Office of the Special Adviser on Africa |
| Purpose: |
To provide temporary employment skills and credit to low-income groups in peri-urban, unplanned settlements, and to ensure food security in these areas. Also to facilitate the upgrading of settlements through infrastructure development, so that the upgrading of these settlements can be legalized and systematically planned. |
| Illustrative Project: |
Creation of Employment - women have been engaged in the construction of infrastructure in the community such as roads, drains, refuse bins, and ventilated improved pit latrines. After being on the programme for almost three years, they have formed contractual groups and are now hired by the local community and the municipal councils. In the absence of contracts, they engage in entrepreneurial activities to raise money to feed their families. |
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