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Asha Amber and Amos Nabwela checking in on Buchumi’s baby light at the maternity wing of the Natukobenyo Health Center
  • News article

Funded by the EU Trust Fund, the maternity wing of Natukobenyo Health Center in the Kalobeyei Settlement is ensuring hundreds of expectant mothers deliver safely.

  • 3 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Kenya
Thematic
  • Improved migration management
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Refugees living in a settlement in Western Uganda, have been trained as local Artisan with skills in creating different energy efficient technologies to promote access and utilization of clean energy at household level. © Save the Children
  • News article

In celebration of World Environment Day, we spotlight the transformative "RED" project. Lilias fled the South Sudanese civil war in 2017, seeking refuge in Imvepi, Uganda. Thanks to the RED project's support, her life has been profoundly changed.

  • 3 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Uganda
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • Save the Children
Abuyi Talibu mentors youth from refugee and host communities in metal welding at his workshop in Yumbe District ©Enabel Uganda
  • News article

The European Union Trust Fund supports the implementation of the Support to Skilling Strategy in Uganda. This project is based in Northern Uganda and is implemented by Enabel and the Ministry of Education and Sports.

  • 4 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Uganda
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • ENABEL - Belgian Development Agency
Inauguration of the new CID Headquarters in Mogadishu, March 2024 @UNOPS_Somalia.
  • News article

Somalia has taken significant steps towards enhancing its justice and security systems with the inauguration of new facilities, like the Criminal Investigations Directorate and the Mogadishu Prison and Court Complex. 

  • 3 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Somalia
Thematic
  • Improved governance and conflict prevention
Partner
  • The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Endale receiving practical and entrepreneurship business skills training. ©UNIDO
  • News article

The “Leather Initiative for Sustainable employment Creation” (LISEC) project , is catalyzing transformative change in Ethiopia’s leather industry, by creating greater economic and decent employment opportunities especially for young men and women.

  • 4 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Ethiopia
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • UNIDO
AICS staff during on-site impact analysis. | Credit: AICS.
  • News article

The article presents the WE-RISE! project funded by the EUTF and implemented by AICS in partnership with UN WOMEN and other institutions to enhance the food resilience of Sudan's most vulnerable population. It examines the intervention strategies and its impact on the targeted communities in Gedaref

  • 5 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Sudan
Thematic
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • Agenzia italiana per la cooperazione allo sviluppo
Medina Maneno, owner of a tailoring business-Adjumani town, Uganda © Enabel Uganda
  • News article

It was her passion for tailoring that led to the development of a business opportunity for Medina Maneno. Today, she is the proud owner of 'Medina Classic Business Center,' a thriving tailoring shop in Adjumani, town located in Northern Uganda.

  • 2 min read
Region and Country
  • Horn of Africa
  • Uganda
Thematic
  • Greater economic and employment opportunities
  • Strengthening resilience of communities
Partner
  • ENABEL - Belgian Development Agency