Participatory planning in Freetown's informal settlements

Mr Yirah O Conteh, National Chair of the Federation of the Urban and Rural Poor (FEDURP), will share the importance of participatory planning for the residents of Freetown’s informal settlements.

He will also discuss some of the challenges associated with organising participatory planning processes.

Yirah lives in the hillside settlement of Dwarzack, one of Freetown’s largest informal settlements. To learn more about this area, please visit point 11 on the Freetown interactive map.