Redevelopment

I think this was the best visit of the trip for me. After years of reading about slum redevelopments, hearing the lecture, and seeing the pictures; I finally got a chance to visit one. This project is amazing in the fact that local residents are completely involved with the process. Their primary wants and needs are taken into account when making the design. This is also not a "hand out." People living in the slum do pay for their new unit in the development. While we were visiting, we actually got to talk to and ask questions of the elected leader of the community. Seeing her positive assessment of the project and eagerness to move in was very heartening.
The new structures being built.

Past the green in the center is a picture of what the residents are still living in.