Quick Scan: Mejicanos
Quick Scan Report: Mejicanos
Accompanied by: Claudia & Rosaria (Fundasal)
Date: 12/03/09
Time: 10:30-12:30
Introduction
Mejicanos is a municipality just north of the municipality of San Salvador and part of the greater San Salvador. It has a population approximately 165 thousand people, of whom mostly earn there money in the city centre.
We visit three communities form a triangle: ‘Julio Vient y cuatro’ (July 24), ‘Mayo Quince’ (May 15) and ‘Progresso’, divided by a large open space, a football field, in the middle. We visited areas where houses are informally situated on steep hills of a valley. These areas are vulnerable to landslides, which happen regularly.
Paths
Fundasal is working in Mejicanos for the first time, focusing on creating free basic services. This means they supply the neighborhood with water and sanitation, a sewer system and build cement paths and staircases to improve the open spaces. Next to these basic services and improvement of connectivity a community center is being build and people were offered micro credits to improve their houses.
Although the building process is still going on the influence are noticeable from far away. The formal planned open space versus the informal settled houses illustrates the hills. The people who are not working use these places to hang out and children found all kind of ways to play on the staircases.
Capacity
Speaking to a group of people from the community, we find out that the micro credits to improve the houses are not being used. The inhabitants don’t want to use this, because the loan is too much, for example 40$/month. In most families the husband is the only one working. There is very little economic activity in this neighborhood; just one store with some candies, sodas and basic groceries. The people work in the center and get their supplies in the center.
Future plans
The settlements are illegal and Fundasal is currently assisting the locals in their fight for legislation. Beside the political plans, Fundasal is also planning to start a neighborhood improvement program (3) to raise awareness about the possibilities and to be social organized.
Disaster
The three neighborhoods, build up on the valley slopes of little rivers are very prone to disaster, floods and mudslides occur, but haven’t been disasters yet.
Potentiality
After the revision we wanted to summarize the experience in pro’s and cons for the possibilities of the definitive choice of the case study location(s).
Accompanied by: Claudia & Rosaria (Fundasal)
Date: 12/03/09
Time: 10:30-12:30
Introduction
Mejicanos is a municipality just north of the municipality of San Salvador and part of the greater San Salvador. It has a population approximately 165 thousand people, of whom mostly earn there money in the city centre.
We visit three communities form a triangle: ‘Julio Vient y cuatro’ (July 24), ‘Mayo Quince’ (May 15) and ‘Progresso’, divided by a large open space, a football field, in the middle. We visited areas where houses are informally situated on steep hills of a valley. These areas are vulnerable to landslides, which happen regularly.
Paths
Fundasal is working in Mejicanos for the first time, focusing on creating free basic services. This means they supply the neighborhood with water and sanitation, a sewer system and build cement paths and staircases to improve the open spaces. Next to these basic services and improvement of connectivity a community center is being build and people were offered micro credits to improve their houses.
Although the building process is still going on the influence are noticeable from far away. The formal planned open space versus the informal settled houses illustrates the hills. The people who are not working use these places to hang out and children found all kind of ways to play on the staircases.
Capacity
Speaking to a group of people from the community, we find out that the micro credits to improve the houses are not being used. The inhabitants don’t want to use this, because the loan is too much, for example 40$/month. In most families the husband is the only one working. There is very little economic activity in this neighborhood; just one store with some candies, sodas and basic groceries. The people work in the center and get their supplies in the center.
Future plans
The settlements are illegal and Fundasal is currently assisting the locals in their fight for legislation. Beside the political plans, Fundasal is also planning to start a neighborhood improvement program (3) to raise awareness about the possibilities and to be social organized.
Disaster
The three neighborhoods, build up on the valley slopes of little rivers are very prone to disaster, floods and mudslides occur, but haven’t been disasters yet.
Potentiality
After the revision we wanted to summarize the experience in pro’s and cons for the possibilities of the definitive choice of the case study location(s).
QS: Mejicanos
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