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...

Mr. Ali Mortada and his colleagues from the General Company for Cleaning Services are disinfecting an office in Ghat. photo: ©Omar Saleh When the threat of the Coronavirus outbreak arose in Libya, authorities took a set of decisions to tackle it in all regions and cities of the country. They included disinfection campaigns of public...

Imagine living in a very remote place with no hospitals close by, no first aid, not enough doctors, and having to wait for weeks at a time to have a health check. Imagine a father who must travel more than 390 km during the night just to procure an X-ray for his son’s fractured hand....