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RISING CHALLENGE

Since August 2017, the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) project, a five-year program set for completion in 2022, has aimed to improve human, environmental and ecological health in urban informal settlements through the implementation of a new approach to the use and provision of water.

Working across nine countries, the RISE team of public health specialists, engineers, architects, ecologists, social scientists, economists, community development practitioners and landscape architects is implementing projects in 12 informal settlements in Makassar, Indonesia and 12in Suva, Fiji’s capital. Across its 24 sites, RISE is embracing the participation of some

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