Reall
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| Founded | 1989 |
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| Type | Registered Charity No. 1017255 (Scotland: SC041976) |
| Focus | Slums, urban poverty |
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| Origins | British Housing associations |
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Area served
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Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia |
| Method | Supporting partner organisations; grants, financial services, technical assistance and advocacy |
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Members
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229 (in 2011) |
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Key people
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Employees
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22 |
| Slogan | Seeing potential beyond poverty. |
| Website | www |
Reall (formerly Homeless International) is a social enterprise focusing on urban poverty issues (including slums and social housing) in the developing world. It is a membership organisation registered both as a charity and a company limited by guarantee, with many members being UK housing associations.
Reall was initially created in 1984 as the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless Trust or IYSH Trust UK, for the 1987 International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. The trust organised a fundraising campaign and offered grants to more than 100 projects, both in the UK and overseas, all related to shelter issues.
After the year ended, demand for support was still present in developing countries (for instance for establishing land tenure, offering loans for house improvements, improving basic infrastructure); the remaining funds were used to set up a permanent organisation, Homeless International, established in 1989. The trustees appointed Ruth McLeod as director, and she remained chief executive until 2007, when Larry English took her succession.
In 2014, Homeless International rebranded as Reall, reflecting its transition from an international development charity to a social enterprise.
Reall's work is mainly focused on community-led initiatives and on urban poverty, although some of its current partner organisations also work in rural areas. It helps slum dwellers by supporting the development of civil society organisations in Africa and Asia that are rooted in communities and that create housing and basic services solutions, which are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.
Reall works by supporting community-led projects and initiatives related to slum upgrading and social housing development in over 13 countries by supporting 16 local organisations. It provides grants helping these organisations to accomplish their projects and to build their capacity; organisational development support and technical assistance for housing and infrastructure projects; bank guarantees from the Guarantee Fund; capital grants and loans from the Community-Led Infrastructure Finance Facility (CLIFF); loans from the Bond.
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