http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1930 en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - UK/English/Topics/Development/Shelter & housing Cairo’s poorest risk burial alive in their homes http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/164049/1/1930 The Egyptian authorities must act immediately to protect Cairo’s poorest inhabitants from rockslides and other dangers, says a leading rights group. Red Cross warning about displaced people's camps http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85974 Camps for people forced to flee their homes by conflict can cause resentment, tension and violence between internally displaced people and the people around them, warns a Red Cross report. 10:10 Campaign launched http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85706 Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband welcomes 10:10, a new campaign to cut carbon emissions by 10 per cent in 2010 - of which our sister site, OneClimate, is proud to be a member, alongside Spurs football club, the Coop, the Science Museum, 10 hospitals, 10 schools, 10 universities, 10 local councils, Antony Gormley, Ken Livingstone, ActionAid, Shami Chakrabati, the Bishop of London, Honeybuns Bakery, many more celebs and 60 other organisations. + Launch of 10:10 campaign + Spurs Myanmar cyclone: ‘Aftermath could be more lethal’ http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160423/1/1930 Five days after Cyclone Nargis hit parts of Myanmar, international aid has begun to arrive. Latest estimates claim over 22,000 people have perished and twice as many gone missing, leaving a million people homeless. The Irrawaddy delta still remains cut off from the world. Homing dignity http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159365/1/1930 Social stigmas attached to leprosy continue unabated in India, home to over 50% of the world's leprosy patients. Ostracised by society and lacking government support, it is ghettos like the Village of Hope in Delhi that offer shelter, companionship and dignity to those afflicted by the disease, writes Aditi Rao. ‘Baseras’ for girls orphaned by militancy http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158799/1/1930 The Borderless World Foundation, a Pune-based NGO, has a mission to provide shelter for young girls orphaned by violence in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. In these baseras or homes, they find much-needed affection and care, which they have been bereft of. Little protection against rains for cyclone victims in Bangladesh http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158049/1/1930 Even after three months of Cyclone Sidr hitting Bangladesh, some 1.3 million affected people are living under plastic sheeting, tarpaulins and other basic shelters exposing them to the approaching monsoon rains. Oxfam says that it is vital that the government and the international community urgently devise a better plan. In pursuit of a sustainable urban setting http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/157452/1/1930 With global urban population expecting to rise to over five billion by 2025, there is a need to evolve sustainable urbanisation processes, says architect Dr. Nizamuddin Ahmed. In his vivid description of the city of Dhaka, he speaks of using architecture beyond the purely commercial to create better living environments. Understanding India’s architectural heritage http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/157302/1/1930 Street names and buildings in India once linked people to their local culture, geography and livelihoods. To deal with this loss of identity and regain the richness of its architectural landscape, India needs to research and document traditional houses in villages and old towns, writes architectural consultant Kiran Keswani. Harry Chapin Media Awards on hunger and economic poverty http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156796/1/1930 The Harry Chapin Media Awards were created in 1982 to encourage the media to tell stories of hunger and poverty. These global awards recognise work on causes of economic poverty and forces leading to self-reliance of poor. The current deadline for submitting entries is February 1, 2008. The search continues for cyclone missing http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156710/1/1930 While the Bangladesh cyclone claimed thousands of lives and left millions homeless, there remain large parts of the population who have gone missing. Bangladesh Red Crescent is now working on a database of those missing, mostly women and children, to help link them up with their loved ones. Frustrations abound among Sri Lankan tsunami victims http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156353/1/1930 Three years after Sri Lanka was hit by tsunami, people are disappointed at the pace of reconstruction work. An aid worker admits that there has been a disconnect between intended efforts and what has actually materialised. Brushing aside the poor to make Delhi sparkle http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156255/1/1930 Indian capital New Delhi is busy transforming itself into a modern city before the Commonwealth Games to be held in 2010. In the process, Delhi’s poor are being uprooted and left alone to fend for themselves. Karachi’s bulldozed population http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156123/1/1930 The poor of Karachi in the Sindh province of Pakistan face evictions from the main city. They are being thrown out on the outskirts to make way for global capital and emerging middle class. Unicef and others provide shelter to affected children http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/155840/1/1930 UNICEF, in collaboration with Save the Children International Alliance, has already built 27 day-care centres in eight cyclone-affected districts of Bangladesh. It plans to build 380 more safe spaces in next few weeks to assist 20,000 child victims to help them recover from the calamity.