Slum Dwellers International | 2014 Skoll Award For Social Entrepreneurship - #skollwf

"Leading Slum Dwellers around the World to Improve Their Cities" The Skoll Foundation presents the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship each year to a select few social entrepreneurs whose proven innovations have demonstrated impact on some of the world's most pressing problems. The Skoll Award recognizes organizations with the potential to not only be individually successful, but also to catalyze large-scale, system-level change. Slum Dwellers International (SDI) (Cape Town, South Africa) Social entrepreneur: Jockin Arputham In 2008—for the first time in history—more people were living in urban than in rural areas. Today, more than one billion people live in slums. Founded by a collective of slum dwellers and concerned professionals headed by Jockin Arputham, a community organizer in India, Slum Dwellers International works to have slums recognized as vibrant, resourceful, and dignified communities. SDI organizes slum dwellers to take control of their futures; improve their living conditions; and gain recognition as equal partners with governments and international organizations in the creation of inclusive cities. With programs in nearly 500 cities, including more than 15,000 slum dweller-managed savings groups reaching one million people; 20 agreements with national governments; and nearly 130,000 families who have secured land rights, SDI has been a driving force for change for slum dwellers around the world. http://www.sdinet.org/ Video Credits: Director/Cinematographer Gabriel Diamond Editor Matthew Beighley Sound Simon Nyadwa Additional Camera Nathan Collett Executive Producer Phil Collis Narrator Gabriel Diamond Associate Producer David Rothschild Music Christopher Hedge Animation and Graphics Kia Simon For information on obtaining permission to use these films, email info@skollfoundation.org or call 650-331-1031. http://www.skollfoundation.org/