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Freedom Challenge
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Imagine.....
You come home in the evening after a long day’s work. Your children are sitting at a table, finishing their homework. Suddenly a bulldozer and some government officials arrive at your door to demolish your home. You may have a week’s notice or a day or no time at all.
You do not have the time to challenge or stop the eviction or even to take stock of your few possessions!
What possessions would you rescue in the minutes or the hour that you have left, before your home is demolished?
Being forced from your home does not only mean losing your house. It could mean losing your school, your community, your livelihood.
“I used to be a good pupil; I was always among the top three of my class. Education is life. Without education you are nobody.... After the destruction we could not afford food and shelter. I tried to look for a job but could not find any,”
Clever, who lost his access to school after he was evicted from Porta Farm, Zimbabwe.
But housing is a human right!
Why then are up to one billion (almost one sixth of the world’s population) living in slums where they are denied adequate housing, safe water, sanitation and drainage, electricity, health and education.
People living in slums experience a staggering number of human rights violations. They face a constant threat of violence, and including forced eviction.
Yet human rights live in slums too.
It’s why the focus for Freedom Challenge 2012 will be Forced Evictions and we’ll particularly be campaigning on two areas – Cambodia and Israel & the Occupied Territories.
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Forced Evictions are a Growing Problem
Evictions in Cambodia and the West Bank
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