UN-Habitat and JICA surveys to assess impacts and challenges of COVID-19 on Kenyan and Ugandan urban areas

March 2nd, 2021

Nairobi, 2 March 2020— UN-Habitat has announced that, in collaboration with JICA , it will conduct a survey on the impacts of COVID-19 on the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya and Kampala in…

Director of ‘The Human Shelter’ film explores perceptions of homes during COVID-19 pandemic

October 19th, 2020

Nairobi, 19 October – In the context of the ‘Housing for All’ Campaign run by UN-Habitat, the acclaimed Danish film director Boris B. Bertram continues to explore the notion of ‘home’ revisiting the…

2020 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award Winners Announced

September 8th, 2020

Nairobi, 8 September 2020 – The winners of this year’s UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour, one of the world’s most prestigious awards presented to those working on urbanization, have been selected. This…