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    In Peru, a grassroots organization gives public spaces back to citizens

    Ocupa tu Calle has organized 17 interventions to promote the recovery of misused public space throughout Lima. Here’s what the group has learned about citizen and government engagement in urban spaces, and what they plan to do next.

    By Kelli Rogers // 15 March 2017

    LIMA, Peru — One man rests while another reads, both lounging on recycled wood benches in Lima’s populous outer San Juan de Lurigancho district.

    The Línea Uno rapid transit train rumbles loudly on its tracks overhead, but the small square of public space near the Los Jardines station is busy nonetheless. “Probetas” — leftover cylindrical pieces of concrete from a local manufacturer — line the small patches of grass. Stacked wood platforms provide a place to rest beneath a wooden canopy. A large chalkboard perched beneath the train track pylon awaits colorful drawings to invigorate the otherwise grey, fume-filled cityscape.

    This is one of 17 interventions organized in the past two years by Ocupa tu Calle, a Lima-based grassroots organization born out of COP 20 and affiliated with citizen observatory Lima Cómo Vamos, which promotes the recovery of disused or misused city spaces through localized urban interventions.

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      Kelli Rogers has worked as an Associate Editor and Southeast Asia Correspondent for Devex, with a particular focus on gender. Prior to that, she reported on social and environmental issues from Nairobi, Kenya. Kelli holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, and has reported from more than 20 countries.

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