Jockin Arputham, who died in October 2018, was a slum dweller, community organizer and solution-maker of the greatest sort. He was a friend and partner and teacher and rabble-rouser to so many of us in the ACHR and SDI diaspora - and in the global development community. Here is a book that brings together stories and tributes from forty people who worked with him and learned from him over the years and around the world. It was put together with tenderness and affection by the far-flung team of Sheela Patel, Joel Bolnick, David Satterthwaite, Indu Agarwal and Holly Ashley.

We've just sent out a special COVID-19 issue of the ACHR E-News Bulletin, full of news about how our friends aound the region are coping with the COVID-19 virus and with the repurcussions the locksowns, curfews and quarantine restrictions are having on Asia's poor communities. To download the PDF version of the new E-News Bulletin, go to the "ACHR E-News Bulletins" section under the "Library" tab, or go directly to this link:
http://achr.net/upload/downloads/file_20042020110614.pdf

New ACHR E-News Bulletin for December 2019

From Somsook: I have very sad news to share today that our great friend “Jockin Arputham” President of Shack Dwellers International has passed away early morning Oct 13. Jockin is a Guru, a leader, a teacher, community organizer, inspirer and greatest change makers for housing and development by poor people themselves in India Asia and the world. It’s a great lost to all urban poor federations SDI ACHR UPCA and all housing development communities around the world
On behalf of ACHR we would like to share with you all our deep condolence and believe his strong will and spirit to make all changes possible by people especially poor people organizations will be achieved and progressed

Dear ALL FRIENDS,
We would like to announce that ACHR support Our Indonesian Friends raising funds to build temporary housing for the victims of Indonesia’s Earthquake and Tsunami.

Today, according to the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management, the death toll from the quake and tsunami has risen to 1,558, on Friday, October 5th. Thousands were injured and tens of thousands - possibly hundreds of thousands - displaced from their homes and in need of emergency assistance. More than 70,000 homes were destroyed or damaged by the magnitude 7.5 quake that struck on September 28, launching waves of up to six-metres high that slammed into Sulawesi at 800 kilometres per hour.