We provide community organising support to families, communities and social movements fighting for access to land and housing by providing rights-based popular education, strengthening local leadership structures and leadership capacity, building solidarity among communities and social movements facing similar challenges, and encouraging greater community participation to address their collective struggles.
Almost three decades after apartheid, Cape Town remains one of the most unequal cities in the world in terms of race and income. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people have resorted to living in inadequate conditions in vacant public buildings or the mushrooming informal settlements and backyard dwellings on the outskirts of the city. These are some of the poorest South Africans, whose vulnerability is exacerbated by their social and economic exclusion and geographic isolation. Many of these communities struggle to access basic services (such as decent sanitation), economic opportunities, and social amenities like schools, hospitals and clinics.
We provide community organising support to families, communities and social movements fighting for access to land and housing by building leadership capacity, strengthening local leadership structures, providing rights-based popular education, building solidarity among communities and social movements facing similar challenges, and encouraging greater community participation to address their collective struggles.
Through this work, we have supported and contributed to strengthening communities and social movements across the city, who are able to champion their own interests and assert their human dignity. We work closely with the social movement Reclaim the City, and communities in Imizamo Yethu, Khayelitsha, Wolwerivier as well as Lanquedoc and the Stellenbosch Backyarders Forum in the Stellenbosh municipality.