Overview

SLUMFIGHTERS international helps and empowers people in and around slums. We develop, implement and transfer an integral process in order to transform (in)formal settlements together with all the (in)formal stakeholders so that the occupants get a decent and sustainable life. Why? We believe that everybody counts, but nobody is the same. Everyone deserves to have freedom, be treated with justice and get opportunities to succeed in life. We believe we can empower slum inhabitants to take control and proactively pursue access a safe home, health care, education, employment, culture, recreation and feel connected. And we believe that their pursuit to succeed in life will benefit both the city and therefore the society as a whole. How? Web support slum inhabitants, private stakeholders and formal organizations to cooperate, by uncovering mutual benefits. With an exploration procedure focused on your social, economic and living situation and wishes, we develop a customized, step-by- step route map methodology which guides you through the process of urbanizing a home, street or neighborhood. Whether you are a slum inhabitant, private stakeholder or part of a formal organization, each of you can initiate this process and all stakeholders can participate in a transparent, mutually beneficial and just way: Who are we? Slumfighters International is a non-governmental organization with the purpose of making an end to slums worldwide. We are an international network of experts in the fields of: engineering, architecture, urbanism, real-estate development, legal affairs, financing, sociology, pedagogy and sustainability. We position ourselves, freely translated, like a relation therapist: Slumfighters negotiates and works with informal inhabitants and bottom-up initiatives on one hand, with formal organizations, government and top-down programs on the other, in other words: Slumfighters is all-in.