{"id":1282,"date":"2025-09-12T11:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preview.urbamonde.org\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:27:22","slug":"support-of-the-senegalese-federation-of-the-inhabitants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbamonde.org\/en\/support-of-the-senegalese-federation-of-the-inhabitants\/","title":{"rendered":"Support of the Senegalese Federation of Inhabitants"},"content":{"rendered":"

The support programme for the Senegalese Federation of Inhabitants aims to develop the urban planning and housing improvement capacity of inhabitants in the precarious neighbourhoods of Dakar’s suburbs.<\/h2>\n

Since the end of the 1980s, the suburbs of Dakar have suffered recurrent flooding, causing considerable damage, particularly in the commune of Djiddah Thiaroye Kao (DTK), and in other nearby communes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For nearly 20 years, certain residential areas have been flooded for several months each year, forcing some residents to abandon or rebuild their homes, or live in particularly precarious conditions, exposing them to significant health risks and preventing them from carrying out economic activities on an ongoing basis.<\/p>\n

From 2007 onwards, urbaMonde joined forces with local actors – residents organised in a collective of associations (CADDTK), as well as Senegalese urban professionals who had been looking for sustainable solutions to recurrent floods since 2005 – to strengthen the planning, prevention, and flood risk management capacities of the inhabitants of precarious districts.<\/p>\n

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This collaboration led to a participatory planning process carried out across the municipality of DTK and the emergence of a citizens\u2019 movement organised within the Senegalese Federation of\u00a0 Inhabitants (FSH)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0its NGO technical support, urbaSEN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This residents\u2019 federation now has nearly 20,000 members organised into more than 700 savings groups, the vast majority of which are made up of women (96%). Groups affiliated to the FSH are present in around fifteen municipalities in the suburbs of Dakar and in the regions of Thi\u00e8s, Louga and Ziguinchor. It is a member of\u00a0<\/span>Slum Dwellers International<\/a>, a network of slum dwellers present in 32 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FSH advocates for local, participatory urban governance and fills a real gap in the urban development process: resident participation. Indeed, the expectations and needs of people living in informal settlements are only very partially taken into account, and residents are rarely listened to. This community movement, rooted in the heart of these neighbourhoods, aims to give them a voice and legitimise their place in local dialogue and decision-making.<\/p>\n