Shanty towns are improvised settlements made of scrap materials that house the poor in developing nations. Over one billion people live in shanty towns under poor conditions, without proper sanitation, water access, or education. They are located on marginal lands near cities and hinder a country's development by increasing pollution, diseases, and unemployment since residents lack skills. Governments could help by building infrastructure, improving sanitation and water, creating jobs, and developing shelters and schools.
A presentation for initiating discussion among students
in a one-day seminar at Mahatma Vidyalaya School, Muthanallur, Anekal taluk, Bangalore Rural District
A presentation for initiating discussion among students
in a one-day seminar at Mahatma Vidyalaya School, Muthanallur, Anekal taluk, Bangalore Rural District
French philosopher Montesquieu gave use the idea of the Three Estates of the Realm. Edmund Burke argued the Press makes up a Fourth Estate. William Dutton argues that a Fifth Estate are not just users of transmedia like bloggers, but those connected through the internet.
In Africa those connections look different. In this talk I argue that Africa isn't a place, but a space. A state of mind that exists in the diaspora and those connected beyond boarders.
DfSlums are areas of broad social and health disadvantage to children and their families due to extreme poverty, overcrowding, poor water and sanitation, substandard housing, limited access to basic health and education services, and other hardships (eg, high unemployment, violence).
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