Post-disaster recovery: Building schools and health centres in… Hundreds of primary schools have been built in Indonesia, increasing the quality of education and the number of primary school students in the country…
New ‘public-private-people’ partnership launched to tackle the… Every year millions of people die prematurely from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – including diabetes, heart disease, respiratory disease and cancers.…
Supporting the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism: Working together to… At the height of the conflict in the summer of 2014, over 500,000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes. Approximately 108,000 Palestinians remain…
UNOPS and COP26: Together for people and the planet In support of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), UNOPS joined a range of events and activities in Glasgow to help accelerate…
Tanzanian Vice-President applauds seawall project in major push for… This World Environment day, the Vice-President of Tanzania marked the completion of an extensive seawall project in Dar-es-Salaam and called for further…
Better work environments in the fight against Ebola Guinea battled one of the worst outbreaks of Ebola in its history in 2014 and 2015. Now under control, forty-one healthcare centres across the country are…
Enhancing healthcare services across Lebanon In partnership with the government of Japan, UNOPS is helping strengthen public healthcare services as the country grapples with electricity shortages and…
Supporting stability in Somalia The Government of Japan is funding a $3.2 million UNOPS-implemented project designed to assist Somali’s federal police force.
Afghanistan humanitarian hotline celebrates first anniversary Afghanistan’s first countrywide humanitarian call centre – Awaaz Afghanistan – celebrated its first full year in operation in a ceremony held in Kabul.
Is counting fallen buildings useful? Almost weekly, we read of damage and loss of life attributed to cyclones, earthquakes and floods. But what do we learn from these events?