Ragpickers Diwali October 30, 2008 Mumbai As part of ACORN International, ACORN India, and the ACORN Foundation’s program, we have initiated the Dharavi Project, as an initiative for the ragpickers. I will talk more about this in coming days, because it is an exciting project and an interesting and different strategy for us to …
Month: October 2008
Dharavi Recycling Centers
Dharavi Recycling Centers Mumbai The Dharavi neighborhood is famous in Bombay at least as famous as a mega-slum can be with almost a million people living in a slum almost in the center of the city on what remains of all wetlands from the rancid remains of a river running to the Indian Ocean …
Deadly Migration
Deadly Migration October 29, 2008 Mumbai The papers in India were quick to report the latest news from the World Urban Habitat report 2008 report on cities indicating that by 2025, just 17 years, three of the ten largest cities in the world will be in India with Mumbai in the #2 slot, Delhi …