UN-Habitat and international footballer, Victor Wanyama’s Foundation to support youth in informal settlements
January 13th, 2021
Nairobi, Kenya, 13 January 2021 - UN-Habitat and the Foundation of the Kenyan international footballer, Victor Wanyama, have agreed to work together to support community development particularly for…
Saudi Development and Reconstruction Programme for Yemen, Alwaleed Philanthropies and UN-Habitat set to rehabilitate 600 houses for low income families in Yemen
January 12th, 2021
Riyadh/Nairobi, 12 January 2021 - Over 4,000 people are set to benefit from a new project developed by the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Programme for Yemen (SDRPY), Alwaleed Philanthropies (…
UN-Habitat COVID-19 platform tracks hundreds of new cities
December 21st, 2020
December 2020 – UN-Habitat has added hundreds of new cities to its platform which monitors COVID-19 cases daily and identifies hotspots, allowing national and local leaders to plan and implement…
A new book describes how UN-Habitat and renowned Japanese architect joined forces to design refugee homes in Kenya
December 21st, 2020
21 December 2020 – A newly published book Turkana Houses describes how UN-Habitat worked with the renowned Japanese Architect, Shigeru Ban to create various prototypes of shelters for refugees and…
Mayors and City Leaders dialogue on building urban resilience In Southern Africa
December 15th, 2020
Nairobi, Kenya, 3 December 2020 - UN-Habitat alongside DiMSUR, the Technical Centre for Disaster Risk Management, Sustainability and Urban Resilience, and the World Bank, organized a virtual dialogue…
UN-Habitat’s Lab uses global experiences from Haiti to Kenya to explore strategies for urban planning in post-crisis areas
December 15th, 2020
Nairobi, December 2020 - UN-Habitat’s Urban Planning and Design Lab has brought together years of experience of working on urban planning in areas affected by crises in a new publication aimed at…
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…