The Slum

As a birth attendant advocating for family planning, Remy is on the frontline of Tondo’s battle with overcrowding.

Find local broadcast times for Al Jazeera’s series about Tondo, a settlement in Manila.

Fourteen-year-old Reshmi is boxing her way out of the red light district where she was raised.

Time has stood still for the residents of the Mae La refugee camp decades after they fled their homes in Myanmar.

They dream of a permanent home in Europe but many migrants end up stranded in informal refugee settlements.

The baale of Makoko is challenging negative stereotypes of Lagos’ economically productive overwater settlement.

Can the impoverished residents of Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building save it from the bulldozers?

A young entrepreneur uses the skills he acquired as a scavenger to deliver hope and opportunity to his neighbours.

A gang member from the world’s largest slum explains why his real battle is against everyday discrimination.

Residents of a Bedouin village encircled by chemical factories and a waste facility face a ticking health time bomb.