CUE in Kibera Flashcards
Where?
Nairobi in Kenya.
What percentage of inhabitants live in slums?
60%.
How many people live in 255 hectares?
Over one million.
What is high?
Population density.
How much floor space is there for people?
1m2.
How many orphans?
100,000.
Why are there orphans?
Due to HIV/AIDS.
Homes made of?
Mud plastered over wooden boards or corrugated iron sheeting.
Paths between houses?
Narrow with a sewage ditch in the middle.
What is not collected?
Rubbish.
What do standpipes do?
Supply water to forty families.
What rate is high?
Crime.
What is strong?
Community spirit.
How do inhabitants keep their homes?
Clean and welcome visitors to them.
Practical action?
British charity which designed cheap roof tiles made of sand and clay. These enable self-help schemes to progress.
United Nations human settlement programme? 3
- provides affordable electricity and water to residents
- two mains water pipes provided by the council and World Bank
- water is sold at a good price of 3 Kenyan shillings for 20 litres
Sanitation and medical programmes? 2
- medical facilities are provided by charities
* gap-year students encouraged to go to Kibera to oversee spending and help out
Kiberan 15 year project? 4
- began in 2003 with the aim to re-house thousands of residents
- joint venture between Kenyan residents and UN-habitants
- 770 families were houses in new blocks of flags with running water in 1st year
- 60 million Kenyan shillings were set aside in the 1st year of the plan
