Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia

Namibia has one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in southern Africa. Therefore, the youth also play a decisive role within the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN). SDFN has a very engaged and active Youth. The Youth – just to mention a view aspect - are involved in the Community Land Information Program (CLIP) to collect data towards scaling up informal settlement upgrading, and they are very engaged in backyard gardening by having gardens themselves but also in training other community members on gardening matters, as mentioned previously.  "Know Your City TV" SDFN Youth took the lead on and enjoyed implementing the Know your City TV (KYCTV) Project, funded by Shack/ Slum Dwellers International (SDI). KYCTV is a call to action within the SDI ``Know your City Campaign” for cities in different countries to know their people, know the poverty and plight of the poorest and work together to bring about an end to poverty in our world’s cities. SDFN Youth...

  Permaculture project for Ituyeni Village - Havanna, Windhoek. The permaculture workshop by the Kambashu Institute and SDFN started on the 12 th of   February and ended on the 20 th of February 2022 . The aim of the workshop was to design and assist the Ituyeni Community to use inputs like energy, water, and sun more efficiently and improve their environments – leading to better health all around. And it can help them save money!  Together with Permaculture Expert Alex Kruger and based on the experience of the SAIS project on appropriate technology, they designed and implemented Permaculture solutions with and for Ituyeni Village in Havanna. In the first days, they’ve assessed the location/gathered information to design the gardens around the already built houses.     They also decided on the plants they were going to grow. Some of the plants include climber beans, watermelons, pumpkins, beetroots, the Moringa tree, and various other related. Af...