The Government of Australia is providing USD 1,039,900 to improve planning and community resilience in four disaster prone cities, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya and Akkaraipattu. The latest funding is in addition to earlier Australian funding of AUD 1,000,000 in 2012 for disaster preparedness in the cities of Balangoda, Batticaloa, Kalmunai and Ratnapura.

Kabul, 5 Mar 13

The Government of Japan last week approved JPY2,187 million (approximately USD23.77 million) of grant assistance to UN-Habitat for its Community-Based Municipal Support Programme in five Afghan cities.

Today, a one-week training on “Housing Delivery Systems for Lower-income Population in Myanmar”, organised by the Urban Research and Development Institute (URDI), was launched at UDRI premises in Yangon.

The training, which will run until February 8, is an outcome of a productive collaboration between the Department of Human Settlements and Housing Development (DHSHD) of the Ministry of Construction and UN-Habitat in Myanmar on the formulation of Housing Policy and consequently, implementation of strategies for Housing delivery at the regional government level.

As Haiti marked the third anniversary of a devastating earthquake which claimed over 300,000 lives and left more than 1 million survivors homeless, UN-Habitat announced that it will broaden support to communities and institutions still trying to recover from the disaster.

The Department of Human Settlements and Housing Development (DHSHD) of the Ministry of Construction and UN-Habitat in Myanmar launched the first inter-departmental policy dialogue on the Housing Sector at the Kumudra Hotel, in Nay Pyi Taw, on Wednesday the 12th of December 2012.

Mogadishu, 7 Nov 12

Ce document présente les résultats du processus de planification communautaire réalisé avec l’appui technique d’ONU-Habitat et ses partenaires dans les quartiers de Descayettes, Saieh, Sanatorium et Savane-Pistaches. Ces quartiers font partie de Carrefour-Feuilles, une vaste zone urbaine non planifiée, dense et fortement affectée par le séisme qui a frappé l’agglomération de Port-au-Prince en 2010.

29 October 2012, Bangkok -- Asia’s cities are central to the world’s battle against climate change. With the dual challenges of supporting the urban poor to adapt and reduce emissions, cities hold the keys to a sustainable and inclusive future. This was the message from a meeting of Mayors and Senior Officials from 10 city governments across Asia hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).

UN-Habitat has joined schools in the Lake Victoria region for soap donations and demonstrations to celebrate Global Handwashing day.

Children at the schools had the opportunity through their health clubs to learn the importance of hand washing with soap as one of the most cost-effective ways of preventing diarrhoeal and acute respiratory diseases which account for the majority of all child deaths.