There's a lot happening in UPGRADING amongst ACHR friends in Asia

 

In Thailand   the city-wide up-grading processes known as Bann Mankong is managed by CODI

October 2007
Updated Statistics on Bann Mankong Thailand
597 projects .... in 226 Thai cities ..... 68 Provinces..... 52,776 households.... Here
Habitat Week Thailand Oct 2007 Here

Scale - Change - Action - People
Guide to Bann Mankong on this site  Here
inauguration of the Bonkai up-grading  HERE
More in the    Download Library    CODI - the first 4 years

 

In Cambodia    the 100 Slums per year Comprehensive Upgrading process is managed by UPDF in Phnom Penh

Update: A visit to Phnom Penh .... Cambodia Diary August 2007

The Borrie Kiella Inauguration Alt-E Apartments for the Poor March 2007

Update Cambodia After 3 years of upgrading Nov 2006 Sept 2006

UPDF Expands to 10 more cities December 2005

2 Updates Cambodia July 2005 and October 2005

Fifth Annaversary of UPDF May 2003 Extensive overview of UPDF

 

In Nepal   the new up-grading partnership with Municipalities is managed by Lumanti.

Nepal Up grading Inauguration HERE
Nepal’s first community-planned and community-built
housing relocation project

The new Community Development Fund in Nepal
Report from Somsook,  January 14, 2004

Nepal

In Laos   the grassroots women's groups are partnering the Lao Women's Union

Update on Lao Grassroots Saving and it's impacts

 

In Mongolia   20 new savings groups formed this year are generating lots of interest in Ulan Bataar and with the national government

Update Plus Starting Savings in Mongolia - An exchnge visit from Thailand here
ACHR Exploratory Visit - Report from Arif Hasan here

In Vietnam   our 8 city savings networks throughout the country are initiating community centred environment and up-grading projects.

Background on the network Here

In Sri Lanka - The Women's Bank was one of the first large scale women's savings movements in Asia. More recently, the tsunami rehabilitation efforts have been an important catalyst in getting Sri Lankan NGOs and women's networks together to support each other and create a wider forum for learning and exchange.

SEVANATHA - HELP-O - WOMEN"S BANK and the
Eastern Tsunami Group - make up what was known as the Tsunami Recovery Network now known a CLAPNET - Community Livelihood Actions Program Network. Click here to start downloading CLAPNET's first report in MS Word 39 pages with photos 3.9 mgbs

News from Tsunami Rehabilitation in Sri Lanka Here
The Women's Bank and tsunami recovery efforts Here

In Indonesia APD2 ushered in a new network in 10 cities in Indonesia called UP LINK based on women's savings groups acting as catalysts for community organising.

APD2 report

In East Timor our ACHR supported exchange visit by the Philippine's Homeless People's Federation saw 4 new savings communities formed.

Report on an Exchange Visit: Thailand and East Timor communities
Word File in the    DOWNLOAD LIBRARY    118 kb's about 1 minute

 

 

In Pakistan the OPP Micro Enterprise Credit program supports small family businesses set up by the people in their homes, with credit. The program has expanded to 12 cities and more than 50 villages. 7,469 units have been supported with credit of Rs. 148 million with 93% recovery rate. The program has evolved partnership at country level to support similar initiatives and influence government policy.

More on Loans and process at the OPP-RTI site here

 

Orangi Pilot Project

OPP

Institutions and Programs

 

In the Philippines savings federations have existed for many years and have now expanded to ........ go here on this web site

 

 

In India the alliance of SPARC. Mahila Milan and the National Slum Dwellers Federation pioneered the savings and exchange movement - see there progress at the SPARC web site here

 

 

In Sri Lanka the Women's Development Bank

Visit the SDI web site here

 

 

In Nepal there are 2 Federations

Early information on the 2 Federations in Nepal

 

 

SDI Savings Federations in Africa

Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe go to the SDI web-site

 

SDI Federations in Latin America

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia go to the SDI web-site