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Re-engineering urban spaces in Kenya
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Kibera doesn’t have enough toilets or adequate flood defences. When it rains heavily, homes are damaged and raw sewage mixes with drinking water supplies, spreading disease.
Low-lying, Bangladesh is susceptible to flooding, cyclones and tidal surges. Battered by torrential rain and strong winds during the monsoon season, it is frequently hit by flash floods and landslides.
Every day 3 billion people cook over open fires or inefficient stoves. Breathing in the air they produce is equivalent to smoking two packets of cigarettes a day.
Many people in Nepal lack access to the internet. This means that they miss out on global knowledge, education, healthcare, communications and e-commerce.