The government of Kenya and the United Nations on Wednesday signed a development assistance framework that will see the UN mobilizing USD 1.2 billion for implementation of development programmes in the country over a four-year period.
An international conference on post emergency shelter reconstruction ‘Restoring Communities through Home-Owner-Driven Reconstruction: from post-Emergency to Development’ kicked off Tuesday morning in the capital city of Sri Lanka, Colombo.
On International Women's Day, UN-Habitat highlights the important role played by women and girls in urban energy issues and renews our commitment to strengthen and expand our efforts to bring access of modern energy to women. Sustainable energy powers opportunity. Yet 1.2 billion people -one in five globally- lack electricity to light their homes or conduct business.
Successful applicants to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme(UN-Habitat_ youth mentorship programme, launched in the beginning of the year, have been paired with their respective mentors and begun their discussions. The aim of the youth mentorship programme is to increase the capacity of the youth-led agencies supported by UN-Habitat’s Urban Youth Fund.
Twenty-four organizations were selected this year to receive both a grant and training. These youth-led groups span various sectors, from technology and agriculture to governance, education and poverty reduction.
Over 60 particpants from 12 African countries converged in Livingstone, Zambia for a high level youth consultative conference.
The conference is a first of series of discussions that will be held in all the regions of Africa with the intention of designing a process and developing Strategies that promote regional collaboration for youth empowerment particularly in promoting the One Stop Youth Center Model across Africa through the engagement of the Regional Economic Forums.
UN-Habitat has launched a photo and video competition asking young people to show what “home” really means to them.
The competition which was launched on International Youth Day and ends on 30 September 2013, asks the contestants to take a picture of either their homes or their hang out joints and post them on Instagram of Facebook.
The competition which targets those aged between 18 and 32 calls for photos and videos related to:
Raphael grew up in Korogocho, a sprawling urban slum in Nairobi, Kenya where he has co-founded vibrant community youth led initiatives.
Raphael, 32 is the external adviser and a member of the UN Habitat’s Youth Advisory Board, which advises the agency on how to engage, integrate and respond effectively on issues affecting the youth. This puts Raphael at the global sphere of influential young leaders who can help shape the world by addressing post 2015 thematic issues that touch on the youth.