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Biosand filters purify dirty water so that it becomes safe to drink. They are very useful, both in rural and urban areas which lack safe piped water. Calgary University, Canada, developed an innovative low-cost design using concrete.
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Ruth Alvarado, Director of AGAPE, describes how the focus of its work has changed. Tearfund partner AGAPE originally worked with children who were abused, providing a safe house in Lima. Over several years, staff realised that many of the children came from the same part of Lima – the slum area known as Huaycán – which has a high rate of sexual abuse and mistreatment. This area is the main route for migrants coming in from the east of Lima and is a place where the former guerrilla movement, ...
Resource Type: Bible studies
Read Isaiah 52:7 This passage from the prophet Isaiah is also quoted by the apostle Paul (Romans 10:15).
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by Richard Franceys Millennium Development Goal 7, target 10, seeks to halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015. Community-driven initiatives could make an important contribution towards achieving this goal in urban areas.
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by Martin Allaby and Christine Preston The Yala Urban Health Programme (YUHP) was originally set up by the United Mission to Nepal to respond to urban health problems in the city of Patan, Nepal. However, in 1998 the key priority became the gradual transfer of responsibility for this successful healthcare programme to full government control. This article looks at the process of transferring responsibility and highlights the success factors.
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The work of removing human waste (sometimes called night soil) from homes that lack adequate sanitation systems, is regarded as the lowest of all work in India. It is carried out by people called Harijans, belonging to the caste known as the Untouchables.
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Mesfin Shuge leads a team of ten staff within the Kale Heywet Church (KHC) in Ethiopia. Their department is known as the Integrated Urban Development Department. Their work targets urban poor people and they work in four cities at present – Nazareth, Awassa, Addis Ababa and Jimma.
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by Dr Ambika Rajvanshi Asha is a health and community development programme in New Delhi, India, that believes it is not enough simply to provide medical care in the slum communities. It believes the only way to bring about real and lasting improvements to these communities is through a holistic approach to community health.
Resource Type: Magazine
How slum dwellers are transforming their own communities
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