INDIA

 

Assisting Urban Communities

With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CHF implemented Slum Communities Achieving Livable Environments with Urban Partners (SCALE-UP) in India and Ghana from 2007-2011.

In India, the program operated in the cities of cities of Pune, Bangalore and Nagpur, where up to half of residents live in rapidly expanding slums. CHF International’s SCALE-UP program worked to improve slum conditions and the livelihoods of urban slum residents by:
  • Strengthening the capacity of slum residents and Local Intermediaries (NGOs, microfinance institutions, private providers and research institutions) to realize pro-poor projects
  • Ensuring that local governments engage with the urban poor on a sustainable basis to plan and implement pro-poor initiatives
  • Increasing income and asset generation opportunities for urban slum residents
  • Improving the living environments and access to services for slum residents

For more information, please visit CHF India's website or download the India Fact Sheet.