Kattankudy in the Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka faced overwhelming amounts of garbage and no place to dispose of it. With EU funding, UNOPS is implementing a sustainable waste management programme benefitting 80,000 residents.

A day in the life of Mary Lau Makur, a local nurse in South Sudan.

Behind the scenes: personal stories from temporary settlements in Jordan and Iraq

Explosive hazards prevent children from going to school, inhibit farmers from working the land and block the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance. Each year they kill or injure thousands of people around the world.

Tuberculosis remains the world’s leading infectious disease killer. This preventable and curable illness claims three lives every minute.*

South Sudan is dying while waiting for peace

Years of being hunted by poachers and a decreasing habitat due to deforestation threaten the survival of Royal Bengal tigers. Here’s how one man's passion for protecting them is helping to save them.

The emergence of parasite resistance to artemisinin drugs and their derivatives in five countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) is seriously threatening the control and elimination of malaria globally. ​​​

Throughout 2015, we have been exploring some of our past achievements. This includes PRODERE, which helped to reintegrate those affected by decades of civil war in Central America.

Living with a disability is a reality for people like Dragana Petrović. This often makes it difficult to do the things that many of us may take for granted, like accessing facilities and services.

‘West African dwarf goat’, ‘Djallonké sheep’ and ‘N’dama cattle’ are not words that spring to mind when one thinks of food security, but these three species of livestock are vital to many local livelihoods.

In partnership with UNDP and El Salvador’s Ministry of Public Works, UNOPS is helping the country protect itself from future climate-related risks.