Community Based Projects

The projects below represent the UPFI projects along with Donor Partners and Implementing Partners.
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191 Projects

Kiandutu Sanitation Unit: Molo Cluster

Updated: 17/11/2015

Construction of sanitiation infrastructure (toilet blocks) in Biashara and Molo sites in Kiandutu settlement, Nairobi. 

Kiandutu
Nairobi
Kenya
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Muungano Support Trust (MuST)
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Water & Sanitation
Grant funding $ 85,176.00 Active

Shikamoo A Housing Improvement

Updated: 17/11/2015

Purchase of land in Nakuru on which incremental housing is being developed for slum dwellers from around the city.

Nakuru
Kenya
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Housing
Grant funding $ 18,947.00 Active

Pre-Finance for Housing Construction across Namibia

Updated: 17/11/2015

Pre-financed housing construction of seventy-eight (78) houses across Namibia.

Windhoek
Namibia
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Shack Dweller's Federation of Namibia (SDFN)
Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG)
Housing
$ 275,000.00 Completed

Timau Land for Housing Project

Updated: 17/11/2015

Purchase of land in Nairobi, Timau, for housing construction for Federation members.

Timau
Nairobi
Kenya
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Land & Tenure Security
Housing
Grant funding $ 36,907.00 Active

Kiandutu Sanitation Unit: Biashara Cluster

Updated: 17/11/2015

Construction of sanitiation infrastructure (toilet blocks) in Biashara and Molo sites in Kiandutu settlement, Nairobi. 

Kiandutu
Nairobi
Kenya
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Muungano Support Trust (MuST)
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Water & Sanitation
Grant funding $ 85,176.00 Active

Nairobi Railway Relocation Action Plan Design: Mukuru Kwa Njenga

Updated: 17/11/2015

Design of a relocation action plan (RAP) to prevent eviction of Mukuru Kwa Njenga slum dwellers residing along railway lines in Nairobi.

Mukuru
Nairobi
Kenya
Ford Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Homeless Peoples' Federation of Tanzania
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Rockefeller Foundation
Land & Tenure Security
Housing
Grant funding $ 127,000.00 Completed

Nairobi Railway Relocation Action Plan Design: Kibera

Updated: 17/11/2015

Design of a relocation action plan (RAP) to prevent eviction of Kibera slum dwellers residing along railway lines in Nairobi. 

Kibera
Nairobi
Kenya
Ford Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Homeless Peoples' Federation of Tanzania
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Rockefeller Foundation
Land & Tenure Security
Housing
$ 127,000.00 Completed

Agriculture, Housing, Land, and Water Support: The Kondele Network Water Project

Updated: 16/11/2015

Technical assistance for agriculture, housing, land, and water projects.

Kondele
Kisimu
Kenya
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)
Muungano Support Trust (MuST)
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Water & Sanitation
Land & Tenure Security
Housing
$ 40,000.00 Completed

Agriculture, Housing, Land, and Water Support: Mibuyu Saba Land and Housing Project

Updated: 16/11/2015

Technical assistance for agriculture, housing, land, and water projects.

Mibuyu Saba
Kilifi
Kenya
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)
Muungano Support Trust (MuST)
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Water & Sanitation
Land & Tenure Security
Housing
Grant funding $ 40,000.00 Completed

Ghetto Incremental Housing - Phase I

Updated: 12/11/2015

This project is an in-situ upgrading project in Ghetto, which is part of the Huruma settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. 

Ghetto, Huruma
Nairobi
Kenya
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Rockefeller Foundation
Housing
Grant funding $ 223,042.00 Active

Katani Incremental Housing Phase I

Updated: 12/11/2015

A greenfield housing project completed in two phases. In the first phase, eleven (11) starter units and one complete house (which is ...

Katani
Nairobi
Kenya
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Muungano Support Trust (MuST)
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Rockefeller Foundation
Housing
Grant funding $ 89,359.20 Active

Katani Incremental Housing Phase II

Updated: 12/11/2015

A greenfield housing project completed in two phases. In the second phase, fifty (50) starter units and are to be constructed. 

Katani
Nairobi
Kenya
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Housing
Grant funding $ 223,487.00 Active

Ghetto Incremental Housing - Phase II

Updated: 12/11/2015

This project is an in-situ upgrading project in Ghetto, which is part of the Huruma settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. 

Ghetto, Huruma
Nairobi
Kenya
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Rockefeller Foundation
Housing
$ 223,042.00 Active

Agriculture, Housing, Land, and Water Support: Kosovo Urban Agriculture Project

Updated: 11/11/2015

Technical assistance for an urban agriculture project.

Kosovo
Nairobi
Kenya
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Muungano Support Trust (MuST)
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Rockefeller Foundation
Water & Sanitation
Land & Tenure Security
Housing
Grant funding $ 40,000.00 Completed

Zimbabwe Housing, Water & Sanitation Upgrades: Hwange

Updated: 09/11/2015

The provision of basic water and sanitiation facilities and housing to greenfield sites in secondary cities across Zimbabwe.

Hwange
Zimbabwe
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Dialogue on Shelter & Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation
Water & Sanitation
Other Infrastructure
Grant funding $ 165,000.00 Active

Building a Pro-Poor Platform in Zimbabwe: Bulawayo

Updated: 03/11/2015

Technical assistance to assist slum upgrading processes in Zimbabwe.

Bulawayo
Zimbabwe
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)
Dialogue on Shelter & Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Rockefeller Foundation
Housing
Grant funding $ 57,500.00 Active

Harare Citywide Slum Upgrading

Updated: 03/11/2015

Slum upgrading in the form of housing construction and provision of sanitiation to settlements in Harare.

Epworth and Dzivaresekwa Extension
Harare
Zimbabwe
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Dialogue on Shelter & Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation
The Rockefeller Foundation
Water & Sanitation
Housing
$ 100,000.00 Active

Small Health Initiatives and Infrastructure Upgrading

Updated: 03/11/2015

The construction of a community resource centre, part of which will be utilised as a clinic in Crowborough, Harare.

Crowborough
Harare
Zimbabwe
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Dialogue on Shelter & Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation
Land & Tenure Security
$ 20,000.00 Active

Greenfield Housing in Kawama, Jinja

Updated: 02/11/2015

Housing construction on a greenfield site in Kawama settlement, Jinja.

Kawama
Jinja
Uganda
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
AcTogether Uganda
National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)
Housing
$ 87,000.00 Active

Zimbabwe Water and Sanitation Upgrades: Harare

Updated: 02/11/2015

The provision of temporary water in the form of boreholes and eco-san toilets for sanitation for one thousand two hundred and seventy ...

Harare
Zimbabwe
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Dialogue on Shelter & Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation
Water & Sanitation
Grant funding $ 100,000.00 Active