The South African SDI Alliance supports urban poor communities to find solutions to homelessness, landlessness and poverty.
“The kind of upgrading we speak of is not about land and services alone. This is about realising real citizenship and equality in our cities.”
late Patrick Magebhula Hunsley
OUR STRATEGY
Across South Africa, inequality and dire living conditions remain harsh realities.
Our response?
Building strong, organised movements of the poor who self-identify priorities and pragmatically engage government and other actors on development solutions.
OUR WORK
Partnerships
We seek pragmatic partnerships with government and other actors to enable change on the ground.
Community Led Projects
We implement projects to demonstrate community-led practice in:
In-situ informal settlement upgrading
People-led housing
Livelihood initiatives
51
Cities & Towns
636
Savings Groups
32
Upgrading Projects
1511
Settlements Profiled
“Data is the ID of the community. It helps us understand where we are and build relationships with local government. But we need to live our data so that any time we are asked, we know all information about our settlements. In this way, we can have an impact on how the country is run. If government wants to talk about anything, we would have the most updated data.”
Nkokheli Ncambele
National ISN Coordinator