UN-Habitat launches distribution of handwashing facilities to schools in Nairobi’s informal settlement
November 26th, 2020
Nairobi, 26 November 2020 – As Kenya’s schools prepare to reopen fully for the first time since March, UN-Habitat and the Chandaria Foundation began distributing hand washing facilities for schools…
Youth trained to prevent COVID-19 and mitigate lock down results in Nairobi informal settlement
November 16th, 2020
Nairobi, November 2020 – As the number of COVID-19 cases surged in Kenya, UN-Habitat and partners moved quickly to begin the second phase of the Youth-led Emergency Response Nairobi’s Mathare…
UN-Habitat releases an urban governance assessment tool
November 12th, 2020
Nairobi 12 November 2020 -- UN-Habitat has launched a practical tool to assess the performance of urban governance. The Governance Assessment Framework for Metropolitan, Territorial and Regional…
#GetYourHousingRight: An Accessible Guide To The Right To Adequate Housing
November 9th, 2020
Nairobi, 9 November 2020 - What does adequate housing really mean? Are Governments bound to respect and fulfill this right and what does that imply? How does the right to adequate housing look like…
After ten years working together Arcadis and UN-Habitat pledge to continue their successful partnership
October 22nd, 2020
Nairobi and Amsterdam, 22 October – As Arcadis NV and UN-Habitat celebrate the ten-year anniversary of their partnership, the leadership of both organizations has made a firm commitment to continue…
Global observance of World Cities Day 2020 on 31 October being hosted by Kenya
October 22nd, 2020
22 October 2020 - The World Cities Day Global Observance will take place on Saturday 31October 2020. World Cities Day has been observed annually across the globe on the 31 October since 2014, …
Interactive online course for all on New Urban Agenda launched
October 21st, 2020
Nairobi, 21 October 2020— An online crash course which explains and illustrates the New Urban Agenda in an attractive and engaging format, and is accessible to anyone with an internet-connected…
World Habitat Day Roundtable on housing calls for move towards further cooperation, collaboration and coordination between stakeholders
October 20th, 2020
9 October, Nairobi - On Tuesday 6 October, at the occasion of World Habitat Day Global Observance, UN-Habitat hosted a high-Level roundtable on the theme: Housing at the Centre of the COVID-19…
Official signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding between UN-Habitat and the African Renaissance and Diaspora Network
October 20th, 2020
Nairobi, 15 October 2020 - The Deputy Executive Director of UN-Habitat Mr. Victor Kisob, and Dr. Djibril Diallo, President and CEO of the African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (RDN) virtually…
Kenyan football star partners with UN-Habitat to provide masks for Nairobi slum dwellers
August 27th, 2020
Nairobi, 26 August 2020—Kenyan football star Victor Wanyama has partnered with UN-Habitat to provide face masks to inhabitants of two of Nairobi’s informal settlements to protect them against COVID-…
New Recommendations released after COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus’ Second Series
August 27th, 2020
Nairobi, 27 August 2020 - The second COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus Series organized by UN-Habitat ended with a set of key recommendations produced through 32 virtual webinars engaging more than 2,…
Youth in Informal Settlements take the Lead on Fight Against the Spread of COVID-19
August 17th, 2020
12 August 2020 - The 20th anniversary of International Youth Day featured the Youth, COVID-19 and Informal Settlement International Summit celebrating the success of youth actions to prevent COVID-19…
International Youth Week closes with praise for youth work in combatting COVID-19 spread
August 17th, 2020
Nairobi, 14 August 2020 – The end of International Youth Week was marked in Kenya by a celebration in the informal settlement of Kibera which brought together young people from over 30 youth led…
Planet Smart City partners with UN-Habitat on slum upgrading initiatives in Kenya
August 6th, 2020
Proptech company to provide digital tools and community management and social innovation model to help improve lives in informal settlements 3 August 2020 – Planet Smart City, the leader in smart…
A new interactive project map sources the best solutions to COVID-19 in the slums
July 27th, 2020
25 July 2020 - UN-Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) along with partner countries and, in cooperation with a research group of the Master Techs4Change at Politecnico di Torino, (…