Growth of low-income housing around the world has resulted in overcrowded informal settlements at high risk of fire. The social enterprise, Lumkani, has developed a networked heat detector that alerts community members in the event of a fire. In an effort to expand distribution, Lumkani has partnered with Hollard Group Insurance and is seeking partnerships with micro-lending organizations globally. This project assessed the micro-lending landscape and developed an estimated monetary value model to quantify the expense of fire related defaults to lenders to identify viable partner organizations. We concluded that non-government organizations are the most viable global partners, while housing lenders servicing residents in high-risk communities are the most promising domestic partners.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• McManus, Riley J
• Guth, Kevin Bellamy
• Roberts, Paul D
• Lynn, Theodore Samuel

Subject

• Industry
• Security
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-120916-040204

Parola chiave

• Community engagement
• Fire protection engineering
• Fire prevention

Advisor

• Agloro, Alexandrina R.
• Bulled, Nicola

Year

• 2016

Center

• Cape Town, South Africa Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Lumkani

Date created

• 2016-12-09

luogo

• Cape Town

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Ultima modifica

• 2020-11-27