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We work for the wellbeing of young people in cities through the development of creative, activist, and resilient urban space.
 
 
 

CREATING SPACE
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
IN CITIES

Welcome to Dreamtown. We’re a Danish NGO working for the wellbeing of young people in cities. We work in slums, which are home to more than one billion people worldwide. Together with local grassroots, we create spaces where young people can feel safe, be creative, and dare to dream.

 
 
 
 
 
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NEWS

URBAN
SIERRA LEONE

Dreamtown has been active in Sierra Leone since 2010. Our interventions target fragile urban areas across the cities of Freetown, Makeni, Magburaka, and Koidu. 

 
 
 
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WORK

motivated by challenges - guided by dreams

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action

Our core development approach is space making. In partnership with local grassroots and activist youth, we transform slums into inspiring environments which foster creativity, ignite dreams, bring people together, and equip young people with knowledge. 

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research

In partnership with researchers, students, and academic institutions, we engage in solid data collection. The research we do focus on the state of youth wellbeing in urban slums. We use this knowledge to guide how we work and engage in evidence driven advocacy.

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Story

In partnership with multi-media professionals and young local documentarists, we develop urban love stories. Through participatory storytelling, we investigate what the good city life means to young people. We use these stories to reframe the often negative narratives that dominate our understanding of slums.

PROJECTS

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@cphdox 2019 is coming to an end 🎬Dreamtown had the pleasure of hosting a screening of Survivors - a film by @weowntv. Amazing to meet director @arthur.alexandia in Copenhagen and get his take on how to tell people's stories in the midst of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱
How do you transform a slum into a creative space where young people love to live? Next month, more than 100 young people will tackle this question when they sign up for The Urban Space Challenge 2019. This year, the challenge takes place in Freetown, Sierra Leone. For 6 months, the participants will design, test and develop new ideas for how slums can become more lovable. #Freetown, be ready! #PublicSpace is about to get dreamy, chill, green, cultural, artsy, musical, sportified, you name it!✌🏽Read the full story at https://www.dreamtown.ngo/new-blog/2019/3/28/the-urban-space-challenge-2019
What are your dreams for the public space in your community? 💭 Snapshots from dream collections in Mabanta, New London, and Congo Town where young people share and co-design their visions for public space🤜🏾🤛🏾Thanks Youth Dream Centre Sierra Leone for sharing the photos and Urban Synergies Group for helping us prepare the dream collection tool 🙌🏾 #thecityweneed #safespaces4youth #SDG11 #publicspace #Youth2030 #sierraleone
Excited to follow @ydcslsierraleone and University of Makeni this week, where they are using our digital survey tool to collect data on youth wellbeing in nine urban communities across #SierraLeone 📲🇸🇱🙌🏾 #Youth2030 #UrbanThinkers #freespace #thecityweneed #transformfreetown #publicspace #SDG11 #SDG17 #SDGs