Having identified and capitalised community based initiatives for the environment in a first project phase (1994 to 1996), the research currently studies the interactions between community initiatives and public services with the aim to improve the living conditions for urban residents in N'Djaména (Chad).
The main research topics are Interactions between popular initiatives and institutional actors (municipality, NGOs, etc.) in the field of:
- Management of water and solid waste
- Street children
- Promotion of impregnated bednets
The main objectives have been to
- offer evidence of the determinant role played by the occupants of the urban setting in the management of environmental factors, and evidence of the capacity for community mobilisation and the mechanisms by which it takes place.
- support and follow-up of interventions decided and led by community groups.
- evaluate the social and epidemiological effects of the interventions on the health of the population
