News

• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

July 2008 ( View complete archive page )

• Municipality Staffs empowered on Solid Waste Management

August 2008 ( View complete archive page )

• Urban Environmental Management Guideline under preparation in Nepal
• Environment Friendly Mobile Public Toilet brought into operation in Nepal

September 2008 ( View complete archive page )

• Nepal's Largest Wastewater Treatment Plant with Biogas Reactor constructed
• Cholera mitigation campaign launched

October 2008 ( View complete archive page )

• Cooking gas from waste
• 200 Households benefited from water plan

November 2008 ( View complete archive page )

• Garbage - Source of Biogas, Manure

December 2008 ( View complete archive page )

• Media sensitized on water & sanitation
• Narayan Tole: A Model Squatter in WATSAN Aspect

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

January 2009 ( View complete archive page )

• UN-HABITAT supports Department of Water Supply and Sewerage in IYS-2008

February 2009 ( View complete archive page )

• WATSAN Media Workshop organized in Nepal
• Lankhu Community: Using Multi-beneficial Biogas Plant

March 2009 ( View complete archive page )

• Water, Environmental Sanitation and Hygiene Programme Dissemination Workshop in Kathmandu

April 2009 ( View complete archive page )

• National Water Week 2009 Celebration in Nepal: Marking World Water Day 2009

May 2009 ( View complete archive page )

• Pakistani Officials trained on Water, Environmental Sanitation and Hygiene Education
• Health and Hygiene Improvement Programme in Bharatpur and Ratnanagar

June 2009 ( View complete archive page )

• WAC Activities marking World Water Day 2009 in Nepal
• Lankhu Community: Using Multi-beneficial Biogas Plant

July 2009 ( View complete archive page )

• Regional High Level Rainwater Harvesting Meeting held in Kathmandu

August 2009 ( View complete archive page )

• UN HABITAT launched projects in Nepal for conservation and management of water sources
• Bagmati Action Plan prepared with support of UN HABITAT

September 2009 ( View complete archive page )

• Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in WATSAN sector held in Kathmandu
• Household Centered Environmental Sanitation Programme launched in Nala

October 2009 ( View complete archive page )

• Seminar on pro poor housing, water and sanitation services held in Kathmandu
• Household drinking water treatment material distributed on Hand Washing Day

November 2009 ( View complete archive page )

• US students raise more than USD 10,000 for Nepal water project
• UN HABITAT and Water Aid Nepal established partnership to initiate WATSAN Project in poor clusters of selected municipalities of Nepal

December 2009 ( View complete archive page )

• Nala witnesses Sanitation Bazaar
• Municipal Resource Mapping Workshop held in Nepal

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

January 2010 ( View complete archive page )

• “Partnership for Safe Water” Programme in Lalitpur: Four Communities declared "Safe Water Zone"

February 2010 ( View complete archive page )

• UN Habitat Nepal felicitates winner of Children's Future Award
• Municipalities of Nepal share successful practices on Solid Waste Management

April 2010 ( View complete archive page )

• Workshop concludes with Commitment: ‘Will formulate action plan for declaring First ODF Municipality’
• UN Habitat supports World Water Day celebration in Nepal

May 2010 ( View complete archive page )

• Nepal: opening of Urine Bank in Siddhipur

June 2010 ( View complete archive page )

• Implementation of integral development activities in Hetauda Municipality
• World Environment Day and Sithi Nakha observed in Nepal

July 2010 ( View complete archive page )

• UN Habitat: One-stop venue to enhance knowledge on Water

August 2010 ( View complete archive page )

• Nepal: the best achiever among UN HABITAT Supported Countries
• UN-HABITAT promotes safe drinking water campaign among students

September 2010 ( View complete archive page )

• Prime Minister launches the Bagmati Action Plan

October 2010 ( View complete archive page )

• Global Sanitation Fund Programme launched in Nepal
• Follow up workshop on gender mainstreaming in WATSAN held

November 2010 ( View complete archive page )

• ‘Dhalamati’ sensitizing people on Sewage management
• UN-HABITAT organizes workshop on urban housing

December 2010 ( View complete archive page )

• First community to declare ODF in Gulariya Municipality

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

January 2011 ( View complete archive page )

• Schools honored for praiseworthy contribution in WATSAN sector

February 2011 ( View complete archive page )

• Three communities declared open defecation free in Water for Asian Cities projects

March 2011 ( View complete archive page )

• Sukekhola, the first community in Kamalamai Municipality declared open defecation free in Water for Asian Cities Projects
• Scant progress in Valley water management
• UN Habitat celebrated World Water Day 2011 in Nepal
• Nepali Student honoured with Children's Future Award                   

