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September 21, 2012
Iran: 11,000 housing units to be finished by September 2013
According to the Minister of Urban Development of Iran, as many as 11,000 housing units in the Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad Province of Iran will near completion come September the following year. These low-cost housing for the poor initiative is called the Mehr Housing Scheme. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
Sri Lanka: Government to build houses for Colombo’s shanty dwellers
The government of Sri Lanka will be constructing over 1300 housing units for the poor that dwell in the slums and shanty towns in the city of Colombo. The project will be implemented through the State Engineering Corporation. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
Jamaica: Food For The Poor receives support from the government
The government of Jamaica is helping the International charity Food For The Poor with its housing initiatives in the country, effectively increasing the number of housing units built every month. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
I-ADB to help 12,000 low income families in Nicaragua with housing
The Inter-American Development Bank (I-ADB) will be helping with the housing conditions of some 12,000 poor Nicaraguan families through a fund of US$5 million. These funds would be channelled through Nicaragua’s Foundation of Prodel (Promotion of Local Development). Read more here.
September 21, 2012
India: Kolkata based NGO to campaign for the homeless
An NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) named ‘A Just City for All’ is all set to start a campaign wherein they will be collaborating with like-minded bodies and individuals to provide aid like food and shelter to the poor people on the streets of Kolkata living without proper identification. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
Housing the poor in Kenya
In Kenya the reality is quite different from what is stated in the Kenyan Constitution, which makes proper housing and accompanying adequate sanitation a right for Kenyan citizens. Some 64 per cent people in Nairobi lived in cramped, unhygienic slums, vulnerable to theft and violence, while paying rents to landlords […]
September 21, 2012
Access to housing and housing finance still difficult in rural India
According to the Indian Minister of State, despite significant progress in the country’s housing and housing finance sectors, access to both is still hard for the poor residents of the rural parts of India. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
India: Best known monuments to be lighted up with solar energy
The government has decided to light up some of the most historic monuments in the capital city of Delhi using solar power. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
South Africa: OPIC board approves US$250 million for solar power project in South Africa
The board of directors of OPIC (Overseas Private Investment Corporation) has approved the sanction of a US$250 million investment for the body’s first solar investment in South Africa. Read more here.
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