Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia

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Place of Work: Windhoek with frequent, multi-day travel N amibia Housing Action Group (NHAG) Trust is a Non-Governmental Service Organization, aiming to support and add value to the activities and processes of the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN). NHAG facilitates and advocates for change in the livelihood of urban and rural poor by supporting the SDFN actions to secure affordable land and shelter and improving the living conditions of those excluded from commercial housing and financial processes, using a community-driven approach. NHAG is looking for an Informal Settlement Upgrading Project Officer with the following requirements . Applications will be considered within the gender balance requirements of the NHAG Trust. Responsibilities: -           Facilitate activities aimed at informal settlement upgrading with a specific focus on community participatory planning in all 14 regions of Namibia. -    ...

On 18 August 2022 a cooperation between Psychology Students of UNAM (University of Namibia), the NGO PEACE and the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) came into life. This is a further step in an initiative between PEACE and the SDFN that started with Lydia Nisbet assessing the need for collaboration and training for Federation members . They indicated their interest and asked that the training should also include general information on health and nutrition. Eight Master Students, led by their lecturer in Community Psychology, Dr Shelene Gentz (also a PEACE Board member) met SDFN members from different saving groups of Khomas region to understand where PEACE and the Master Students can support the communities of the informal settlements with their daily struggles . As Christel Menette, Clinical Psychologist at PEACE stated in this meeting: “ The vision of PEACE is to make professional psychosocial services available to the most marginalised persons and groups in Namibia ” . ...

  The Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG) TRUST, the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN), and the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) are currently implementing the OpenStreetMap project with financial support through the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. OpenStreetMap works with organizations and communities across 23 countries in creating and updating free, editable, and shareable open map data . The project will be implemented in line with the Community Land Information Programme (CLIP) and is implemented by NHAG/NUST technical team as well as Youth from SDFN and NUST. The project in Namibia is focusing on mapping urban areas with informal settlement as areas of interest. Availing open map data on Namibian informal settlements will benefit communities and professionals in all regions to identifying problems, monitoring change, setting priorities, and understanding humanitarian and development trends.

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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...