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Community organisations

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Community-led housing in the global South: benefits, blockages and ways forward

Publication, 27 May 2025

Housing with a small garden in front of the building.

Community-led housing: how to deliver housing for people and the planet

Archived Project

Woman crouching grabbing wet clothes from a basket.

An unexpected cooperative project to lighten women's pandemic clothes-washing burden

Insight, 01 August 2022

A group of women siting around a table.

Learning from each other: community groups share experiences across continents

Insight, 18 July 2022

Two women wearing face masks are sitting at a table covered in boxes and bags of vegetables. Together they are preparing food.

Reframing the pandemic: COVID-19 relief by community networks tackles roots of poverty

Insight, 30 May 2022

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Money where it matters for people, nature and climate: driving change through support for local level decision making over resources and finance

Publication, 23 May 2022

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Doing more with less: COVID-19 relief by community networks in Southeast Asia

Publication, 16 May 2022

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Scaling up community-led COVID-19 responses: five key lessons

Publication, 25 May 2022

Rubbish bags on top of buildings.

Community-led waste management at scale

Insight, 12 April 2022

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Amplifying grassroots COVID-19 responses in Kenya

Publication, 30 May 2022

Screengrab of a videocall with eight people in a meeting room and five more online participants

Digital tools amplify the voice of women in Peruvian communities

Insight, 11 November 2021

Woman walks between crops.

IIED joins forces with the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership

News, 21 July 2021

Man sits on the floor holding aubergines. In front, there's a table with vegetables

Community-led COVID-19 response: an update from the Philippines

Insight, 13 July 2021

People sit on the floor around a map laid out on the floor

Frontline Funds Accelerator: catalysing climate investment to the grassroots

Active Project

A woman hands protective equipment to another woman.

Engaging pastoralist communities through citizen movements to amplify their voice

Article, 11 December 2020

Women hoeing a field.

Building a women-led community climate movement

Article, 03 December 2020

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Community-driven data collection in informal settlements

Publication, 01 March 2017

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From climate risk to climate resilience

Publication, 01 December 2017

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Urban refugees in Delhi: refugee networks, faith and well-being

Publication, 01 December 2017

A seated man cleaning a crutch.

Disability, inclusion and cities: can COVID-19 trigger change?

Insight, 01 October 2020

Three women sit on the floor for a meeting

Responding to COVID-19 in a high-density low-income district in Mumbai

Insight, 13 May 2020

Two women walking in a slum

COVID-19: on the front line where crisis meets normal

Insight, 16 April 2020

An image showing local people building a house in a slum in Bolivia, where Shack Dwellers International has worked with authorities. Many Latin American cities are leading the way in working with community organisations (Photo: Shack Dwellers International, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Is community-based adaptation suited to cities?

Insight, 26 April 2016

Protect and survive: customary safeguards, traditional knowledge

Article, 09 November 2009

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