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Land, Cbos and the Karachi Circular Railway Fr. Jorge Anzorena, SJ SEL AVIP NEWSLETTER APRIL 2009 Journal of Low-Income Housing in Asia and the World PAGTAMBAYAYONG FOUNDATION, Inc. 102 P. del Rosario Ext. Cebu City 6000 Philippines Fax. : [+63-32] 253 – 7974 Tel. : [+63-32] 412 – 4168 Email : [email protected] This publication is not covered by copyright and may be quoted or recopied in part or in full with or without acknowledgement or notice to its authors and publishers although such would be highly appreciated. This publication is made possible through the support of Misereor/Katholische Zentralstelle fűr Entwicklungshilfe e.V. of Aachen, German, Email: [email protected] www.misereor.de and The East Asian Jesuit Assistancy. About the Cover The picture on the cover are taken from the Badjaos (Sea Gypsies) of Alaska, Mambaling Cebu City under the project implemented by Pagtambayayong Foundation through the help of DISOP and SELAVIP of Belgium. The project seeks to improve the capability of 600 families to access and/or keep an employment or self-employment in a sustainable development perspective. In addition, the project will strengthen their organization and improve their homes and habitat. The project site is the settlement of the Badjaos and its surrounding areas in the coastal area of Mambaling which is among the most depressed areas of the City of Cebu. Cover Design by Paula B. Fernandez Photos Taken by Fr. Jorge Anzorena April 2009 Page Network • Pakistan: Young Professionals Form A National Social 001 Forum NSF • Philippines: Loans to Build Rental Rooms in Cebu 002 • South Africa: Land for the Poor 003 • Thailand: A Profound Sense of Loss... Peter Swan Has Passed Away. 004 Bangladesh • Denis Murphy Visits Dhaka January 8-19, 2009 005 Colombia • Housing Improvement in Cartago City 007 India • Community Development Information And Action Center (CODIAC) 011 Laos • Report on Strengthening the Role of Women And Community Project 013 Myanmar • The Cyclone Arguis and One Small NGO 017 Netherland • Dutch Rent Policy 023 Pakistan • Orangi Pilot Project-Orangi Charitable Trust (OPP-RTI) 2009 027 A View of Architectural Education by Arif Hasan 031 • The Proposed Densification Of Karachi • by Arif Hasan (17 July 2008) 037 Land, CBOs and the Karachi Circular Railway by Arif • Hasan (15 July 2008) 039 • Lessons from OPP-RTI’s Approach to Mapping 049 • Muawin And Lodhran Pilot Sanitation Projects 053 • Orangi Pilot Project Some Updates by Perween Rahman 27-09-2008 057 Philippines • Asset Urban Land Reform 061 • Community Organizing in Infanta 065 • Research Mapping Project 071 • SAPSPA: Urban Poor Housing Fund in Tondo 075 • CMP Bulletin, November 2008 079 • UP-ALL Bulletin, November 2008 083 So. Africa • Improving the Quality of Housing 085 • Veronica Work In Recycling: Belhar, Cape Town 087 Sri Lanka • Help-0 Was Awarded the 21st IYSH Memorial Fund Award. Congratulations! 089 Swaziland • A Saving Exchange Program with Swaziland 091 Tanzania • The Work of The Tanzania Urban Poor Federation 095 Thailand • Urban Land Reform on the Properties of the Railway State of Thailand 099 Four Regions Slum Network (FRSN) - 2008 107 • Community Architects for Shelter and Environment 111 • CODI – 2008 113 • The Collective Land Requirement in Baan Mankong • Upgrading Projects 117 Livelihood Recovery Process by Victims Based • Approach in the Tsunami Affected Areas of Andaman Coast, Thailand 123 Vietnam • A Letter from Minh Chau 129 Fr. Jorge Anzorena, SJ 3-5-13 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan 153-0041 Contact Numbers Fax: [81 3] 34 65 86 30 Email: [email protected] & Addresses Fr. Josse van der Rest, SJ Email: [email protected] Ms Joan Macdonald President Email: [email protected] Casilla Correo 871 Santiago, Chile SELAVIP Network April 2009 E.J. Anzorena, SJ Pakistan Young Professionals Form the National Social Forum (NSF) A group of young college and master graduates has • To observe the impact of contaminated water initiated in February 2008 the NSF. on the health of the people; The mission of NSF is: • To check the basic facilities provided by the • To provide a support system to advocate on government to the community; behalf of those in the community who are the most • To promote participatory development vulnerable and least able to obtain supports of their approach in neglected areas. own; It has documented its findings. Engineer Md Khalid • To diagnose the key social issues and its Warraich from Lohdran Pilot Project is their consultant appropriate solution with the help of the community, on people’s participation approach. concerned institutions and specialists through available resources; For further information • To provide support to fresh graduates as they need internship, employment and training program. National Social Forum NSF • The NSF plans to manage