The water supply and sanitation system in Dar es Salaam faU in awkward condition caused by severe waste, poor installment technology, inadequate coverage and maintenance and lack of modem sanitation models. Finding bo...The water supply and sanitation system in Dar es Salaam faU in awkward condition caused by severe waste, poor installment technology, inadequate coverage and maintenance and lack of modem sanitation models. Finding both central authorities technically and economicaUy unable to improve it, local citizen groups look for affordable ways of improving the necessary infrastructure through their own efforts. While their self-help initiatives have been successful, they urgently need support in information and technology for better solutions and proper use.展开更多
Insecure tenure and homelessness had reached crisis proportions throughout Canada. Women especially have been affected dramatically but scant attention has been paid to their experience. The article exposes the connec...Insecure tenure and homelessness had reached crisis proportions throughout Canada. Women especially have been affected dramatically but scant attention has been paid to their experience. The article exposes the connections between women's housing insecurity and women's poverty and provides and overview of some of the ways in which government programmes actually contribute to women's insecure tenure and homelessness throug hanalysis of some startling statistics about Canadian women's housing situation.展开更多
Urbanization, rural-to-urban migration, industrialization and modernization have resulted in the erosion of traditional family, community and kin networks in different regions of the world. Contemporary societies in t...Urbanization, rural-to-urban migration, industrialization and modernization have resulted in the erosion of traditional family, community and kin networks in different regions of the world. Contemporary societies in the East, West, North and South are undergoing a breakdown of social cohesion. Especially in urban environments,care-giving for children, the frail and the elderly is in awkward situation. As a grassroots response to these global issues, Mother Centres have been built up in 16 countries in the world to support families, especially poor families, of many ethnic backgrounds, in providing a wide range of close to home services as well as helping the parents to develop survival skills.展开更多
文摘The water supply and sanitation system in Dar es Salaam faU in awkward condition caused by severe waste, poor installment technology, inadequate coverage and maintenance and lack of modem sanitation models. Finding both central authorities technically and economicaUy unable to improve it, local citizen groups look for affordable ways of improving the necessary infrastructure through their own efforts. While their self-help initiatives have been successful, they urgently need support in information and technology for better solutions and proper use.
文摘Insecure tenure and homelessness had reached crisis proportions throughout Canada. Women especially have been affected dramatically but scant attention has been paid to their experience. The article exposes the connections between women's housing insecurity and women's poverty and provides and overview of some of the ways in which government programmes actually contribute to women's insecure tenure and homelessness throug hanalysis of some startling statistics about Canadian women's housing situation.
文摘Urbanization, rural-to-urban migration, industrialization and modernization have resulted in the erosion of traditional family, community and kin networks in different regions of the world. Contemporary societies in the East, West, North and South are undergoing a breakdown of social cohesion. Especially in urban environments,care-giving for children, the frail and the elderly is in awkward situation. As a grassroots response to these global issues, Mother Centres have been built up in 16 countries in the world to support families, especially poor families, of many ethnic backgrounds, in providing a wide range of close to home services as well as helping the parents to develop survival skills.