April 2011 ( View complete archive page )

• Global Sanitation Fund Moves Ahead in Full Swing in Nepal
• Call to make sanitation programme effective

July 2011 ( View complete archive page )

• WWF launches Coastal Project on Water and Sanitation at Kakapir and Soomer villages
• Water for future: Rainwater harvesting drive
• Campaign to preserve groundwater
• URBANISATION PROCESS: Study on vulnerability assesment
• Rainwater harvesting a boon to Lalitpur folk
• Community gets its own supply of water
• Traditional Water management and Machhendranath Festival
• UN HABITAT & UNICEF support promotion of arsenic mitigation options in terai districts of Nepal
• UN Habitat supporting EcoSan Toilet Promotional Campaign in Nagarkot
• Call to preserve traditional water management system

August 2011 ( View complete archive page )

• Empowerment of local bodies must in achieving the national sanitation target
• Mega sanitation plan to ensure clean Nepal

September 2011 ( View complete archive page )

• Rapid urbanisation a risk: Minister Tripathy
• World Habitat Day 2011 celebrated in Nepal

October 2011 ( View complete archive page )

• Baseline Survey Commences with Enumerator's Training under Global Sanitation Fund Programme
• Workshop on Cities and Climate Change Initiatives to Municipalities

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

January 2012 ( View complete archive page )

• Household in far west Nepal creating a healthy home with support of European Union and UN-Habitat

February 2012 ( View complete archive page )

• The Global Sanitation Fund signs seven new sub-grantees in Nepal
• NEPAL: Looking to low-tech wastewater treatment
• NEPAL: Looking to low-tech wastewater treatment
• UN-Habitat Presents study on Compact Rural Settlements at National Planning Commission

April 2012 ( View complete archive page )

• Experts review a Toolkit for Safer Schools and Hospitals in South Asia

May 2012 ( View complete archive page )

• Climate Change and Gender Intiatives in Nepal

December 2012 ( View complete archive page )

• When people felt owned…

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

March 2013 ( View complete archive page )

• Sanitation Promotional Campaign at its prime
• Coca-Cola, UN-Habitat launch ‘Support My School’ scheme

August 2013 ( View complete archive page )

• Total Sanitation Campaign Moving Ahead by Preserving Indigenous Culture in Bardiya

October 2013 ( View complete archive page )

• Marking World Habitat Day 2013 in Nepal………….

November 2013 ( View complete archive page )

• Promoting sustainable housing – municipal planning workshop held in Pokhara
• World Bank Country Director is impressed

December 2013 ( View complete archive page )

• Workshop Held on Retro-maintenance Assessment Toolkits for School and Hospital Safety
• Training of Sustainable Construction materials held in Dharan

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

February 2014 ( View complete archive page )

• Green is not just a colour
• Conflicted earth

March 2014 ( View complete archive page )

• Orientation Training on Sustainable Housing for Policy Makers held in Kathmandu
• Bhaktapur declared first ODF district in Kathmandu Valley

April 2014 ( View complete archive page )

• No Sustainable Development Without Sustainable Urbanization, CLOS

May 2014 ( View complete archive page )

• All houses in Bajura villages have toilets

June 2014 ( View complete archive page )

• Strong political committed for ODF
• Global Sanitation Fund expands campaign in 8 terai districts
• Discrimination during menstruation

August 2014 ( View complete archive page )

• Talk Program on Green Building Design

September 2014 ( View complete archive page )

• City actors commit to action at UN Climate Summit
• Toilets mandatory to access electricity, subsidised rice
• UN-Habitat Nepal Undertakes Participatory Land Use Planning in Three Districts

October 2014 ( View complete archive page )

• Urbanisation in the spotlight as world marks first World Cities Day
• Bajura yet to rid itself of Chhaupadi tradition
• M-WASH-CC Formation in Sandhikharka Municipality
• Voice from slum
• World Habitat Day to be observed on Monday
• Squatters to be consulted to resolve their problem
• World Habitat Day 2014 Message of the UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos
• ‘Give Slum Dwellers a Voice’, Secretary-General says in Message for World Habitat Day

November 2014 ( View complete archive page )

• All Bajura households now have toilets
• Pokhara UN Habitat gaining popularity: Stakeholders
• Designers Training accomplished in Bhedetar
• अर्घाखाँचीमा सरसफाइ अभियान तीव्र

December 2014 ( View complete archive page )

• Dharan sub-metroplis to promote green homes
• National symposium on land issues held

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

January 2015 ( View complete archive page )

• Govt steps up sanitation drive in Tarai districts

February 2015 ( View complete archive page )

