Asia Insight
Season 1, Episode 23: From Slum Dwellers to Homeowners
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In the Philippines, brightly coloured housing complexes are springing up all over the country. This is due to the efforts of a non-governmental organization that is providing slum dwellers with new homes in a bid to help them rebuild their lives and pull them out of poverty. In this unique project, residents are given responsibility for helping build their own homes and for managing their own communities. This episode of Asia Insight follows the NGO's efforts and the lives of slum dwellers turned homeowners as they take the first steps toward a better life.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Migrants Gain Upper Hand
Episode 2
Indonesia's First National Car
Episode 3
Diversifying Shanghai
Episode 4
Vietnam's Court Music Revival
Episode 5
Writers Fight Publishing Ban in HK
Episode 6
Mongolia's Forgotten Slum Dwellers
Episode 7
The "80's Writers" in China
Episode 8
Hydropower for Indonesian Villagers
Episode 9
Energy-Hungry Nepal
Episode 10
China's Job-Hunting Inn
Episode 11
The Year of the Dragon Baby Boom
Episode 12
The Dancing Prisoners
Episode 13
Singing Out for Change in China
Episode 14
The Golden Triangle: Fighting for Change
Episode 15
South Korea's Budding Entrepreneurs
Episode 16
China's Good Deeds Banks
Episode 17
Born This Way in Thailand
Episode 18
The Greater Mekong Subregion: China Creates Massive Trade Center
Episode 19
The Greater Mekong Subregion: The Rising Potential of Laos
Episode 20
The Greater Mekong Subregion: A New Era for Cambodia
Episode 21
Kid Golfers Taking on the World, South Korea
Episode 22
China's Traveling Handymen
Episode 23
From Slum Dwellers to Homeowners
Episode 24
East Timor's Mobile Health Clinics
Episode 25
The New Heroes of the Philippines
Episode 26
Vietnam's Hope Serving Restaurants
Episode 27
Thailand's Little Myanmar
Episode 28
Strike Action in Cambodia
Episode 29
Singapore Playing Cupid