Slum/Squatter population

Slum/ Squatter % of Population

Number of Slums in City

Number of Churches in City

Number of Churches in Slums

% of Churches in Slums

Asia

Kolkuta, India

6+ million, one family per room

3.15 million in bustees, 48,000 on streets

57%

33% in bustees

1000+

145

3 plus 10 house churches, several middle class churches where poor people attend

4

Manila, Philippines

(first city in Asia where an urban poor movement of churches is happening)

3.3

38%

1000+

15,000

677 in 1998, 1000+ in 2004

6

Bangkok, Thailand

1.2 million in slums now being rehoused in housing projects

600,000 prostitutes

500,000 drug addicts

17%

1024

143

3

2 ministries among prostitutes

3 ministries to drug addicts

2

Chennai, India (Madras) (1^st city in India turning to Christ)

2000

4000

1500

37%

Latin America

Sao Paulo, Brazil

3 million in corticos, 1.5 million favelados, 700,000 street children

17% in slums and corticos, 24% poor

1086

15,000

10,000

60%

Lima, Peru

2.7 million

55%

598

610

594

90%

Mexico City, Mexico

2.7 million

15-25%

500

2500

1500-2100

60-80%