In a calm neighborhood nestled between the busy streets of Mar Mikhael in Beirut, a heartwarming haven known as ‘Access Kitchen’ flourished. It is Lebanon’s first community kitchen led and run by a group of women with disabilities.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has arrived in New Delhi for the annual G20 summit with a “simple but urgent appeal” for world leaders in attendance: come together to solve humanity’s biggest challenges.
The Otgun family became one among 56000 vulnerable families, who received emergency financial assistance in the amount of MDL 4900 (US$275 approx) during November 2022 - May 2023 within the UN Moldova Solidarity Program.
In Kigoma region, the UN in Tanzania launched a joint programme which gave birth to a new market structure, benefitting around 3,000 traders, the majority of whom are women. The joint programme, which involves 17 UN agencies in Tanzania, complements humanitarian efforts by boosting economic development in the region, ensuring human security and providing support to some of the 250,000 refugees, migrants and host communities currently residing in the Kigoma area.
The UNDP- Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme is helping young, indigenous wrestlers in Senegal to take an active role in protecting forests and biodiversity.
Communities in a remote mountain village in Kyrgyzstan are coming together to create an "artificial glacier" to provide steady and reliable water supply, with the help of FAO.
Last month, Indonesia reached a milestone with the launch of its National Blue Economy Roadmap 2045: a blueprint for ocean-based development. Hear from the Economist at the UN Resident Coordinator's Office on how the UN came together to support the Government in its preparation.
Climate change-fueled storms have devastated health infrastructure and left women and girls more at risk of maternal mortality in countries like the Philippines where access to services in remote areas has already been tenuous for decades. Innovations like a custom-made sea ambulance is changing this.
The United Nations in Cabo Verde has confirmed its support for the government following a boat rescue on August 16 off Cabo Verde’s coast with reportedly 60 migrants missing and seven dead.
