Supporting Older Adults through the Pandemic
A growing number of cities and communities worldwide are striving to meet the needs and preferences of their older residents, build more inclusive communities and help seniors stay independent in their homes…
Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Response
Rescue 1122 was established under the 2006 Punjab Emergency Service Act to provide management and prevention of emergencies across the Punjab, as prior to 2004 this service did not exist in Pakistan…
Delivering Affordable Housing and Basic Services
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy for Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, will deliver the opening remarks during the “Youth from Home for Homes” virtual conference, the peak of the 2021 Habitat for Humanity Young Leaders Build campaign…
Creating Sustainability in Comoros
In Comoros, a project funded by the UNDP (United Nationals Development Program) called DRR, or Resilience to the Risks of Climate Disasters, has made it its goal to build resilience in the Comoros population and improve their disaster response systems at the individual and community level…
“Let’s Do It!” Bosnia and Herzegovina
“Let’s Do It!” is a project begun in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2012 to clean up illegal landfills and plant trees…
“The Green Brigade” in Burkina Faso
For 22 years, the “Green Brigade,” a group of 3,000 volunteer women, has committed to sweeping the streets of the city of Ouagadougou at least twice a week…
Do you know of other successes?
We’d like to hear how an organization you know is advancing progress toward UN SDG’s.