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Support the participation to the World Assembly of Inhabitants-World Social Forum 2011!

To fund air tickets to support the participation of 6 leaders from the National Network of Inhabitants of Cameroon in the World Social Forum/World Assembly of Inhabitants in Dakar. If more than 5,000 euros is raised the surplus funds will be used to support the participation of organisations from other countries. In addition to support for development, solidarity means exchanging experiences and new initiatives!

In Cameroon, the housing situation is catastrophic, with a deficit of over one million houses for a population of almost 20 million people. To make things worse, in its drive to modernise and beautify the cities, the government is carrying out arbitrary forced evictions, without providing any sort of compensation, leaving entire families in the street.

We are inhabitants of Cameroon, born in its neighbourhoods, its cities and its villages, and we wish to use our network to promote our right to housing. This is why, when we had our three-yearly meeting in Maroua last November, we decided to take our concerns to the international stage by taking part in the World Assembly of Inhabitants and the World Social Forum in Dakar in February 2011.

Taking part will also allow us to share our experiences and to benefit from the experience of other groups of citizens from all parts of the world who have had to face similar challenges, especially in relation to two issues of particular interest to us: that is, housing cooperatives as an alternative for the production of social housing, and the search to find alternatives to forced evictions.

A delegation of sixteen people needs to go to the WAI to represent us:

- one representative from each of the ten regions of Cameroon

- four network promoters

- 2 young people to promote citizenship among young people.

Thanks to one of our partners we already have four tickets. We need another twelve. We are therefore hoping that you will be able to offer us at least six more. An air ticket from Duala to Dakar costs approximately 750 euros.

The funds will be managed by the International Alliance of Inhabitants (IAI) whose coordination is located at the Unione Inquilini, based in Italy. IAI will take responsibility for buying the air tickets. www.habitants.org

 

Important : in the context of this collaboration with IAI, and in the name of global solidarity, if the funds collected exceed 5.000 euros, the excess will be used to buy air tickets for members of grassroots organisations, particularly from the global South, who will otherwise be prevented by lack of funds from taking part in the World Assembly of Inhabitants.

IAI undertakes to distribute information about this project in its Newsletter which is received by over 100,000 readers around the world.

 


Gifts for supporters

Your donation is 20 or more; in exchange you receive:

a signed photo of our Dakar delegation + your name will be posted (unless you wish to remain anonymous) on a special Web page at www.habitants.org   (in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Italian) + the upcoming book and DVD to systematize the World Assembly of Inhabitants

Your donation is 50 or more; in exchange you receive:

a signed photo of our Dakar delegation + a CD containing the RNHC (National Network of Inhabitants of Cameroon) song and several other hits + a copy of our newspaper, La Tribune du Citoyen (the citizen’s tribune) + your name will be posted (unless you wish to remain anonymous) on a special Web page at www.habitants.org   (in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Italian) + the upcoming book and DVD to systematize the World Assembly of Inhabitants.

Your donation is 100 or more; in exchange you receive:

a signed photo of our Dakar delegation + a CD containing the RNHC song and several other hits + a movie documenting  the 14 years of the RNHC + a copy of our newspaper, La Tribune du Citoyen + your name will be posted (unless you wish to remain anonymous) on a special Web page at www.habitants.org   (in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Italian) + the upcoming book and DVD to systematize the World Assembly of Inhabitants

Your donation is 500 or more; in exchange you receive:

a signed photo of our Dakar delegation + a CD containing the RNHC  song and several other hits + a movie documenting  the 14 years of the RNHC + a copy of our newspaper, La Tribune du Citoyen + your name will be posted (unless you wish to remain anonymous) on a special Web page at www.habitants.org   (in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Italian) + the upcoming book and DVD to systematize the World Assembly of Inhabitants + a free guide at your disposal if you do us the honour of visiting Cameroon or any other city where member organizations of the IAI benefitting from your support can be found (all continents).

>>> Click here now to give your contribution!  In return You will receive gifts!

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The Volunteer translators for housing rights without frontiers of IAI who have collaborated on the translation of this text were:

Ann Varley, Sophie Reynolds, Agnes Magdziak

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