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.

A World Bank-funded project is helping to provide a clean, reliable source of energy to hospitals across the country.

Under a World Bank-funded project, UNOPS will help bring essential nutrition supplies to people in need nationwide.

Women play a key role in producing food, generating income, and fuelling local and global economies in rural areas.

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.

UNOPS is working with the government of Mali and the World Bank to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts.

Together with partners, UNOPS is helping Zimbabwe recover from Cyclone Idai as well as tackle the health and socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 in Eastern Africa.

Last year, catastrophic floods ravaged Pakistan. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the event nothing short of a monsoon on steroids.

With funding from the World Bank and in partnership with the Sindh government of Pakistan, UNOPS is supporting the Pakistan Flood Humanitarian Assistance.

UNOPS is working with the local municipalities in Somalia to improve access to climate-resilient urban infrastructure and other services, with funding from the World Bank.

A new agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will see the joint implementation of the World Bank’s $20 million project to fight marine plastic pollution.