Starting life strong in slums: the role of engaging vulnerable groups on sanitation and nutrition

By Claire Chase  co-authored with Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) , Other co-authors: Beatrice Montesi, GAIN  Martin P. Gambrill, The World Bank Rebecca Jean Gilsdorf, The World Bank

Thu, 08/31/2017

Children in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Credit: UN Photo/Kibae Park

Crowded slums, poor sanitation and unhealthy diets.  It’s a potent cocktail and for too many families across the world, a daily reality.  Right now, an estimated one billion people live in slums and that number is expected to double by 2030. Slums are where the many deprivations facing the urban poor collide, including lack of access to clean drinking water, sanitation, safe and nutritious foods, sufficient living space, durable housing and secure tenure (UN Habitat).  They’re where human waste is routinely emptied into streets, canals, and garbage dumps. And where overcrowding and low rates of immunization and breastfeeding combine to exacerbate the already perilous problems children face.

Benin Shows How Community-Managed Projects Can Build Infrastructure Faster and More Cost-Effectively

By Kaori Oshim

Posted Mon, 06/10/2013

In community-driven development (CDD) projects, communities that have been given control over planning decisions and investment resources for development often decide to undertake small-scale infrastructure projects, such as rural roads, small bridges or schools. A project in Benin has demonstrated that schools built by communities can be built faster at lower cost than those built by outside contractors.

The forgotten dimension of the SDG indicators – Social Capital

The forgotten dimension of the SDG indicators – Social Capital

By Jos Verbeek co-authors: Alexander Dill Tue, 08/15/2017

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development rightfully points out that sustainability has three dimensions: economic, environmental, and social. The first two are well understood and well measured.
Economic sustainability has a whole strand of literature and the World Bank and IMF devote a lot of attention to debt and fiscal sustainability in their reports. Just open any Article 4 consultation or any public expenditure review and you will find some form of fiscal or debt sustainability analysis.

Adaptation: Key to building a stronger Nigeria

Written by
Leila Abu-Gheida, Director, Platform and Portfolio Management, FHI 360

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Photo Credit: Kunle Lawal/FHI 360

On August 3, 2017, FHI 360 will host an event, Building Resilient Communities in Changing Times, in Abuja, Nigeria.

FHI 360 has had a continuous presence in Nigeria for more than 30 years, and our programs have reached more than 20 million Nigerians. Over that time, our commitment to using science to improve lives has required us to adapt our programs and be flexible and creative.

Whether focused on health, education or gender, our activities in Nigeria are integrated and designed to produce results that go beyond project targets. As an example, our Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS) project has not only provided HIV testing, it has also provided skills training to people with HIV to enable them to earn income and support their families. When people with HIV receive regular health care, they can continue to thrive no matter what their HIV status may be. They are living examples of adaptation.

Introducing CDI Nigeia's blog - Community Development Today

           Welcome to Community Development Today

I am delighted to welcome everyone to CDI Nigeria's blog- Community Development Today. This site is part of a renewed effort by our organization, Community Development Institute   CDI Nigeria to reach out to wide and varied audiences and to possibly engage everyone in a productive exchange of information and knowledge.

I am particularly pleased to be introducing this blog  because it will be dealing with issues that are critical to the institute’s goals, which is to promote a holistic, participatory and inclusive approach to development.

I hope that Community Development Today will serve as another vehicle that will stimulate public discussion on a wide range of topics and issues related to poverty reduction, improved quality of life and sustainable social and community development.