Sheela Patel
Sheela Patel is a Board Chair of Slum Dwellers International (SDI).
Sheela Patel is an advocate for the urban poor, whose work has helped shift international understanding of how governments can engage with informal settlements. She’s the current Chair of the Board of Slum Dwellers International (SDI). SDI is an international network of grassroots organisations of the urban poor and professional NGOs that support them in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
She is also the Director of the Society for Promotions of Area Resource Centres (SPARC), an NGO that has been working since 1984 to support community organisations of the urban poor in their efforts to access secure housing and basic amenities and seek their right to the city. She is widely recognised for propelling the issues of urban poverty and inclusion on to the rdar of governments, international agencies, foundations, and other organisations.