The teachers behind the kindergarten school in Alqosh share their observations and experiences on what it takes to create a healthy environment for children.  Read more

Crises like the ISIL conflict and COVID-19 have exacerbated inequalities in Iraq. Essential health services and infrastructure have deteriorated, and not everyone has had equal access to necessary…  Read more

100 Days… 99 to be exact… between submitting our frontier challenge and our learning report. However, my countdown app reminded me of this fact differently.  Read more

“Mines were inside homes, behind walls, inside bathrooms, everywhere,” describes Ali, 70.  Read more

Five years since Iraq’s liberation from ISIL, there has been significant progress made towards growing back, through rehabilitation of homes, institutions and building stability. Though, the challenge…  Read more

Djibouti is a small country of less than one million, located on the Horn of Africa in the east of the continent.  Read more

As the Syria crisis enters its tenth year, Lebanon continues to host the highest number of refugees per capita worldwide. Since 2014, UNDP has been working hand-in-hand with the Government, donors and…  Read more

To clean up the streets of the city, between May and December 2019, UNDP employed nearly 6,100 people: 3,650 from the local community and 2,450 from the District Cleaning Fund (DCF). Approximately…  Read more

In Lebanon under the compacted crises, women are the ones hardest hit by the socio-economic repercussions of the pandemic, given that they are already found in informal and part-time work with poor…  Read more

I am Mohamad Kalo, thirty years old and a father. After Daesh occupied many parts of Syria in 2018, I had to flee my village, Ali Gamish, located in Derki north of the country, leaving everything…  Read more