Since 2003, UN-Habitat has supported the Philippines in achieving transformative results in housing, urban planning and design, climate resilience and improving the urban environment.
Shelter for All
The meeting strengthened DHSUD’s partnership with UN-Habitat to implement inclusive, climate resilient, and sustainable urban development.
With support from the Spanish government, through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the project was launched to make housing and sustainable livelihood accessible to the Sama Bajau families who were left homeless and displaced when Typhoon Rai hit Surigao in 2021.
Members of the indigenous group Sama Bajau and informal settler families of Sitio Panubigon in Surigao City were equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring real change in their lives by achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), through a day-long workshop conducted by UN-Habitat Philippines together with UN Women.
For the Marawi Sultanate League, the 1000 houses awarded to internally displaced families are more than just structures of shelter. They are symbols of a new beginning.
UN-Habitat formally wraps up the implementation of the Rebuilding Marawi Project during the project’s culmination event, Handover of Community Management and Permanent Shelters, May 19 in the Islamic City of Marawi.
One year into settling in their permanent homes, we look back at how the home partners have rebuilt not just their concrete houses, but the lives of their families and community as well.
Get to know some of the Maranao women who have greatly contributed to UN-Habitat’s Rebuilding Marawi Project and the overall rehabilitation efforts in Marawi City.
Sowara O Kalilintad (Voice of Peace), is the the c
250 families displaced by the 2017 Marawi Siege were awarded with permanent house and lot from the National Housing Authority (NHA) and UN-Habitat.