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Khan Road informal settlement
About Khan Riad Informal Setlement
The Khan Road informal settlement has approximately +148 households and located in
Pietermaritzburg within the Raisethorpe area. The land is known to have been owned
by a church and was left for land grabbing which resulted in the informal settlement. The settlement was built on a permanent wetland ecosystem, which has gradually
become a seasonal wetland due to human-driven changes to the hydrological and
topographical processes of the original wetland.
The Issue
The issue of land degradation, water
quality deterioration, wetland habitat loss and waste illegal dumping sites are all urban
development impacts that are currently evident at Khan Road informal settlement. YMAD started working with the Khan Road community in July 2021, after some of the
households were burnt down during the July Unrest catastrophic event in Kwa-Zulu
Natal.
Khan Road Recyclein Hub
In February 2023 we built a Waste Recycling Hub and have an active team of 12
waste champs in Khan Road – these waste champs are local community members who
have been trained to recycle waste and help keep Khan Road informal settlement clean. The aim of the Recycling Hub initiative is to reduce the impacts identified above while
creating opportunities for green livelihoods through recycling and self-improvement