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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.  

Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of priorities and initiatives — from climate action and food security to gender equality and safety of civilians.

A joint UN programme is enabling decision-makers and civil society groups to advance the rights of people with disabilities in Guatemala.

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.

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.  

Marina’s is one of sixteen households that were provided with firewood alternatives and renewable energy sources – biomass, energy-efficient stoves and solar panels by the United Nations Development Programme’s Global Environment Facility programme in Adjara. 

Since September 2021, the ban on girls' education has impacted 1.1 million girls and young women in the country. Somaya Faruqi, Global Champion for Education Cannot Wait- the UN's global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, reflects on the past two years.

A joint UN programme run in Nampula and Zambezia provinces of Mozambique is mentoring young people on issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as violence against women and girls.