Alchemix5 - Trigger thoughts, innovating for the urban poor

8/2/2019 Alchemix5 - Trigger thoughts, innovating for the urban poor

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Session5

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UrbanPoverty

The Urban Poor - The United Nations estimates that 870million people in cities live in slums.

By 2030, an estimated 5 billion of the world's 8.1 billionpeople will live in cities.About 2 billion of them will live in

slums.

Clean water, sanitation facilities and healthcare are hugegaps in congested urban areas.

Poor incomes, consequent malnutrition and unhygienicliving conditions have negative bearings on the overall

physical, economic and social well being of a community.


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UrbanPoor

Popula&onSpread

High population growth in developing

countries has lead to rapid urbanization but without the infrastructure to supportthis urbanization, leading to congestion,

lack of necessary infrastructure and

massive urban slums


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4/25/12 CopyrightInnova7onAlchemyConsul7ngPvtLtd2011

Mumbai

10% of Mumbais population earn less than Rs.591 per month

Every 2nd person in Mumbai lives in a slum High levels of congestion - 54% of Mumbais

population occupy approx 6% of the land in the

city

Mumbai slums get an average of 90 liters percapita of water daily the rest of the city gets200 lcpd


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Innova&ngforthe

UrbanPoorAlchemix Session 5 triggers a discussion on this critical subject,

through examples of two innovative social enterprise models that

are attempting to create impact in slums in Mumbai.

WaterWalla, a social business that sources andintroduces clean water technologies thatimprove the health of residents in urban slums.

Swasth India Services Private Limited, a social

business working towards improving the healthof low-income segments in urban and rural India.


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DiscussionFocus

In this session of Alchemix we will look at the need andopportunity for breakthrough innovation designed for, and

implemented with, the urban poor.

The session seeks to generate insights on:

1.What are the most critical need areas (and related socialenterprise opportunities) for social and development impact inthis context?

2.What does it take to succeed with a market-based model inurban slums?

3.What are the funding challenges for social enterprises in thiscontext?


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MoreonAlchemix

Alchemix is a series of curated, open forum discussionsbetween Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Investors, creative

minds and engaged citizens.

Alchemix takes a deep, insightful look at high-impact

social models from an innovation lens. Previousspeakers include social entrepreneurs, founders and

thought leaders from organizations like Pratham Books,Ashoka, Floh, mDhil, NationWide, YourStory.in and

many more.

Read more about the last 4 sessions:

http://innovationalchemy.com/alchemix-2011/about-alchemix/


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ReferencesUsed

1. http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/PopAspectsMDG/23_Montgomery.pdf

2. http://www.forbes.com/2007/06/11/third-world-slums-biz-cx_21cities_ee_0611slums.html

3. http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/asiathepacific/india/Mumbai_2009_NHDR_EN.pdf

4. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/every-second-person-in-mumbai-resides-in-slum-undp-report/72631/on



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