• सुन बेचेर चर्पी

April 2015 ( View complete archive page )

• Flash appeal: $415 million needed to help earthquake victims in Nepal
• Condolence letter to Nepal from Dr Joan Clos,UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat

May 2015 ( View complete archive page )

• Construction of temporary shelters gaining momentum
• Urban challenges emerging one month after Nepal earthquake.
• Japan and UN-Habitat to provide shelter support in Nepal before and during monsoon
• Nepal: Another 7.3 magnitude earthquake wreaks further havoc
• UN-Habitat ready to support Shelter, WASH and Early Recovery in Nepal

June 2015 ( View complete archive page )

• UN-Habitat Regional Director visit Gamcha
• 'Rebuilding the hearts of people'
• Shelter project team set off for field mission
• Youth Volunteers Revive Over 100 toilets in four days
• Bardiya declared Terai first ODF District
• UN-Habitat promoting safer building solutions
• Relief materials to vulnerable women

July 2015 ( View complete archive page )

• Employment related skills after shelter!
• Terai Sanitation Campaign Gaining Momentum
• Land use mapping to be completed in five years
• Community at the Center of the process of "Building Back Safer"
• All for safety
• House panel clears amended Lands Act

August 2015 ( View complete archive page )

• UN-Habitat, ARCADIS and KULeuven help rebuilding effort in Nepal
• ‘Greening the Re-building’

September 2015 ( View complete archive page )

• UN-Habitat and IUTC trained urban practitioners in Land Readjustment
• Rebuilding what is holy
• Post-quake urban challenges complex: Padma Sunder Joshi
• Community Information Center formally opened
• Training People on Sustainable and Safer Building Construction
• National level interaction on rebuilding Bungamati
• “Happily shifted in my own Temporary Shelter”
• Illegal settlement sprawl risks up
• Safer Homes
• Rebuilding Nepal
• Beneficiaries’ immediate woes fade away
• GSF programmes empower close to 10 million to end open defecation

October 2015 ( View complete archive page )

• UN-Habitat and GLTN organized training workshop on pro-poor gender-responsive land governance
• Celebrating ‘Public Spaces for All’
• Habitat Day celebration formally begins

November 2015 ( View complete archive page )

• ‘भुईंचालो आए, डराइन्न!'
• Terai adds up 13000 toilets even within political agitations
• WTD Celebration: Mass awareness on importance of toilet
• चिन्ता छैन जाडोको
• Straw mat, improved stoves provide relief from cold to quake victims
• Toilets before festival

December 2015 ( View complete archive page )

• सर्फले दियो सुशिलालाई भर

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

January 2016 ( View complete archive page )

• Prime Minister launches the reconstruction campaign and unveiled ‘Bungamati Rebuilding Plan’

March 2016 ( View complete archive page )

• Bajura women launch sanitation campaign

July 2016 ( View complete archive page )

• Footsteps of our past (How to reconstruct historic buildings in Kathmandu after the earthquake)

August 2016 ( View complete archive page )

• Wide open spaces

September 2016 ( View complete archive page )

• W4W nears Closing: UN-Habitat hands over Project Reports to Nepal Government partners

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

April 2017 ( View complete archive page )

• ODF drive a huge challenge in Saptari

May 2017 ( View complete archive page )

• Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration Initiative in Nepal Kicks Off

December 2017 ( View complete archive page )

• ODF Zone campaign
• “ODF Campaign On Track Despite Disasters” Madan Kumar Malla

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

January 2018 ( View complete archive page )

• किन पुरा भएन २०१७ भित्र सबै नेपालीको घरमा चर्पी पुर्‍याउने राष्ट्रिय लक्ष्य?
• Rasuwa Declared as 45th ODF district

February 2018 ( View complete archive page )

• Kankai Municipality declared ODF zone in Jhapa

March 2018 ( View complete archive page )

• National Land Forum discusses on Responsible Land Governance: International Trends and Current Reform Initiatives in Nepal held in Kathmandu
• Learning Exchange and Capacity Development on Innovative Land Tools and Approaches held in Dhulikhel, Nepal.

