This Best Practice is one of the Best Practices for Human Settlements presented in the MOST Clearing House Best Practices Database. In some cases 3 families with a total of 12-15 members live together in small houses. Most of the houses do not have kitchens.
All waste is disposed on open places.
This has subjected the people in the area to health hazards. School age children do not have access to primary education. The low economic situation of parents coupled with the need for their labour in the family has forced children not to attend school. Majority of the residents live on minor petty trading, weaving and selling firewood. The level of poverty in which the people are living is manifested in the high level of malnutrition, poor health, increased number of street children, high school dropouts, unemployment, etc.