Opening new doors to the future in India’s slums
"We have a great environment here. I feel very nice because of the lovely buildings. It's interesting here."
Mumbai, India - Mukti Sharma is searching for words. It's not her English - that is excellent - it's just that words don't seem to be enough for her to describe how her family's situation has changed.
There is a long way to go before the rest of Mumbai's 1.1 million slum houses are cleared, but at least now there is a way forward. The project is being studied by groups in South Africa, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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