Nairobi - Vienna - New York - Amsterdam - Kabul 2 December 2020 A new digital land registry for urban informal settlements at the Ministry of Urban Development and Land in Afghanistan is set to...
Suva, Fiji, 30 November 2020 - The COVID-19 Community Awareness and Preparedness in Informal Settlements project, funded by UN-Habitat’s Global Emergency Response Fund helped 70 communities in Fiji...
27 November 2020 - The UN-Habitat COVID-19 tracking platform, which collects data on the preparedness and response of cities and urban areas, has a new daily trending feature identifying COVID cases...
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...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Nakivale, Uganda is the oldest refugee settlement in Africa, and benefits from what is often lauded as the most progressive refugee policies in the world. Termed in a BBC media...
THE MASTER PLAN APPROACH (MPA) AND THE SETTLEMENT PROFILING TOOL Typically, shelter and settlement responses in camps evolve gradually over the course of a crisis. Responses begin by meeting the...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As the longest surviving refugee settlement in the Somali Regional State, Kebribeyah settlement has a vast range of opportunities that can be capitalised upon. The “de-facto” social...
1. Introduction On August 4, 2020, an explosion occurred at the Beirut Port, resulting in large-scale damage to buildings and infrastructure, losses in lives, homes and businesses, and a disruption...
Sanamxay District, Lao PDR, 16 November 2020 – Hundreds of flood victims were recently gifted post emergency shelter built by Japanese aid. Japan’s ambassadorMr. Keizo Takewaka and senior government...
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...