Results achieved as of the end of the project (April 2016) include: approximately 13,355 households or 66,775 individual members of the households living in slums, the majority being women and children under the age of 18, have directly benefited from the program as follows: (1) 7,102 families with secure tenure or improved housing; (2) 4,812 families benefited from training and services related to HIV and AIDS; and (3) 1,441 individuals, including many female youth, assisted with training and marketing services to improve their food security and livelihoods. Technical assistance and support was provided to five housing organizations in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa in the areas of pro-poor land development, low-cost housing design, loan portfolio management, information management systems, strategic planning, construction management, HIV/AIDS inclusion and public outreach. The local housing organizations were able to secure land for 6,838 families and build and deliver 2,727 affordable houses for low-income urban households consisting of 13,635 Individuals - the majority women and children. In the area of outreach to Canadians, over 690 Canadians of which 48 percent were women and 55 percent were youth, were engaged in conferences, multi-country exchanges and international conferences related to the social housing sector. In summary the project helped build sustainable and safe communities for families and strengthened the local cooperative housing organizations.
