Slum Survivor

This is Reality!

Every day, over 1 billion people have to survive in the growing slums in many of the world's cities.

The basics of life can be very hard to come by. Houses are built from scraps of timber, plastic and cardboard. Toilets may be non-existent or shared by hundreds of people. Piped water is a luxury that people in slums can't afford.

This is reality for over a billion people on our planet. Imagine if it was your reality.

Slum Survivor is a simulation experience designed to help young people :

• get a taste of what life might be like in a slum
• reflect on God's concern for the poor
• start thinking about how they can respond

Slum Survivor is the most fun you can have without a bed … or food … or soap … or a sense of dignity.- Ryan, Slum Survivor participant

Slum Survivor can be run over a weekend or a day, as an evening program or even a series of weekly meetings. After building their own slum houses, Slum Survivors participate in a series of challenges that simulate aspects of slum life. These fun challenges are guaranteed to test their endurance, creativity and ingenuity.

The Slum Survivor resource kit has everything you need to run Slum Survivor, including real life stories and images from slums, information about TEAR Australia partners working with communities in poor urban neighbourhoods, and practical ways to respond to the needs of the urban poor.