UN-Habitat supports integrated and strategic sustainable development in Mozambique
February 2nd, 2022
Inhambane, Mozambique, February 2, 2022 – Provincial officials in this southern province are benefitting from a project run by UN-Habitat and its partners that will equip government officials with…
UN-Habitat builds schools to withstand floods and cyclones for 100,000 children in Mozambique
June 8th, 2021
Nampula, Mozambique, June 2021 – Before UN-Habitat began building resilient local school buildings in Muchaleque, in the northern Nampula province, children were force to leave school or study…
UN-Habitat expands its response to urban internal displacement as the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre releases its latest Report
May 22nd, 2021
Nairobi, 22 May 2021 - The launch of the “Global Report on Internal Displacement 2021” by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) underlines the scale of internal displacement situations…
Canada supports UN-Habitat to design resilient and inclusive hospitals in Mozambique
January 5th, 2021
Maputo, January 2021 – UN-Habitat along with Mozambique’s Health Ministry and the Canadian Government have launched a project to ensure health facilities can withstand disasters such as cyclones,…
UN-Habitat and partners gift Mozambican schools solar panel systems
November 5th, 2020
Beira, Mozambique 5 November 2020-- Primary Schools of Mozoão and Ronda were the recent beneficiaries of solar power panels, a result of a partnership between UN-Habitat and other organisations keen…
UN-Habitat includes COVID-19 prevention as schools prepare to reopen in cyclone affected region of Mozambique
August 27th, 2020
Beira, Mozambique, 27 August 2020 - UN-Habitat in Mozambique has adapted its activities on disaster risk reduction in schools to respond to the new challenges brought by COVID-19 Because of the…
UN-Habitat launches climate resilience project in South Eastern Africa
July 13th, 2020
July 2020 - A two-day virtual inception workshop marked the official start of ‘Building Urban Climate Resilience in South Eastern Africa,’ the first multi-country project of UN-Habitat funded by the…
UN-Habitat hands over houses to Cyclone Idai victims in Mozambique
July 10th, 2020
Beira, Mozambique 9 July 2020 – The home of 23-year-old Bile Marrissane Valentim was almost destroyed by the high winds of Cyclone Idai which caused widespread devastation. “During the night, the…
Public space for children inaugurated in Mozambique
February 18th, 2020
Maputo, 15 February 2020 – UN-Habitat, in partnership with the two Municipal Councils of Maputo and Quelimane and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), implemented the project Public Spaces…