Social Infrastructure Programmes

Tackling massive infrastructural challenges in communities

OUR FOCUS

Despite increased spending on social infrastructure, communities and vulnerable groups still face a backlog, most severely in rural areas and in urban informal settlements.

AHDI facilitates the development of infrastructure that has a broader development agenda than just the provision of infrastructure. Central to the infrastructure projects is the social mobilization of people, the provision of skills and work opportunities to them, and the provision of supply opportunities to local businesses.

OUR APPROACH

Strengthening social infrastructure

Developing initiatives and programmes that stimulate investments in the social housing, education, health and municipal infrastructure sectors.

We conduct an assessment to evaluate the infrastructure need, the topography of the project site, the available resources (contractors, suppliers, water, electricity and so on) and the distances between the project site and suppliers;

We thereafter develop project plans and proposals for the approval of the client;

Once the project has been approved, we facilitate stakeholder engagement and the signing of a memorandum of understanding among relevant stakeholders;
We appoint local contractors and suppliers; and
We monitor the progress of the project and provide feedback to the client and stakeholders.

Our Water and Sanitation (WASH) Programme supports governments, the private sector, international donors and other social partners to increase sustainable access to potable water and sanitation supply in rural and peri-urban areas, while promoting improved wastewater management and hygiene practices.

— Context & Strategy

AHDI been aware of the importance of the 17 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), contributes transversely to each of them, concentrating its efforts on three of them:

— SDG 6. Clean water and sanitation

Access to safe water and sanitation and sound management of freshwater ecosystems are essential to human health and to environmental sustainability and economic prosperity.

— SDG 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.

Despite steady improvements in manufacturing output and employment, renewed investment will be needed in the least developed countries to build needed infrastructure and ensure the doubling of industry’s share of GDP in those countries by 2030.

— SDG 11. Sustainable cities and communities.

In recent decades, the world has experienced unprecedented urban growth. In 2015, close to 4 billion people — 54 per cent of the world’s population — lived in cities and that number is projected to increase to about 5 billion people by 2030. Rapid urbanization has brought enormous challenges, including growing numbers of slum dwellers, increased air pollution, inadequate basic services and infrastructure, and unplanned urban sprawl, which also make cities more vulnerable to disasters. Better urban planning and management are needed to make the world’s urban spaces more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. As of May 2017, 149 countries were developing national-level urban policies.

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