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Putting local communities at the center of public space making in informal settlements

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Cities4Children

07 February 2023

Cities4Children

English

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Africa

This blog is about the Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI). The KDI collaborates with local community groups to transform underutilized risk-prone spaces in Kibera into a resilient and productive network of public spaces. This initiative, also known as the Kibera Public Space Project (KPSP) is ongoing and consists of 11 unique public spaces. Each public space has been developed with multiple stakeholders, such as community-based organizations, residents, experts, local governments, universities, and local and international organizations. The KPSP is an inspiring example of how built-environment professionals, city authorities, and community-based groups and organizations can enable and support more child, youth, and caregiver-friendly environments in informal settlements, which are also climate resilient. Cities4Children wrote this blog based on a conversation with Gloria Tanui, Kezia Ojal, Prisca Okila, and Annelyn Oranga who work in KDI’s community engagement and design departments.

 

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Built environment

Child welfare services

Communities

Construction

Food security

Governance

Human settlements

Informal settlements

Kenya

Land

Livelihoods

Local community

Local government

Open spaces

Policy

Poverty & inequality

Rights

Sanitation

Stakeholder engagement

Urban

Women

Youth

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