June 2018 ( View complete archive page )

• Celebration of Menstrual Hygiene Day : National Dignified Menstruation Day 2075

July 2018 ( View complete archive page )

• Strong steps towards total sanitation in Nepal as officials declare Sunsari and Nuwakot districts free of open defecation
• World Cup 2018 Football Screening in Bungamati
• UN-Habitat Supports Nepal Government in Conducting Training Workshop and National Consultation Symposium on Fit for Purpose Land Administration – From Policy to Implementation
• Heritage Walk Program to Engineer Students

August 2018 ( View complete archive page )

• Mattya Festival in Bungamati to attract tourist
• Engineers of Kathmandu Valley are trained on Masonry Building

September 2018 ( View complete archive page )

• Training Workshop on Community-led Development Process and Strategy Planning for Bungamati Area Reconstruction and Development Committee

October 2018 ( View complete archive page )

• Marking World Habitat Day 2018 in Nepal

December 2018 ( View complete archive page )

• Rautahat declared as open defecation free district

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

January 2019 ( View complete archive page )

• GLTN supports development of a land information system for tenure security, Ratnangar Municipality, Nepal

March 2019 ( View complete archive page )

• EU Ambassador visits Bungmati to see efforts towards conservation of heritage settlement through green growth and promotion of sustainable tourism
• Special Announcement: Nepal Government adopts a National Land Policy

April 2019 ( View complete archive page )

• Young technician trained on Integrated Heritage Conservation
• Workshop for Mayors in Green development & Heritage conservation

May 2019 ( View complete archive page )

• Ganga Devi: Moulding Yomari for livelihood
• Home stay Management training for Women concluded

June 2019 ( View complete archive page )

• Creativity Galore – Wood Crafting

July 2019 ( View complete archive page )

• Morang district declared as 66th ODF District
• The Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, H.E. Mr. Hideyuki Tanaka visited Bungamati

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

January 2020 ( View complete archive page )

• Ratnanagar Municipality revolutionizes Land Information Management in Nepal

February 2020 ( View complete archive page )

• New land legislation guarantees tenure security and access to land for all Nepali

April 2020 ( View complete archive page )

• Nepal’s Belaka Municipality uses STDM to identify vulnerable families during COVID-19 pandemic
• PARYA SAMPADA mobilizing Bungamati Community to produce Protective Face Masks for the Communities

May 2020 ( View complete archive page )

• Practicing hand hygiene
• Learning to hand wash
• Disseminating Message through IEC
• Preparing resilient community to fight against COVID-19
• Grant Project in Nepal mobilises Bungamati Community to produce Protective Face Masks

July 2020 ( View complete archive page )

• Proud to be involved in UN-Habitat initiative of 'De-Pukhu - State pond of Bungamati' revitalization programme
• Through UN-Habitat's skill based training, now I can make perfect 'Yomari' and hoping to sell them in future from home
• Hand Washing Station was installed at Kangeshwori Temple
• Little girl washing hand at newly installed Eco-Foot Operated Hand Washing Station at Bansighat, Kathmandu
• Girl washing hand at Eco-Foot Operated Hand Washing Station at Kalimati Vegetable Market

September 2020 ( View complete archive page )

• European Union funded project in Nepal creates new opportunities for home workers during pandemic
• UN-Habitat promotes touch-free hand washing facilities in Kathmandu slums

Twitter Widget

Tweets by @UNHABITAT

Urbanisation in the spotlight as world marks first World Cities Day

Posted:31 October,2014

Shanghai 31 October 2014 The first World Cities Day is being to be commemorated today across the globe under the theme “Leading Urban [...]

Bajura yet to rid itself of Chhaupadi tradition

Posted:22 October,2014

New trail built for menstruating women Prakash Singh  Bajura, Despite several governmental and non-governmental organisations’ campaigns [...]

Nepal sanitation campaign

Posted:21 October,2014

http://youtu.be/Io_otYx4Dac

M-WASH-CC Formation in Sandhikharka Municipality

Posted:17 October,2014

Arghakhanchi, Municipality level Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Coordination Committee has been formed today in Sandhikharka Municipality of [...]

Voice from slum

Posted:14 October,2014

Nirjana Sharma Well-to-do people need to realize that slum dwellers also have rights to basic facilities, including right to survive in [...]

World Habitat Day to be observed on Monday

Posted:11 October,2014

The Department of Urban Development and Building Construction is all set to mark the World Habitat Day for this year. Organising a press meet, [...]

Squatters to be consulted to resolve their problem

Posted:11 October,2014

Recognizing the problem of the landless squatters, the government and non-governmental agencies are working jointly with squatters to bring a common [...]

WHD MESSAGE 2014 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOAN CLOS

Posted:7 October,2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjc82706asY&list=UUCIWzpHHbIDbWvfq67BSKsg

World Habitat Day 2014 Message of the UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos

Posted:7 October,2014

Monday, 6 October 2014 Every year on the first Monday of October we reflect on the state of our human settlements and what we want the cities of our [...]

‘Give Slum Dwellers a Voice’, Secretary-General says in Message for World Habitat Day

Posted:6 October,2014

New York, 6 October 2014. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Habitat Day, to be observed on 6 October: Over the past decade, [...]