NEW SERIES MONTHLY SEMINAR:
"Movement for Low Cost Housing in Latin America"
The monthly seminars will start on April 26, 2000. They will deal with the issues and realities of the urban poor in 4 Latin American countries: ARGENTINA, CHILE, BRASIL, PERU.

The speaker presents his experiences in the slums of Asian, African and Latin American cities, where he usually spends 6 months, a year, since 1979. There he keeps continuous contacts with grass roots groups involved in the improvement of the housing conditions of the poor.

Using audio-visual materials, the speaker will present, for discussion, concrete situations of poor communities as well as recent stories on how slum dwellers of various Asian countries accomplish the building of their own towns.

Fr. E. Jorge Anzorena

Born in Argentina, Fr. Jorge Anzorena is a Jesuit architect working worldwide with the urban poor. He resides in Japan since the early sixties and lectures at Sophia University (Tokyo). In 1994 he received the Magsaysay Award for International Understanding. Jorge Anzorena is a member of Japanese Architects Society and the Asian representative of SELAVIP (Servicio Latino Americano y Asiatico de Vivienda Popular).

APRIL 26 (Wednesday) : ARGENTINA
Globalization has provoked many business bankruptcies and unemployment in Argentina. The poor are receiving small capital from government and NGOs, as well as from International institutions to build their houses and to increase their incomes.
MAY 17 (Wednesday) : CHILE
  • Activities of the Committee For the Eradication of Poverty
  • Introducing the biggest NGO in Chile that produces large quantities of housing at low cost and distributes them widely among the homeless urban poor.
JUNE14 (Wednesday) : BRASIL
  • Activities of the urban poor in the city of St. Paul. Large numbers of slum dwellers take shelter in empty public buildings. They share their small savings to build.
  • Epoch-making public decree of St. Paul's city for the protection of the homeless.
JULY 5 (Wednesday) : PERU
  • Case of Lima where unemployed urban poor with skills build their own businesses in common, like shoe manufacturing, cloths, furniture and handicraft to earn income, with official cooperation.
  • Official legal recognition of squatters. Establishment of the infrastructures with funding from government, EU and NGOs.

Language:
Japanese (lectures will be given with the aid of audio-visual materials)
Time: PM 6:30--PM 8:30
Place:
Osanaki Jesus Kaikan. Next to the Kojimachi exit of YOTSUYA Station
Fee:
1,000 yen, per session
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For registration, please, contact the Jesuit Social Center
Tel:03-3359-7655Fax:03-3358-6233

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