Facilities set up by Kenyan youth group to protect against COVID-19 top 8000 handwashes
April 1st, 2020
1 April 2020, Mathare, Kenya - Last month 10-year old Tabitha Muthoni was first in line to wash her hands at the new handwashing station in the Mathare informal settlement. Ten days later she carried…
$2.5 trillion COVID-19 rescue package needed for world’s emerging economies
March 31st, 2020
According to new analysis from UNCTAD, the UN trade and development body, commodity-rich exporting countries will face a $2 trillion to $3 trillion drop in investment from overseas in the next two…
OPINION: Local governments are in the frontline of coronavirus response
March 31st, 2020
Authors: UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif and UCLG Secretary General Emilia Saiz. Local and regional governments are the front line in preparing and responding to the COVID-19…
UN-Habitat’s work with cooperatives in Marawi helps provide food amid COVID-19
March 30th, 2020
Marawi City, the Phillipines 30 March 2020 – In response to the enhanced community quarantine issued by both the city and province to deter COVID-19 transmission, cooperatives, set up under a UN-…
Local and regional leaders showcase the value of public services to respond to the COVID-19 crisis
March 26th, 2020
#BeyondTheOutbreak Barcelona, Spain and Nairobi Kenya, 26 March 2020 More than 20 representatives of local and regional governments and partners, gathered online with civil society and the United…
UN launches major humanitarian appeal to keep COVID-19 from ‘circling back around the globe’
March 26th, 2020
At a joint virtual press briefing, Secretary-General António Guterres, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Lowcock, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore and World Health…
New SDG project assessment tool aiming for better urban projects
March 25th, 2020
António Guterres: "The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war"
March 25th, 2020
New York, 23 March 2020 Message from António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, who took office on 1st January 2017: Our world faces a common enemy: COVID-19. The virus…
UN Network on Migration: COVID-19 does not discriminate; nor should our response
March 24th, 2020
COVID-19 does not discriminate; nor should our response. As the world confronts the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Network on Migration salutes the immense efforts to date to combat this…
Kenyan youth wash hands to keep away Covid-19 in informal settlement
March 23rd, 2020
Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya 22 March 2020 – A local youth centre, supported by UN-Habitat, stepped in to protect residents in Nairobi slum from COVID-19 by setting up two hand washing areas to mark World…
What Water and Sanitation Operators can do in the Fight against COVID-19
March 22nd, 2020
The Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA), a network of partners, led by UN-Habitat, which helps water operators help each other improve their capacity in providing access to water…
UN-Habitat and EIB partnership on sanitation is changing lives in the slums of Mwanza, Tanzania
March 22nd, 2020
Mwanza, Tanzania, 22 March 2020 - “New toilets have made it possible for girls to stay in school and learn, because we have our privacy”, says Khadija Ramadhani, a student at Kitangiri Primary School…
Water for handwashing in slums is critical to prevent COVID-19 spreading
March 22nd, 2020
Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, 22 March 2020 - “We don’t have enough water to drink and cook our food, so where will we get water to wash our hands frequently?” This was the reaction of Anna Nyokabi, a…
United Nations Tackles COVID-19 Threat on Multiple Fronts
March 21st, 2020
18 March 2020 - As medical workers, scientists and others are working around the clock to prevent, treat and mount this unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak, the United Nations and its…
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,…