Helping Applewatte slum dwellers to improve their living conditions
by Latheef Farook-April 9, 2015
Applewatte, meaning Apple garden, is located in the heart of Sri Lanka’s Colombo, proudly described in the recent past as the emerging Miracle of Asia. Though called Applewatta, apple is the only thing one doesn’t see there. Instead all what you see there is one of the worst slums where poverty stricken people live in appalling conditions. It is a shanty of mixed population with the majority being Muslims.
Helping Applewatte Slum Dwellers to Improve Their Living Conditions by Thavam Ratna
Applewatte, meaning Apple garden, is located in the heart of Sri Lanka’s Colombo, proudly described in the recent past as the emerging Miracle of Asia. Though called Applewatta, apple is the only thing one doesn’t see there. Instead all what you see there is one of the worst slums where poverty stricken people live in appalling conditions. It is a shanty of mixed population with the majority being Muslims.Helping Applewatte Slum Dwellers to Improve Their Living Conditions by Thavam Ratna
