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Women driving resilient infrastructure

In March 2019, Cyclone Idai hit south-east Africa, bringing strong winds and heavy rainfall. When the cyclone made landfall, it was one of the deadliest cyclones to ever hit Africa. Watch to learn more about The Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project and the important role women have played in implementing it.
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Access to safer markets: Mai’s story

Watch to learn how the Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project, funded by the World Bank, has supported market vendors like Mai, who now have new facilities to sell their produce in.
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Better school facilities: Otilia’s story

Watch to learn how the Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project, funded by the World Bank, has been helping schools impacted by the cyclone recover and improve access to water and sanitary facilities.
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A direct hit left this building missing several panels, rendering a whole section (floors 3 to 6) unusable
Responding to needs in fragile and conflict-affected settings

Over the course of 2023, working with the UN family and partners, we responded to help vulnerable communities across the world. Here is a selection of these stories.
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Improving living conditions for internally displaced people in Ethiopia

UNOPS worked with the government of Japan to enhance water supply infrastructure and sanitary facilities in the Qoloji Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp.
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Water is life

Better access to clean drinking water is helping to improve health in rural Cameroon.
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Supporting women's empowerment in rural areas of Africa

Women play a key role in producing food, generating income, and fuelling local and global economies in rural areas.
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Continuing to improve access to essential water and sanitation services in Yemen

The World Bank’s International Development Association approved an additional $150 million grant to support the second phase of the Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project.
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Water is life: Awa's story

Awah Njikam is the treasurer of her village’s new water committee. Watch to see how new infrastructure, funded by KOICA, is helping improve access to safe drinking water in villages across Cameroon.
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Improving health surveillance and strengthening the healthcare system in Uganda

Uganda's Ministry of Health received a mobile laboratory as part of the European Union-Intergovernmental Authority on Development (EU-IGAD) COVID-19 Response programme.
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Providing urgent access to electricity across Yemen

UNOPS and the World Bank continue to provide rural and peri-urban communities across Yemen with improved access to much needed electricity.

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