The United Nations Environment Programme Kipepeo Awards has recognized over 100 personnel in three teams who delivered exceptional performance toward addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

To mark 2024 World Environment Day, the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) brought their lab to the UN complex in Nairobi (UNON) to teach students the basics of soil management and opportunities for restoration.

The heavy rains and flooding experienced by those in Kenya, Brazil, Tanzania and other countries are an important reminder of the key role that communicators have in raising climate change awareness and promoting climate action.

The Ambassador of Japan to Kenya, Ken Okaniwa, reinforced Japan’s commitment to environmental multilateralism in support of UNEP's initiatives and projects during an official ceremony on 9 April 2024.

From 26 February to 1 March, representatives from the UN’s 193 Member States are expected to adopt key resolutions on international environmental policy and governance issues and more.

EcoBrixs is a Ugandan-based NGO funded by a British investor aiming at addressing plastic waste in Uganda. Since 2017, when it was created, EcoBrixs has reached the milestone of 1,000 tons of plastic waste recycled. The waste is transformed into brand-new products, such as structural beams for construction, furniture, buttons and other household items.

Tobu Junior was 7 years old when a rebel group invaded his village in Wudu, South Sudan, killing his parents and setting fire to their house. Today, at the age of 23, Tobu paints his own memories. “Homeless” tells the story of many children like his brother and himself who lost everything in the name of war.

Ali Amjad, Security Officer at the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), was evacuated with his wife and three daughters on the 23rd of April amid the conflict in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. It took them nearly four days to reach Entebbe, Uganda, after a perilous journey by road, sea, and air.

In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Procurement Division aims to increase business with vendors from developing countries and women-owned businesses. For the Ugandan Minister of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, the country should seize this opportunity to foster the local economy.

Stela Valigy tells her 34-year journey as a civil servant at the United Nations until her retirement. A story of dedication, resilience, absence and “saudade” - a noun in Portuguese to describe the feeling of deeply missing something, someone or a place.

Petty Mloka comes from one of the few remaining matrilineal societies in Africa, called Luguru in eastern Tanzania. In the Luguru tradition, women are custodians of the land and representatives of the clan. Children must be named after the mother's clan, and land must be passed down from mothers to daughters, never from fathers to sons.

Victoria Mujunga, Associate Legal Officer, spends more than two hours per day commuting from Kampala to Entebbe and vice-versa. When she wakes up, she sees her three children for only a few minutes before they leave for school, and she begins her journey to the Regional Service Centre in Entebbe. Victoria’s husband is currently solely responsible for the children’s school runs.

Women in computer and mathematical jobs represent only 28% of the workforce and 15.9% in engineering and architecture according to the World Bank. Some of the barriers they face at work are related to gender bias, unequal opportunities, and unfair payments.

RSCE managers stepped out of their shoes to perform the role of a service provider to mark 2022 Client Service Week.

It was my first time in East Africa, and I didn’t know what to expect. I am not one to create expectations when traveling or moving to a distant place. My gut always leads the way and I follow.

The Course enhanced the skills of uniformed and civilian personnel in UN peacekeeping missions in the monitoring, reporting and prevention of sexual violence perpetrated by parties to the conflict.

FMAC course aims to increase survivability on missions by enhancing the emergency medical response skills and capabilities of UN peacekeepers.

The RSCE’s Travel Service Line is the largest in terms of the number of transactions compared to other regional service centers within the United Nations system.