Is there room for livelihoods in inform al settlem ents? SA SDI - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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!”

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”

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

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

Mobilisation - Enum eration Settlement Mapping Verifying Details Recorded Calculating Area of Structures

Mobilisation – Project design TO-SCALE MODEL OF SLOPE AND SETTLEMENT LAYOUT, HAVELOCK, ETHEKWINI

Engaging with Governm ent MEETING WITH WATER AND SANITATION DEPARTMENT, ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY

Project Im plem entation - Reblocking  UU kwaMam Suthu - eThekwini Um shini wam i - Cape Town

Room for Livelihoods? Sm ithfield - eThekwini Zanem pilo Creche, eZakheleni, eMlazi

Room for Livelihoods?

Room for Livelihoods?

Thank you - Siyabonga - Dhanyabad - Nengri

Projects – Com m unity Facilities

Projects - C0 m m unity Facilities ZANEMPILO CRECHE EZAKHELENI, UMLAZI