Press Release on Live Learning Session on leveraging migrants’ contribution and protecting the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis

April 21st, 2020

The Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis, and UN-Habitat, has brought together more than 1,000 participants over six sessions in which participants from local and regional governments, the…

Kalobeyei Corridor Infrastructure Planning Private Sector holds a workshop, Turkana County, Kenya

March 20th, 2020

Kalobeyei, Kenya 20 March 2020-- UN-Habitat, in collaboration with Turkana Country Government, recently hosted the Kalobeyei Corridor Infrastructure Planning Private Sector Workshop in Kakuma,…

Youth from Kenya’s coast call for support to engage in the Blue Economy

December 19th, 2019

Mombasa, Kenya December 2019 – Young people from Kenya’s coastal region called for more support to effectively engage in the Blue Economy sectors at the Youth and Blue conference, Harnessing Economic…

Design lab, SPACE10, visits Nairobi to present innovative energy project: Solarville

November 22nd, 2019

While in Nairobi the team from SPACE10 visited UN-Habitat’s partner projects in the slum of Mathare and met sustainable urban planning specialists from UN-Habitat. “We often say that if you are the…

Kalobeyei settlement Kenya: planning for sustainable waste management systems for refugees and host communities

October 4th, 2019

Nairobi, 4 October 2019-- What happens when conflicts and instability in other countries become protracted such that people are forced to stay in a refugee camp for a long period of time? How do…

UN-Habitat plans for community land near Kalobeyei Settlement and LAPSSET Corridor

October 2nd, 2019

Kalobeyei, Kenya 2 October 2019 - Last month, UN-Habitat, working under the Kalobeyei Socio Economic Development Programme (KISEDP) strategic plan organized a meeting in collaboration with Turkana…