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In Nigeria, sports builds bridges towards peace and inclusion
A EU - UNDP initiative in Nigeria promotes sports as a means to achieve social cohesion among youth, key to address stigmatization and internal community crisis.
Eradicating poverty through climate adaptation and resilience building
The Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund, a multi-donor initiative funded by the European Union, Government of Sweden, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and UNDP supports communities in…
EU4Schools in Albania: 160 children in Qereke start the new academic year in brand new facilities
In Albania, devastated by the 2019 earthquaqe, we are rebuilding 63 education institutions. 23.000 school pupils and teachers will benefit from EU - UNDP’s biggest partnership in the area of education…
Restoring Hamoun wetlands to save livelihoods in Iran
In 2020, the European Union and UNDP Iran joined forces with Iran’s Department of Environment (DoE) to help rural communities in Sistan area, including around the Hamoun Wetlands basin to establish…
Solar-powered heroine: the woman inspiring positive change in rural Yemen
With support from the European Union and UNDP, Iman leads a group of 10 women who installed a solar power plant to provide clean, low-impact energy for residents in Abss, Hajjah Governorate.
Cyclone displaced people in Savane resume livelihoods with UNDP and EU support
UNDP, with funds from the European Union and partners, opened a rural market in Savane benefiting over 1,000 people affected by the cyclone.
EU-funded Let’s Beat Corona campaign raises awareness among millions in Iraq
Let's Beat Corona campaign reached about 31.7 million people across Iraq.
The life-changing story of Hunar
A EU-funded programme in Erbil, Iraq, provides job opportunities to the youth.
COVID-19: Young entrepreneurs in Libya provide online educational solutions
Millions of schoolchildren worldwide are learning from home these days, and educators are striving to ensure that learning continues. Like in most of the countries in the Arab world, in Libya, the…
"Learning can get you out of poverty": Voices of women from the Horn of Africa’s borderlands
Challenges related to peace and security, economic development and climate tie most of the countries in the Greater Horn of Africa, but this is particularly true in the borderlands, where scarcity of…