Building Bridges with the Grassroots: Scaling-Up Through Knowledge Sharing

Preface and Acknowledgements Foreword Building Bridges Changing Lives Surviving Disasters: investing in capacities of women and poor communities to build resilience The Women's Information and Communications Technology Project (WICT), Nairobi, Kenya Women, the True Champions of Urban Shelter Delivery in Southern Africa: the case of the Zimbabwe Women in Construction Association Building on Poor Communities' Strengths: NAHECO Credit and Savings Schemes in Nakuru, Kenya Dissemination of Household Smoke Reduction In Sudan and the Critical Role of the Women's Development Associations in the Process Mothers Organizing Practical and Social Support in their Communities: The Work of the Mother Centers International Network for Empowerment (MINE) The Grassroots Women's International Academy GWIA - A grassroots methodology for knowledge building and knowledge transfer A Roof Overhead: Disseminating a new technology throughout Latin America The Programme to Improve Living Conditions in the Neighbourhoods of Yaounde 6, Cameroun: An example of changing the scale of a participative process International exchanges between slum communities: the SDI experience in Kenya Opportunities not Wasted: Promoting Livelihoods and Improved Environmental Health through Community-focused Solid Waste Management, the Programme for Sanitation and Protection of the Environment (PrAPE) in Benin Strengthening Grassroots Processes through Partnerships: Evaluating the Lessons and Identifying the Barriers and Gaps Making the Vision a Reality: What still needs to be done through information sharing and institutional change