Squatter Settlement

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

Kibera Nairobi, Kenya next to the Ngong river

Question 2

Population

Answer 2

3 million

Question 3

Cramped conditions

Answer 3

8 people living in a 12x12 foot house

Question 4

Quality of homes

Answer 4

Only 1% made from brick or stone

Question 5

Practical action

Answer 5

Set up a number of toilet blocks

Question 6

Sanitation

Answer 6

95% of homes lack adequate sanitation

Question 7

Infant mortality

Answer 7

20% of children die before 5 due to water Bourne diseases

Question 8

Governmental help

Answer 8

Doesn’t recognise Kibera, not on the map

Rehousing 720 people in 2003

Question 9

Sustainable schemes

Answer 9

Pee Poo
Sunny money
Mapping

Question 10

Pee poo

Answer 10

Biodegradable bags that kill pathogens poo later used as fertiliser

Question 11

Sunny Money

Answer 11

Provides solar panels to people

Allows them to have power and light this they can work longer ect

Question 12

Mapping

Answer 12

Teaches basic technology producing a local map of kibera online where all the facilities are shown as the often move

Question 13

Site and Service schemes

Answer 13

Sites with secure tenure (important as people can invest in the land) with basic facilities eg water electricity

Question 14

Assisted self help

Answer 14

NGOs provide training and materials for construction or they provide plots with secure tenure

Question 15

Self help

Answer 15

Improving their own position through work in the informal sector