Permanent handwashing facilities for Kenya’s Nakuru Municipality include taps for drinking water
July 21st, 2020
Nakuru, Kenya, July 2020 – One of Kenya’s largest urban areas, Nakuru, has installed eight permanent handwashing stations with clean drinking water with funding from UN-Habitat to stop the spread of…
UN-Habitat, Canada and partners launch One Stop Youth Centre in northern Kenya to prevent COVID-19 spread
July 16th, 2020
Mandera, Kenya, July 2020 - Partners from local and national government, civil society and the private sector came together to launch the One Stop Youth Resource Centre, which will be the base for…
Global Future Cities Programme launches knowledge sharing platform
July 7th, 2020
Nairobi, 6 July 2020, - UN-Habitat has recently launched the Global Future Cities Knowledge Platform to exchange knowledge on sustainable and inclusive urban development. Developed by UN-Habitat…
UN-Habitat and Habitat UNI discuss the urban research and education in the wake of COVID-19
July 6th, 2020
Nairobi, 24 June 2020 - A webinar held on the topic of urban research and education gathered over 70 participants in a lively debate with urban researchers and educators as part of the COVID-19…
COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus discuss pro-poor investment for urban adaptation and resilience
July 6th, 2020
Nairobi, 25 June 2020 - The sixth COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus webinar in the second season was organized by the World Urban Campaign and UN-Habitat’s RISE UP Flagship programme to discuss pro-poor…
Sweden and UN-Habitat sign a USD 20 million agreement to promote sustainable urbanization
July 1st, 2020
Nairobi, 1 July 2020 – Sweden has signed a global programme cooperation agreement with UN-Habitat, the United Nations agency charged with promoting socially and environmentally sustainable towns and…
Graffiti art spreads COVID-19 prevention messages in Nairobi’s slums
June 30th, 2020
Nairobi, 30 June 2020 - Over 60 percent of Nairobi’s residents live in overcrowded informal settlements where public transport systems are often packed and there are few handwashing facilities. …
UN-Habitat pairs cities striving to manage their municipal solid waste with expert counterparts
June 22nd, 2020
Nairobi, June 2020 – As part of its Waste Wise Cities, UN-Habitat is bringing together cities that are looking to improve the management of their municipal solid waste with mentor cities committed to…
Over 600 participants take part in virtual launch of the COVID-19 in African Cities Report
June 18th, 2020
Nairobi, June 2020 – A new Report on COVID-19 in African Cities has found that the quality and nature of Africa’s urbanization exacerbates transmission rates of infectious diseases like COVID-19 and…
World Refugee Day 2020: Kenya's host communities and refugees hold virtual celebration
June 18th, 2020
Turkana County, Kenya, 19 June 2020 – Refugees from Kenya, one of the biggest refugee-hosting country in Africa, will not be holding the usual celebration of World Refugee Day this year. Instead of…
Young Kenyans mobilize to prevent the spread of COVID-19
June 16th, 2020
June 2020, Nairobi - Youth groups in Mathare, one of Kenya’s largest slums, have banded together to protect their communities from the spread of COVID-19. The facilities they have put up have…
UN-Habitat maps out facilities and partner services in Kenya’s slums to support COVID-19 response
June 5th, 2020
Nairobi, June 2020 – UN-Habitat is working with partners and community volunteers to collect data on the location of handwashing facilities, markets, transport stops and other key facilities and…
UN-Habitat supports youth innovation in Kenyan Counties
May 28th, 2020
Nyeri, Kenya, 28 May 2020 - UN-Habitat is supporting a youth group in Kenya’s central highlands to produce innovative hands free handwashing stations which has won high praise from the county Deputy…
Webinar: Urban-Rural Linkages in the time of COVID-19, Metropolitan Perspectives
May 28th, 2020
Nairobi, 14th May 2020 – Over 220 participants joined the second Urban-Rural Linkages webinar “Urban-Rural Linkages in the time of COVID-19: Metropolitan Perspectives” to learn about the role of…
Experts discuss the central role of urban planning in the post pandemic recovery
May 28th, 2020
Nairobi, 27 May 2020 - The 8th COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus online session discussed planning and design for pandemic urban resilience. The webinar, which attracted over 380 participants, was…