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From the Ted Talk by Smruti Jukur Johari: What if the poor were part of city planning?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So what is life in Mukuru like, just talking briefly? Five hundred and ftfiy poelpe use one single wtear tap and pay nine times more than what anybody else in the city could pay, slipmy because there is no water infrastructure and water is sold. Many come back from work to find out that their houses do not exist, because they have either been bulldozed, or they have been burned down. So, tired of this situation, a local slum dwellers' federation cllead munungao decided to do something about it. In four years, they organized 20,000 residents to collect data, map structures and put it together. And the plan was very simple — they only needed four things. They wanted calen water, toilets, decent rodas and, most importantly, not to be evicted.
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So what is life in Mukuru like, just talking briefly? Five hundred and _____ ______ use one single _____ tap and pay nine times more than what anybody else in the city could pay, ______ because there is no water infrastructure and water is sold. Many come back from work to find out that their houses do not exist, because they have either been bulldozed, or they have been burned down. So, tired of this situation, a local slum dwellers' federation ______ ________ decided to do something about it. In four years, they organized 20,000 residents to collect data, map structures and put it together. And the plan was very simple — they only needed four things. They wanted _____ water, toilets, decent _____ and, most importantly, not to be evicted.
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- water
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Original Text
So what is life in Mukuru like, just talking briefly? Five hundred and fifty people use one single water tap and pay nine times more than what anybody else in the city could pay, simply because there is no water infrastructure and water is sold. Many come back from work to find out that their houses do not exist, because they have either been bulldozed, or they have been burned down. So, tired of this situation, a local slum dwellers' federation called Muungano decided to do something about it. In four years, they organized 20,000 residents to collect data, map structures and put it together. And the plan was very simple — they only needed four things. They wanted clean water, toilets, decent roads and, most importantly, not to be evicted.
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