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Habitat and the UN Sustainable Goals to 2030

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01 February 2021
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Cashew Gardens Community Green House Opened

“Doing it for the next generation!” “Everything that we do at Cashew Gardens, we include our children,” said Roslyn George-Mitchell at the Commissioning Ceremony for the community’s solar-and-wind-powered greenhouse, designed to promote sustainable income-generation for the residents of the Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Corporation. “We know and we understand that they are the future.” This is the impetus

Habitat report: Emerging economies undervalue housing’s share of GDP, risk missing a key to COVID-19 recovery

More than 30 years ago, when the United Nations designated the first Monday in October each year as World Habitat Day, we never could have foreseen the importance of safe and adequate shelter in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. According to data from ECLAC, almost 100 million people (21% of the urban population) live

Housing and the UNSDGs

Since 1997, Habitat Trinidad and Tobago has contributed significantly to the National Strategic Development Plans, and by extension, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for Housing and Infrastructure through: Number of Shelter Solutions – new houses, repairs, renovations, sanitation blocks, completions, and materials supplied – 877 Number of persons benefiting from training and shelter solutions

Shelter Report 2019

Habitat Trinidad and Tobago is pleased to share our latest Annual Report with you. For the last 23 years, we have empowered many citizens of Trinidad and Tobago to achieve a better quality of life through safe and affordable housing. Since 1997, we have served 877 families with shelter solutions – new houses,