In the town of Ghat, in Southern Libya, 39-year-old Zahra Abdo had long watched the once-vibrant garden within her community fall into disrepair. For over a decade, she witnessed the slow decay of a space that had once been a cherished gathering place for families. “The garden used to be a haven for us” Zahra...
Huda, a 64-year-old resident of the Bezima neighborhood in AlKufra, has lived in the same house her entire life, alongside her husband, children, and five grandchildren. “This is where I was born,” she says, “and now I am lucky to see my children and grandchildren growing up here.” For many years, her neighborhood relied on...
Twenty-one Southern Libyan municipalities will see substantial action to improve infrastructure, basic services and strengthen private sector development. The interventions are part of the EU-funded “Baladiyati” programme in cooperation with the Libyan Ministry of Local Governance. Since 2018, the programme has reached more than 3 million people in 27 Libyan municipalities, and is now expanding...
24 May 2023, Tripoli Today, the Ministry of Local Government (MoLG), the European Union (EU), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) inaugurated the first sewage treatment plant in Garabulli, which provides improved access to sanitation and a healthier environment for 67,000 people including 5100 migrants. The Municipality of Garabulli was facing significant challenges in managing...
Mohamed Atta, a 13-year-old school student from Ajdabiya, eagerly awaits the end of the school day so he can play in the newly opened park in the city. “My dad was initially hesitant to let me go alone,” he shared, “but when I told him all my friends were there, he came with me and...
22 February 2023, Benghazi Today, the Mayor of Benghazi, Mr. Saqur Bojouari, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Mr. Marc-André Franche, inaugurated the newly rehabilitated Civil Society Centre in Benghazi. The Centre will provide a space for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to gather and conduct activities, promoting local peacebuilding initiatives, and empowering women,...
“How I have wished for this day. The streetlights are no longer cut off, despite the regular and lengthy power outages in the country” stated Mr. Abdelbaset Abdel-Sayed Al-Qatani, a laboratory technician working in Al-Andalus neighborhood of Emsaed, expressing his great joy for the newly installed solar streetlight panels in the city. Located 15...
UNDP supports public institutions, local governments, civil society, and communities in Libya to achieve stabilization, resilience and recovery, and contribute to shaping the conditions for peace and social cohesion in the country with support from various international partners. Since 2017, UNDP has partnered with the European Union (EU) to accompany public institutions, local governments, civil...
In the frame of the AICS component of the Baladiyati programme, funded by the European Union, WW-GVC has been organizing a campaign to raise awareness on communicable and non-communicable diseases, as well as protection principles and gender-based violence in the Libyan municipalities of Al Maya, Al Maamoura, Sabratha and Surman. In June, 28 community mobilizers...
Bezzima Al Jadida is a village in the Al Kufra region located about 12 km from Al Kufra centre in the desert of south-eastern Libya. In the 2012 national census the village population was estimated at 10,000 people. The climate of the region is characterized by high temperatures averaging above 38 °C (100 °F) with...
