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Dignity for the excluded - The base of the pyramid

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 Dignity for the excluded - The base of the pyramid   moladi - BOP Rental - Base of the Pyramid Rental   The real mass market for millions of homeless people all over the world 16m ² - 20m ² - 25m ² or 30m ² room - From USD $1500 to produce  a unit in a day - Employing unemployed local unskilled labour Dignity for the excluded - Housing the base of the pyramid     Shack Fire Squatter Camp fires     Shanty - Shack -Squatter - Home Shanty - Tin Shack   World Economic Forum - Future of Construction   Keywords - moladi, BOP Rental, Base of the Pyramid Rental, Base of the Pyramid, Rental, shack dwellings, urban slums, shanty, home, tin shack, zinc, squatter camps, Timber, Plastic, Zinc Shack, cold, Hot, Unhealthy Fire, Unsafe, rain, Leaks, possessions, stolen, security     

Rural Development - The need for Rural Developers

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Rural Development - The need for Rural Developers One of the biggest and most crucial issue facing the African Continent is that of urbanisation. Daily people leave their rural villages lured by the prospects of a better life in the city. Yet, this does not happen and more and more cities and city dwellers are struggling under the pressures of "City Living". "Work" to provide "Food" and "Shelter" - this is the basis of survival. If there is no "work" "crime" is one of the next options. Urbanization in Africa - Rural to Urban Africa is a rapidly urbanising continent, which according to the UN Habitat, is increasing at a rate of 230,000 people who are moving into cities across Africa each week. Currently, sub-Saharan Africa alone has an estimated housing deficit of 30 million units and every year, the backlog of houses across Africa’s 54 countries collectively increases by 4 million houses. With the population of the African con...