"The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October every year as World Habitat Day to reflect on the state of human settlements and the basic right to adequate shelter for all. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat."- taken from HUD
Check out this website - this is some of the more beautiful work I've ever seen pertaining to urban slums. If you click on Kibera on the map, you can see where I spent my summer.
THE PLACES WE LIVE
happy world habitat day.
happy world habitat day.
2 comments:
What an important day and cause. I first read about this through the work of Habitat for Humanity and its founder and how he caught the attention of the UN.
My brother often tells me about how bad Nigeria is. I try to tell him that people live in slums around the world. I'm going to share this site with him.
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