Various cities in Vietnam Current Project Improving Road Safety in Hanoi and Da Nang cities Beginning in 2021, HealthBridge Vietnam has been supporting the Global Designing Cities Initiatives in working with the local governments of Ha Noi and Da Nang city and the national government to create safer streets, especially for children.
Current Project Livable Cities: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka has encountered numerous challenges in recent years, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and persistent economic issues. It is important to stabilize the economy, improve governance, and address social concerns to secure the country's future.
Global Current Project Carfree Cities Alliance The Carfree Cities Alliance (CCA) is a global organization that promotes a car-free approach for current and future cities. It consists of individuals and groups committed to building inclusive and sustainable cities. The CCA aims to significantly reduce reliance on cars in current cities and offers a model for more sustainable new cities.
Kathmandu Current Project Livable Cities: Nepal Digo Bikas Institute (DBI) works to ensure people’s rights to health and improving the health of urban residents. DBI currently focuses on creating safe streets for walking, cycling, and community activities.
Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam Current Project Improving Road Safety in Vietnamese Cities This is a Livable cities project where the overall objective is to significantly improve urban road safety and reduce traffic fatalities in Vietnamese cities. The project is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and Hanoi.
Arusha, Tanzania Current Project Tanzania: Livable Cities Project Urban Planning for Community Change focuses on improving the public spaces that are important in people's day-to-day lives including markets, open public spaces, and the streets that surround them in Arusha, Tanzania.
Accra, Ghana Current Project Parks in Accra, Ghana Mmofra Foundation is a child-centred organization that is focused on advocating for the health, recreational, social and economic benefits of more equitably distributed urban green space in Accra, Ghana.
Hanoi, Mexico, Montreal and Paris Current Project Transformative Youth Public Spaces in Hanoi Mexico Montreal and Paris "Transformative Youth Public Spaces in Hanoi Mexico Montreal and Paris" is a collaborative research project that will comparatively examine how youth use physical and digital public spaces and the consequences on regulation and governance.
Kampala, Uganda Current Project Public Spaces in Kampala, Uganda Advocates for Public Spaces (APS), is working with local and national governments on improving the situation for quality and quantity of public spaces including: streets that support walking and cycling, local public markets that provide access to healthy, fresh, local food and open public spaces, such as parks, that provide people with recreation opportunities.
Niger Current Project Livable Cities Niger Public Spaces for All is focused on achieving outcomes in three main areas: pedestrian rights, open public spaces and parks, and local public markets.
Bangladesh Current Project Livable cities in Bangladesh Work for a Better Bangladesh is focused on tackling major problems such as climate change, non-communicable diseases, traffic accidents, water pollution, noise pollution and air pollution. WBB works to achieve outcomes in three main areas: Streets, markets and open public spaces.
India Current Project India: Livable Cities Project HealthBridge’s local partner in India, Evangelical Social Action Forum (ESAF), has a livable cities program in Bangalore, Nagpur, Thrissur, Calicut, Kochi, Trivandrum, Malappuram, and Guwahati. These programs are focused on building the knowledge base and capacity of policy makers at the local level to identify city specific needs through its various community engagement and research activities.
