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News Fully equipped ambulances are bringing vital healthcare closer to communities across 12 countries. Procured by UNOPS with funding from the West African Health Organisation, 30 new, fully equipped ambulances are on their way to 12 member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

An expanding access to sustainable energy in communities across the country is helping power people and productivity in Sierra Leone. “Now I keep my shop open until 11 pm.” This is what electricity means to Maseray Turay, a shop owner in Kambia: more customers, higher income and a better quality of life. Before her village was connected to reliable electricity, she could not keep her shop open after dark. Her working hours were limited by the sun. Today, they are powered by it.

The world of work is changing rapidly, and young people need new opportunities to develop their digital, creative and problem-solving skills. In Buenos Aires, new TUMO centres are redefining how secondary school students learn beyond the classroom.

“What we are offering is a timebound, limited, exceptional solution to prevent a massive humanitarian crisis.” Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director, speaks with BBC News on why a UN-led confidence-building mechanism is urgently needed to restore trust and why that matters for millions of people around the world.

"The planting season can't wait for diplomacy." UNOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira Da Silva, who is coordinating the UN Strait of Hormuz Task Force, spoke says without a safe corridor in the strait, 45 million more people will be forced into acute food insecurity.

In northern Mozambique, a community-driven initiative is supporting sustainable development in communities impacted by conflict. Since 2017, conflict in northern Mozambique has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, disrupted livelihoods and prevented access to basic services.

Through an agreement with the government of Canada, UNOPS is hosting and helping establish a new regional mechanism designed to help governments deliver climate-resilient infrastructure more effectively across the Caribbean.

News UNOPS is supporting the government of Ethiopia's goal of transforming the country's water, sanitation and hygiene services into a data-driven, digitally integrated and climate-resilient system. Safe and adequate water supply and improved sanitation services are vital for health, productivity, poverty reduction and sustainable socio‑economic development.

Statement attributable to Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director and coordinator of the UN Strait of Hormuz Task Force. The ongoing escalation in the Middle East is alarming. Civilians across the region are living with fear, uncertainty and growing disruption to services and systems on which their daily lives depend. The effects extend far beyond the immediate area of conflict.