The issue we wanted to tackle this time is the right to adequate housing. It's a phenomenon that matters for its sheer numbers (900 million people around the world live in a slum) and because it shows no sign of slowing down, as people are still moving to cities looking for wealth and a better life, often finding none of either.
Rather than amassing some statistics, we thought we’d give you a local viewpoint. So we asked our friends Susana Machicao and Victor Hugo Ordoez Kock from La Paz, Bolivia to create a written and photographic portrait of El Alto for us, to give you an idea of what life is like in one of the world’s youngest, most thriving and hardest cities. We'd like to thank both of them for this powerful report.
Click here to download the PDF (in English), we hope it inspires you.
The first monthly brief and "A Home for Everyone" competition brief (available in many languages) can be found at this link.
