Community Based Projects

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

Ecosan Sanitation Upgrades: Chinhoyi

Updated: 02/11/2015

Provision of waterless sanitiation to settlements in Chinhoyi.

Chinhoyi
Zimbabwe
Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)
Dialogue on Shelter & Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation
Water & Sanitation
$ 20,000.00 Active

Kalimali Sanitation Unit

Updated: 27/10/2015

Income generation project to fund a sanitiation unit in Bwaise, Kampala. 

Bwaise
Kampala
Uganda
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Bartle Bogglie Heagarty
AcTogether Uganda
National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)
Water & Sanitation
$ 25,000.00 Completed

Nyamityobora Market Sanitation Project -Mbarara

Updated: 27/10/2015

Construction of a water and sanitation unit in Mbarara’s Kizungu settlement, for market vendors and residents.

Mbarara
Uganda
AcTogether Uganda
National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Water & Sanitation
$ 23,768.00 Active

Lubaga Sanitation Unit Jinja

Updated: 27/10/2015

Construction of a water and sanitiation unit complete with toilets, showers and community resource centre in Rubaga, Kampala. 

Rubaga
Kampala
Uganda
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
AcTogether Uganda
National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)
Water & Sanitation
Public Amenities
Livelihoods
$ 8,600.00 Active

Boda Boda Taxi Service Livelihood Project

Updated: 27/10/2015

Establishment of a community-owned and operated taxi service in Kampala, to provide transport for Federation leaders and members and to generate an ...

Kampala
Uganda
AcTogether Uganda
National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)
Livelihoods
$ 10,000.00 Active

Jinja Market Upgrading Feasibility Study

Updated: 27/10/2015

Assessments of the feasibility of upgrading markets in Jinja.

Jinja, Nakawa and Mbale
Jinja
Uganda
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
AcTogether Uganda
National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)
Public Amenities
$ 5,181.00 Active

Jinja Materials Training Center

Updated: 26/10/2015

The establishment of a materials construction workshop in Jinja, providing income to subsidize and manufacture building materials for projects.

Jinja
Uganda
AcTogether Uganda
National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)
Livelihoods
$ 20,586.00 Active

Mbale Water and Sanitation unit

Updated: 26/10/2015

The construction of a water and sanitation unit in Mission Settlement, Mbale.

Mission Settlement
Mbale
Uganda
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)
AcTogether Uganda
National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)
Water & Sanitation
$ 25,127.00 Active

Kinawataka Market Sanitation

Updated: 26/10/2015

The construction of a water and sanitation unit with a community resource centre in Kinawataka market, Nakawa settlement, Kampala. 

Kinawataka
Kampala
Uganda
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
AcTogether Uganda
National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)
Water & Sanitation
Public Amenities
Livelihoods
$ 15,600.00 Active

Community Urban Planning Studio in Kampala

Updated: 26/10/2015

Urban Planning Studio in Kampala with Makerere University students, on enumerations and report publication.

Kampala
Uganda
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
AcTogether Uganda
National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)
Water & Sanitation
$ 9,478.00 Completed

Jinja Materials Workshop II

Updated: 26/10/2015

Capacity building and income generation activity through a construction materials production workshop and training institute in Jinja. 

Jinja
Uganda
AcTogether Uganda
National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Other Infrastructure
$ 20,000.00 Active

Planning for Kisenyi Land Sharing Project

Updated: 26/10/2015

Planning (in the form of surveys and exchanges) for a land-sharing project in Kisenyi settlement, Kampala.

Kisenyi
Kampala
Uganda
Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)
AcTogether Uganda
National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)
Housing
$ 14,600.00 Active

Plot Allocation for Housing in Nairobi

Updated: 20/10/2015

Regularization of land tenure in Timau, Nairobi.

Katani
Nairobi
Kenya
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Land & Tenure Security
$ 30,000.00 Completed

Mabatini Layout Plan & Housing Design

Updated: 20/10/2015

Development of a draft settlement layout plan and draft housing design typologies for Mabatini, Nairobi.

Mabatini
Nairobi
Kenya
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Housing
$ 30,000.00 Completed

Mukuru Sinai Affordable Housing I & II

Updated: 20/10/2015

Land tenure and housing construction in Mukuru Sinai, Nairobi for slum dwellers living on state land.  

Mukuru Sinai
Nairobi
Kenya
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Housing
$ 372,275.00 Active

Community-Driven Taxi Service Livelihoods Project

Updated: 19/10/2015

The purchase of a vehicle to be used as part of a community-driven taxi service, which is an income generating project by ...

Nairobi
Kenya
Muungano wa Wanavijiji
Akiba Mashinani Trust
Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Livelihoods
$ 10,000.00 Active

Gobabis Housing

Updated: 13/10/2015

Incremental construction of houses in Gobabis, Omaheke Region.

Eenhana, Gobabis and Windhoek
Namibia
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Shack Dweller's Federation of Namibia (SDFN)
Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG)
Housing
$ 120,000.00 Active

Namibia Incremental Housing I

Updated: 13/10/2015

Incremental housing construction in settlements across Namibia.

Hoachanas, Tangi, Mpungu and Kamajab
Usakos, Rehoboth, Keetmanshoop and Omaruru
Namibia
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Shack Dweller's Federation of Namibia (SDFN)
Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG)
The Rockefeller Foundation
Housing
$ 200,000.00 Active

Housing and Basic Services across Namibia: Omuthiya

Updated: 13/10/2015

The construction of two hundred and eighty-five (285) houses and service provision to one hundred and forty (140) households across Namibia.

Omuthiya
Namibia
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Shack Dweller's Federation of Namibia (SDFN)
Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG)
The Rockefeller Foundation
Water & Sanitation
Housing
Grant funding $ 445,000.00 Active

Sanitation Upgrading: Tsandi

Updated: 18/08/2015

Installation of Sanitation infrastructure in Tsandi, Namibia by members of the Joel Kaapanda and Nambula ya Mukatha Saving Schemes. The project was ...

Tsandi
Namibia
Cities Alliance
Water & Sanitation
Grant funding $ 41,027.00 Active