DHARAVI

PERSPECTIVE

• 1 million residents in an area 19x smaller than Coppell
• Coppell currently has 40,000 residents
• Imagine 19 MILLION people in Coppell
• That ^ is the relative population density

DHARAVI

• 0.77sq miles slum located in metro - Mumbai
• "Sweat" and the hard work of the people binds them together
• Poverty, disease, and filth plague Dharavi
• Regardless, men, women, and children risk their lives just to stay alive

DHARAVI : pROGRESS

• Dharavi is a slum, yet:
• It promotes and encourages a proper education
• Provides the liberty of freedom of worship
• Facilitates and promotes business and commerce

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BUSINESSES IN DHARAVI

• The recycling business is huge
• Turns "trash to treasure" accounting $1 million per day
• Food, clothing, & metals are few of the industries
• These businesses enable them to survive and develop

SO WHAT?

• Dharavi teaches us as humanity an important lesson
• I learned that despite poverty, an area can develop and flourish
• Dharavi is productive in its own way that should be recognized
• First World Countries should sponsor and partner with slums
• This will help them develop economically and socially

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