Citywide Community Development

Citywide Community Development
Image credit: Lumanti Support Group for Shelter

Summary

The Lumanti Support Group for Shelter mobilized women in the city's poorest communities to connect with one another and form a network to do various types of collective activities, such as mapping, surveys, and savings in a more organized way.

Target Community

low income earners, members of lower castes, women

Equity Challenge

Lack of safe and secure housing for everyone. Housing conditions are extremely poor and people cannot afford long- lasting upgrades. Many people lack identification cards, so communities are denied access to education, healthcare, and other social benefits.

Approach

The Lumanti Support Group for Shelter mobilized women in the city's poorest communities to connect with one another and form a network to do various types of collective activities, such as mapping, surveys, and savings in a more organized way.

Scale

235 families were given stable homes, with another 84 families' homes underway. 21 communities had their roads and drainage improved.

Equity building blocks

strengthen voices
Participation + Power
Kalaiya, a local NGO, assisted in helping the community form a savings group and upgrading several housing projects. They connect the communities as a network and link them with other stakeholders.
share
Fair Resources + Burdens
Community-engaged and community venue–based approach was used to gather disaggregated data from a wide variety of communities. Conception, implementation, and dissemination of surveys were led by CBOs.
analyze barriers
Fair Systems + Structures
Technical assistance was provided to the communities to help them complete housing improvements. Young people were taught how to make bricks, used in housing upgrades.

Overview

Region:
Asia
City:
Kalaiya
Country:
Nepal
Start Date:
2011
End Date:
present
Leading Organization:
The Lumanti Support Group for Shelter
Contact:
Lumanti Joshi