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MUMBAI RENEWAL PLAN BY UNITED WAY MUMBAI
Background
: Mumbai is on a Brink of a Collapse :
- Increasing
population
- Mushrooming
slums
- Encroachment
on public land
- Traffic
boom
- Garbage
disposal
- Weak
physical infrastructure
- Weak
crisis management machinery
- Strain
on utilities and infrastructure.
And the recent floods have
exposed multiple problems that are existent. There is a need for concrete
action.
Proposal
: The Mumbai Renewal Plan
- Ward
Adoption Program
-
Mumbai
Resource
Center
II.
The
Ward Adoption Program :
- United
Way will engage one or more corporates to adopt one ward each
- United
Way will work with local grassroots NGOs in building a Ward Development Plan
- United
Way seek corporate participation in the Ward Development Plan
- United
Way acts as a catalyst between corporates, NGOs and BMC
- United
Way builds the necessary synergy across all wards
- United
Way will work with NGOs in enabling Citizenship Complaint Registration and
follow up at BMC
- United
Way will engage academic institutions to also adopt wards
- United
Way will help corporates create the ideal ward.
- Corporate
expertise in planning, implementation,
mon
itoring
- NGO
participation in understanding and communicating community needs
- NGOs
help execute projects at grassroots level
The Ward Adoption
Program – Next Steps
1. Prioritize 23 Wards and select 7 which
needs urgent attention
2. Participatory identification of
high-level problem buckets such as
Cleanliness,
Drainage,
Orphanages-children,
Traffic-Noise pollution,
Health-Ambulance,
Hospitals,
School/college participation,
Slum rehabilitation,
Police
3. Create BMC database for each ward
build linkages, facilitate complaint registration by citizens and action by BMC.
4. Dedicated corporate “Problem Teams” study each bucket in depth and
develop individual workplans,
timeframes, budget and sustainability plan
5 .Resource mobilization from Corporates,
Employees, Foundations, Interest Groups
6. Implementation by
United Way
in partnership with grassroot NGOs
Mumbai
Resource
Center
:
The Mumbai Resource center
will provide online information on:
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Civic administration, authorities
and services.
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Grassroot Level Network of
NGO’s/Individuals/institutions
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Disaster Preparedness Information
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First Level Neighborhood
Ownership program overview
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Twenty four hour helpline Service
IV.
Role
of Karmayog
Call
for NGOs to adopt one ward each
Call
for ward development plan
United Way Mumbai
Landline : 00 91 22 2202 9658
Mobile : 00 91 98210 28854
Email : shibani@unitedwaymumbai.org
Email : Shibanisachdeva@hotmail.com
Website : www.unitedwaymumbai.org
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