UNDP supports building homes and breaking stereotypes in Ukraine
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English - March 03, 2024 18:21 - 8 minutes - 3.45 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Roughly two million homes have been damaged or destroyed in Ukraine, where the full-scale Russian invasion has entered a third year.
A recent UN-backed assessment estimated that overall reconstruction and recovery will cost $486 billion over the next decade.
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is working with the authorities and civil society on recovery efforts, which includes supporting a project called Velyke Divnytsvo that encourages women to take up tools and rebuild their country, one house at a time.
UN News’s Liudmila Blagonravova spoke to UNDP’s Resident Representative in Ukraine Jaco Cilliers. She began by asking him about the immense challenge of building back from war.