatening not to go to the polls come this year's Local Government Elections in August should the Emhlalahleni Local Municipality not provide them with electricity, clean drinkable water and proper road infrastructure. They took to the streets demanding attention from the municipality. Abongile Dumako reports...

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