About PPHPZ
People’s Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia (PPHPZ) is a local NGO that was established in 2005 to support the work of grassroots movements, such as Zambia Homeless & Poor People’s Federation (ZHPPF), Know Your City TV, ABESU Housing Cooperative, and Informal Settlement Networks. These formidable grassroots agglomerations have a membership of over 49,000 across 44 municipalities in Zambia. PPHPZ is an affiliate of Slum Dwellers International (SDI).
Our Mission
A society in which poor and homeless people have access to decent, affordable housing; basic services; and sustainable livelihoods.
Our Vision
To improve access to land, decent housing, basic services, livelihoods in urban, peri-urban and rural communities in Zambia through innovative community-led initiatives and community managed revolving funds for sustained development.
Core Values
The People's Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia is committed to:
• Equality
• Accountability
• Innovation and Learning
• Sustainability
• Team Work and Partnerships
Our key guiding principles
Prioritising the poor in solutions
The poor have to be at the centre of the strategies and processes that address poverty.
What works for the poor works for all
The resources of the poor themselves are a critical component of any strategy for poverty reduction
Resources for the poor are key to improving their resilience
Communities should mobilize their limited resources through savings to complement external support, ensuring sustainability and enhancing ownership of interventions
Our methodologies to achieve
inclusive & sustainable settlements
Women
Women are critical for a gender
sensitive strategy of community organising
Participatory slum upgrading
Incremental and in-situ upgrading gives impetus to longer term infrastructure improvements
Partnerships
Partnerships
leverage resources
and impact policy
Data collection
Settlement profiles, enumerations and GIS maps enable communities to have an empirical basis to negotiate with government.
Savings
Savings build trust, accumulative resources and leverage external contributions.
Exchanges
Exchanges foster horizontal learning and mobilisation
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Our partners
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To improve access to land, decent housing, basic services, livelihoods in urban, peri-urban and rural communities in Zambia through innovative community-led initiatives and community managed revolving funds for sustained development.
Contact us
Plot # 106/2 Washama Road, Villa Elizabetha.
P.o Box 36202
Lusaka,
Zambia
Email: pphpz@outlook.com
- +260966330043
- +260761363634
Donate
Your donation helps us transform lives and bring hope to those in need. Every contribution, big or small, creates a brighter future.
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Plot # 106/2 Washama Road, Villa Elizabetha
P.o Box 36202
Lusaka
Zambia - +260966330043
- +260761363634
- pphpz@outlook.com