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UN-Habitat launches Global Wastewater DebateUN-Habitat’s Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos on Monday announced the launch of a new Global Consultation on Wastewater Management and Water Quality for the Post-2015 Development Agenda. “The global population is expected to exceed nine billion by...
- Posted January 14, 2013
Tanzania Celebrates the United Nations 67th AnniversaryUN-Habitat last Wednesday joined the government of Tanzania and other United Nations agencies in celebrating the 67th United Nations Day at Karimjee grounds in Dar es Salaam. The celebrations were crowned with raising of the UN flag...
- Posted October 29, 2012
Urban Energy Unit discusses energy efficient buildings with Kenya architectsUN-Habitat presented the ‘Energy Efficiency in Buildings in East Africa’ (EEBEA) project to approximately 100 architects and town planners of the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK). The architects had gathered in Nairobi for their annual breakfast to...
- Posted October 26, 2012
- A new strategic partnership on urban mobility
Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, UN-Habitat’s Deputy Executive Director, on Monday 22 October signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mr. Jean Louis Leonard, President the Conference on Urban Mobility in the Developing World(CODATU) to strengthen UN-Habitat’s outreach...
- Posted October 25, 2012
Lake Victoria Initiative gets AcknowledgementThe Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative (LVWATSAN)has been acknowledged in a publication by a body that coordinates water issues in the United Nations wide system. The Initiative’s approach to capacity building has now been recognized as...
- Posted May 24, 2012
Hon. Minister of Education, Jessica Alupo and Mr. Norton Kingwill the Managing Director for Century Bottling Company Uganda during WASH launchUN-Habitat and Coca Cola Foundation this week launched water, sanitation and hygiene project for six Tanzanian schools. During the function held at Butimba B Primary School in Mwanza, the Regional Commissioner for the area Mr. Evarist Ndikilo...
- Posted April 20, 2012
UN-Habitat and Coca-Cola Foundation launch Water, Sanitation & Hygiene project for Uganda schoolsUN-Habitat in partnership with the Coca-Cola Foundation has launched a water, sanitation and hygiene project that will benefit over 8,000 students in 8 schools in Uganda. The project is expected to provide a model approach to improving...
- Posted March 26, 2012
UN-HABITAT and Partners in Water Laboratories Iniative in IndiaAs part of the project “Promotion of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Education and Water Quality Monitoring in Mangalore City, India”, water quality testing laboratories are being jointly established by the German company BASF, UN-HABITAT and The Energy...
- Posted December 28, 2011
- Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and UN-HABITAT launch schools sanitation
The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and UN-HABITAT on Tuesday launched a USD 332,287 program that will provide sanitation and access to clean water to over 20 selected schools in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The program aims to provide rainwater...
- Posted November 24, 2011
UN-HABITAT extends support of water provision to 15 new cities in Eastern AfricaUN-HABITAT announced Friday it will be expanding its successful Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative to fifteen more cities in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, with support of US$4.2 million from the African Development Bank. The...
- Posted November 11, 2011