sentences:  SDI gained much more exposure than ever before in the year 2001 when it took a 36-member international team to New York.at the United Nations governing council meetings, the team built a full-size house model and a community toilet block in the UN building.Although, merely five or six years old, the SDI was on its path to pave a way for the urban poor to gain recognition globally and stake their claim in the global habitat-linked discussions.