| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, leaflets, newspaper cuttings, copies of published material, agendas and funding requests relating to overseas urban projects. Funding source(s): Barrow and Geraldine S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: Overseas Urban Administration (OUA), a project based at Birmingham University, was created in 1971 to provide up-to-date and accurate case study material on the problems of administering shanty town settlements to be used on courses mounted for senior government staff in developing countries. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was founded in 1917 to give conscientious objectors an alternative to killing during the First World War. The AFSC works to serve humanity and country by addressing the root causes of violence and war. It is active in conflict zones, natural disaster areas and in oppressed communities. The Squatter Housing Project in Lusaka, Zambia is supported by the AFSC and aims to improve the standard of living in squatter settlements. Nature of support: The Trust provided a £6,000 grant to the OUA to allow it to develop its programme agenda. In 1974 the Trust agreed to underwrite up to £6,000 over three years through the AFSC to support the SHP in Lusaka, Zambia. The Fund provided additional grants to allow academics to attend international conferences on urban housing matters, including a series of conferences on town planning in India. Minutes: B&GSCT 3768, B&GSCT 3898, B&GSCT 3996, B&GSCT 4017, B&GSCT 4055, B&GSCT 4248. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |