A community erased: Lima airport uproots historic neighborhood
Until last month, one of the last historic farming neighborhoods of Lima, Peru stood here. This photo story shows us the complicated results of progress.
Category: Aid and Development
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How to solve a slum: Poor residents push back on government housing plans
In the third installment of Slum Rising, Seattle journalist Abby Higgins explores the promising and controversial housing solutions in Kenya’s largest slum.
29 Mar
Don’t call them victims, these youth are slum changemakers
The polio-fighting, clean water advocating, girls’ rights empowered youth of “The Revolutionary Optimists” shatters everything we thought we knew about creating change.
27 Mar
Seattle’s tent cities are a local reflection of global slum housing crisis
Urban slums may seem like a distant problem only facing poor countries. But Seattle has a history of informal settlements all its own.
22 Mar
Women, water and what it means to ‘have it all’
For millions of women and girls in poor countries, collecting water for their families each day is not just a chore—it’s a symbol of gender oppression.
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