Community leader Prapas Saengpradab reveals how his Bangkok slum turned itself from a drug den to an attractive canalside community. Uncommon Media fo...
This sparky animation highlights five key ideas for a radical new approach to ending slums. Created by Why Not Social Enterprise and Uncommon Media fo...
How do squatters become householders? In Bharatpur, Ram Kumari Praja shows how women's savings groups can lead to bigger things. By Uncommon Media for...
From squalid workers' cottages to impressive three-storey houses - Le Viet Hung and his neighbours' building has transformed planning in Vinh City. By...
U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps splashed it up with some excited kids Monday (March 11) in Rio de Janeiro's largest urbanized slum neighbourhood, the Roci...
A teenaged girl, who started in the slums of Uganda and became one of the best chess players around, inspired students in San Diego Monday.
The game o...
This was once a bustling Lagos slum - now all that's left is ash and the charred remnants of ramshackle homes. A raging fire has left the poor commun...
Researchers at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa present the iShack, an eco-friendly dwelling with some needed amenities. The most import...
At least 14 people were killed in a fire in a slum in Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka on Sunday, police and fire fighting officials said. Officials sa...