seminars on social Md Riaz Zahid Mahmood issues. It has already begun with the forum on the www.nsf.org.pk [email protected] sanitation issue for the following objectives: 1 SELAVIP Philippines Loans to Build Rental Rooms in Cebu Two facts: helped build 259 rooms, benefitting 88 homeowners in 1) In Cebu new jobs are offered and thousands of 24 homeowners associations and 518 renters. young people are coming to the city looking for them. 2) Many poor households in Cebu have gotten land security tenure through the Community Mortgage Program (CMP) and other programs with the support of the Pagtambayayong Foundation (PFI). Most of them are poor and many of them have financial problems, even with the monthly installments of the CMP. PFI is offering loans with a ceiling of 100,000 Pesos (50 pesos=1 $US) to build one more room in their plot (usually a second floor) for renting to the new comers and improve their income. The loan is due to be repaid in three years. The engineers of PFI help the families with the design and calculations. The construction can be done by the people themselves or by the PFI related Eco Builders Cooperative. The program is more or less three years old, including the testing period of one year. PFI has so far 2 SELAVIP For further information Pagtambayayong Foundation 102 P. del Rosario Ext. Cebu City, Philippines [email protected] South Africa Land for the Poor In November 2008, the Anglican Church donated 180 hectares of land to the poor community of Saint Luke near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The process was facilitated by COURC (Community Organization Urban and Rural Center), and FEDUP (the Federation of the urban and rural poor). 40 hectares will accommodate the houses for 200 families. The government will allocate 200 housing subsidies for the construction of the houses and COURC and FEDUP will be responsible for its implementation. For further information: [email protected] 3 SELAVIP Thailand A Profound Sense of Loss... Peter Swan Has Passed Aｗay Another good friend of the poor has He participated and edited the he had with Peter, Sohle Angel and passed away. We feel a profound book of the seminar “The Practice Maurice. sense of loss. of People's Participation: Seven Our condolence and prayers to From the end of the 1970s the Asian Experiences in Housing the Marasee and ACHR. editor has been a personal witness Poor 1980, (Asian Institute of to the commitment of Peter to the Technology, Bangkok) and he was For further information: struggle of the poor for decent and active in Cambodia, Thailand, affordable houses. In his different Vietnam. He also participated Maurice Leonhard has created jobs with the Asian Institute of actively by recording the points of the following web page as a Technology and the United Nations view of the poor in the places tribute to Peter Swan he has always supported the affected by the tsunami, like Sri http://web.me.com/mauriceleonhar dt/And_so_it_goes/Blog/Entries/20 programs for the poor and Lanka, Aceh, and the south of 08/12/6_sad_news_on_peter_swan. visualized their problems through Thailand. html countless videos. The editor will always remember the long and deep talks 4 SELAVIP BANGLADESH April 2009 E.J. Anzorena, SJ Denis Murphy Visits Dhaka January 8-19, 2009 The trip to Dhaka began on January 9. I met Abu Rayhan Al- Beeroonee and we visited historical sites in Dhaka, including a visit to the museum dedicated to the liberation struggle of 1971 and the shrine to the young martyrs of the Bengali language. The next days, January 11- 14, we spent talking to the CO trainees, visiting the urban poor areas and meeting with the NGOs sponsoring the work. I was very impressed by the trainees and the poor people, especially by the women. The trainees have a very clear idea of how CO differs from the project type of of all such projects; that if there are evictions, all development work of other NGOs in Dhaka. “They their work on water, micro-finance, etc. goes for give the people what the NGOs want. We give them nothing. Some poor people who have not been what they themselves want.” evicted in the past are not quite so clear on the The trainees and most of the poor people are importance of land first. clear on the need of giving priority to land tenure I found a big change in the willingness of security over sanitation, water and health issues, Bangladeshi women to talk at meetings, and men to since the poor people have experienced evictions in listen to women. They do let the men do the talking the past and know that an eviction is the absolute end as long as the men are saying what the women want, but if the men differ from that, they make their disagreement clear. Most of the trainees are local leaders, some of whom were beaten by the police when they erected human barriers in previous evictions.
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