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Practical Actions' Urban water and waste projectsPractical Action is an NGO which works directly in more than 40 developing countries across the world. We have offices in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Peru, Sudan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, and our consultancy work extends across Africa, Asia and Latin America. More info...As is the case with so many countries in the developing world, rapid urbanisation has placed a considerable strain on urban services, such as solid waste management. Pracical Action works with some of the poorest communities to improve waste management and collection methods, creating safer and healthier places to live and work. About the projects...Total sanitation in Nakuru slumsIn 2012 Practical Action launched an ambitious, funded by Comic Relief, which will improve the quality of life for slum communities of 190,000 people in Nakuru, Kenya.Urban waste pickers in Kathmandu (PRISM)Nepal, 2011-2014. Urban waste pickers are among the poorest people in Kathmandu valley. This project aims to improve the living conditions of informal workers in the solid waste management sector.Integrated urban servicesMore than half the world’s population lives in urban areas. Cities in the developing world are growing rapidly and by 2020 the number of people living in urban slums is predicted to rise to 1.4 billion.   Urban services (water, sanitation, hygiene, waste management) operate in c...SWASHTHA - Strengthening Water, Air, Sanitation and Hygiene Treasuring HealthThis project aims to develop and promote integrated approaches by addressing major environmental health risks, such as indoor air quality, water quality, sanitation facilities and hygiene behaviours to create healthy homes benefiting 30,000 women and children in urban and peri urban settlements i...Promoting Examples of Participatory Local Empowerment in Urban Planning (PEOPLE UP)A Practical Action project in Mutare and Epworth that seeks to improve the living conditions of poor and marginalised urban and peri-urban residents by accessing and sustaining basic municipal and infrastructure services.Peoples' Plans Into Practice (PPP): Kisumu and KitaleCountry: Kenya Dates: October 2008 - September 2013 Partners: Shelter Forum, KUAP Funder: Comic Relief  Locations: Kisumu (Manyatta and Nyalenda), Kitale: Tuwani, Grasslands, Sokoni The city of Kisumu on the banks of Lake Victoria is Kenya’s third largest, with a populat...Sustainable waste managementThis project’s objective was to improve the health and environmental conditions of poor communities in four municipalities of Nepal through the adoption of a community-based, sustainable waste management system.