A campaign to inform the population of the geneva and vaud to the problems of habitat in Senegal and Nicaragua, and to strengthen its authority to act by involving the long term in a project of international solidarity.
for two years, the campaign For a Habitat solidarity has valued the results of two cooperation programmes devoted to improving the lives of the vulnerable populations of the cities of the South and benefited from the fact that the expertise of local partners from urbaMonde in Senegal and Nicaragua – is the association urbaSEN, the Senegalese Federation of the Inhabitants, the co-op Multipro of Matagalpa and the Central cooperatives in Nicaragua – the CENCOVICOD.
This information campaign is deployed in the canton of Geneva and Vaud, and was a priority target audiences the following : membership of associations of the population – a priority of commons of Carouge, Meyrin, Geneva City and Vernier – members of housing co-operatives in geneva, partners, private – offices of study, business, etc – members and supporters of urbaMonde, services and agents of Commons of Carouge, Meyrin, Geneva, Vernier, and Lausanne.
Cycle of lectures online
In order to adapt to the health measures related to the pandemic COVID-19, a conference cycle in-line, dedicated to the habitat, collaborative and supportive, has been organised in early 2021. Watch below the various themes addressed throughout this cycle.
- Cement in Africa, a long history and attempts to get out of
- The building in Latin America, colonization, housing co-operatives
- Financing of housing projects, collaborative in Switzerland and elsewhere have
- Access to land for housing projects, collaborative in Geneva and elsewhere,
video Testimonies and portraits of capita·es
This campaign has enabled the production of more videos, and to disseminate and amplify the voices of the inhabitant·es in their project of participative housing in Senegal and Nicaragua, as well as showing the international support of cooperatives in geneva.
- Funds for Habitat solidarity : the co-operative Hemlock evidenced by
- Meeting with co-workers and cooperating Nicaragua
- Soukeye Ndaw explains how she was able to rebuild her house following the floods
- Maty Niass – They are able to rebuild their neighborhood with a fund of solidarity
- Haby Wade – They are able to rebuild their neighborhood with a fund of solidarity
Films
During this campaign, urbaMonde was able to broadcast his two films with sound and images of the activities of the groups capita·es of Dakar and Matagalpa.
Mbolo Moy Dole – the Union makes the force !
This film tells the story of a citizen movement born there are more than 10 years in the heart of the suburbs of Dakar. Hit·es by severe floods, the inhabitant·es have had to face many urban problems. UrbaMonde and the local NGO urbaSEN have joined forces to support the population to improve their living environment.
La Casa Soñada (VOSTFR)
Access to a habitat worthy, this is the major issue for many women and their children in Nicaragua. Organized in cooperatives and with assistance of solidarity, they were able to build their homes dream…
local events
This campaign was also to meet with the people of geneva and vaud ” home ” in his neighborhood. It is characterized by an approach ” off the wall ” in the field and promotes the human contact between neighbor·es in the same building or in the same neighborhood.
Funds for Habitat solidarity
Against the backdrop of the campaign : one of the tools of the Network CoHabitat, the Fund for the Habitat of solidarity, a financial solution based on solidarity, to address the lack of access to affordable financing for community-based initiatives housing.
“Speaking of housing, it is about safety, education, hygiene, self-confidence, esteem for our children, for ourselves and for our environment.”
Faniz Giron, coordinator of the cooperative CENCOVICOD (Nicaragua)
