1. Dharavi’s recycling entrepreneurs

2. Today’s lesson ●Lesson goal ●Prior knowledge ●About Dharavi ○‘Ragpickers’ ○Redevelopment plans ●Video: Redevelopment plans ●Activity: Debate ●Video: Hip hop and the Dharavi way ●Homework ●Goal reflection

3. Lesson goal 23/4/15 ●To understand the way of life of the people who live in Dharavi, Mumbai. ●To learn about the redevelopment plans for Dharavi and what this means for the people who live there.

4. Prior knowledge ●Excerpts from ‘diary entry’ activity

6. Dharavi

7. ‘Ragpickers’

8. Dharavi’s recycling entrepreneurs Page 94 & 95 of textbook ●‘Ragpickers’ ●“In developed countries, communities recycle because there is an understanding that it contributes to sustaining the planet’s resources. However, for some of the poorest people in the developing world, recycling often isn’t a choice, but a necessity of life.” ●300 000 people make a living by recycling waste ●They recycle up to 85% of all waste material produced ●UK recycles less than 20% of all waste material produced ●Dharavi is known as the ‘ecological heart of Mumbai’

12. Challenges ●1 toilet for every 1440 people ●Water becomes contaminated during monsoon season ●50% higher death rate than upper- and middle-class areas during this time

14. Redevelopment plans for Dharavi Page 95 of textbook ●Plan to transform slum into high-rise housing facilities ●Each of Dharavi’s 57 000 residents would get 21 square metres of living space ●Not all Dharavi residents are happy with this plan ●Many are happy with their current lifestyle ●“Many have lived their entire lives in Dharavi and do not want to trade their culture for the redeveloped life”

15. Proposed development

17. Video: Dharavi resident’s point of view Take notes during the video to prepare for next activity ●Different points of view ●Points in support of the development ●Points against the development

18. Flash Debate TOPIC: The redevelopment proposal is a good thing for the people of Dharavi. ●The class will be split into two groups ●Each group will be given a side to argue, either ‘in support of’ or ‘against’ the topic ●You will be given time to come up with arguments to support your side ●We will then come together and sit in a circle. Each side will present their arguments ●We will then discuss the topic as a group

19. Homework ●Page 95 of textbook ●Question 1 & 2 ●Extra question optional: Question 5 ○Due next 29th April Wednesday

20. Goal reflection ●Do you think the Dharavi redevelopment plan is a good idea? ●Why or why not?