Update from Manila
Posted On September 5, 2022
Update from Patrick in the Servants Philippines Team I would like to share news, updates and reflections of the first half of year 2022 with… Read More →
A day in the slum
Posted On November 30, 2021
After a long wait for a visa, I a m finally living in a slum in India, waking to the Muezzin, praying on the roof-top, and … Read More →
Solidarity and Hope Among a Community of Rubbish Pickers
Posted On July 7, 2014
The following reflection was written by Kristin Jack, Servants’ International Coordinator, about his recent visit with a Servants team in Southeast Asia. If you’d like… Read More →
FtAF: What is a ‘Slum’?
Posted On May 16, 2014
[This article was first published on the Servants website in 2007, but it was adapted from an article in the newletter ‘Housing by People in… Read More →
Servants Southall Update: Census Sensibility
Posted On September 25, 2013
The following reflection was written by Claire Boot, who is a member of the Servants Southall team located in London England. If you would like… Read More →
BBC: Sheds with Beds are London’s Modern Day Slums
Posted On February 28, 2012
They came to Britain illegally in search of a better life, but the reality turned out to be far removed from what they dreamed of…. Read More →
The Seven Myths of Slums
Posted On December 10, 2010
Conventional thinking on development issues is often characterised by many assumptions, clichés and rationalisations about the residents of slums. In challenging some of these core… Read More →