Lumanti Joshi

Lumanti Shrestha Joshi is an architect working with urban poor communities in Nepal since 2008. Since 2008 she has been working with LUMANTI Support Group for Shelter, where she currently working as Programme Manager-Housing. She is an active member of Community Architects Network and Asian Coalition for Housing Rights. Lumanti is deeply involved in promoting community development projects, primarily housing, keeping people at the center, and is involved in various slum upgrading and housing projects implemented in various cities around Nepal by LUMANTI in partnership with community organizations and local government. She is now part of the reconstruction projects initiated by the organization which supported more than 4000 vulnerable families in reconstruction of their earthquake damage houses.