One of the communities i'm working with have no homes . that was supposed to be used to build proper homes to these people (the first ones in their lives). The homes he built are in terrible conditions and very unsafe to live in, and now the tribe can face the risks of living during the rainy season in the very fragile tents nearby a river near their hamlet where they have to live now, which will be completely flooded and full of water stagnation/contamination and water related diseases during the next months. We are trying to help them by fix the houses until the end of this month!

1. menwali hamleta tribal community without home
Wai city, Satara district, Maharashtra state, India

2. NEEDS
HISTORY AND NEEDS
This tribal community consists on more than 40 families
that, due to not being able to live in their land, had to live
nearby the river in Wai, without houses better than tents
made of cloths and plastic waste, with no electricity, safe
drinking water or toilets. The NGO Shramik found a land to
them (in Menwali, 5km from Wai) and applied for a
government scheme for building proper houses.

3. HISTORY AND NEEDS
The scheme was implemented to build
20 houses but, due to a corrupted contractor
and besides the efforts of Shramik and other well
intended individuals trying to help these people get
the houses they deserved, the hamlet today is still half
constructed and without basic living conditions. In fact,
not only due to the lack of drinking water and proper roofs
to protect them from rain, the community is not living there
because of the fear of a wall falling upon their family while sleeping.
In the next slides we will show the problems that need to be solved in
order to provide these people a safe place to live, we are planning to finish
the construction and we kindly thank you for all the attention!

4. THE HOUSES
Arowof20houses(5.5x6.7meach)
madewithcheapmaterialsand
poorskills

5. THE GAP ON THE ROOF
Theroofhasagapofabout3
inches,thatneedstobeclosed
withflatbendedmetalsheet

6. THE LACK OF PROPER
FIXATION FOR THE ROOF.
Unsafefixations(e.g.rooffixed
usingnailsandfragilewires)

7. PARTS OF THE ROOF THAT
ALREADY FLEW AWAY
Andtherestoftheroofwillbedestroyed
aswellifnotfixedbefore themonsoon

8. WALLS ALREADY BROKEN
Lotofwallsshakeifapplied
minimumforceduetothebad
qualityofthemortar
Allofthemneedtobeplasteredwith
apropermistureofcement,andsome
ofthemneedtoberebuilt

9. QUALITY OF THE WALLS
Someperpendicularwallsaren’tmadewith
interlockedbricks
Theywilleaselyfallasa
wholeblock

10. QUALITY OF THE MORTAR
Themortarasalmostno
cementandisfullofbig
granulatedsand

11. CRACKS ON THE DOOR
SUPPORTS
Intheupperpartofthe
doors,Thetypeofstone
usedissoweakthatthere
isalreadyrisktofall
apart
Ithastobereplacedwith
betterstonesoreven
Strongwood

12. LACK OF FLOOR
Thefloorneedstobecementeddue
toitslackofstabilitywhenwet

13. OXIDATION OF METAL
PARTS
Themetalhadnoproperpainting
anditscompletelyspoiled
(applicationofsomeoxidepaint
isrequired)

14. LACK OF WATER SUPPLY
Thereisaborewellnearbybut
thereisnowaterontheground,
it’salwayscompletelydried
Theideaistousetheroofasarain
harvestingcatchmentareaanddiverse
thewatertoawatertankandrecharde
thegroundwaterlevelthroughthewell

15. AIILSG - All India Institute of Local Self-Government, a
wide NGO with more than 80 years of experience and
presence in all India, working on capacity building,
research and social development.
SHRAMIK JVS, a community-based organization working
with these tribal communities for more than 25 years on
information and awareness raising.
SAPANA.org, a young non-profit organization focused on
delivering new and innovative solutions for social
awakening and economic development: we empower
lives from passion to action.
THE NGOs INVOLVED

16. you will have an healthy
approach to corporate social
responsibility focusing on the
long-term impact for one of
the most underprivileged
groups of society
you will have visibility on
media and your logo painted
on one wall of the hamlet
you can have the single most important impact in the lives of these 40
families, giving them a place they can call home for the very first time!

17. menwali hamlet
THANK YOU!
contact us : asia@sapana.org