EPIC-Africa Provides a Model for Addressing COVID-19 and Solid Waste Management in Mombasa

EPIC-Africa formed a new partnership with the city of Mombasa following a series of trainings in Durban during early 2020. Originally planning to implement a mangrove restoration project, the city quickly adapted to the new challenges of the global pandemic and transformed their proposed initiative to address COVID-19 transmission instead. The county government called upon […]

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Collaboration for Change: Empowering Communities through EPIC-Africa Partnership in Uganda

EPIC-Africa’s growing program partnership with Uganda, co-funded by UN-Habitat and Mbale City, is an exemplary model of the power of collaboration between communities, local governments, and universities that EPIC-N strives to consistently represent. Starting in 1997 when the University of Makerere recognized the pressing need to address development challenges faced by slum dwellers in Mbale […]

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Gaborone City Council and University of Botswana Partnership Brings Students to the Forefront of National Waste Management Challenges

Following a series of training sessions conducted by EPIC Africa in Durban (2020), Gaborone, Harare, and Windhoek (2022), the Gaborone City Council (GCC) and the University of Botswana (UB) began formally collaborating to address various pressing challenges in the city related to waste management and urban planning. To kick off this partnership, the GCC coordinated […]

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Driving Change in Lusaka: The EPIC Model’s Role in Transforming the City

Lusaka’s first international EPIC team began training in 2016-2018, and shortly thereafter, they embarked on a series of experimental projects at the University of Zambia on a range of city-wide issues including climate adaptation, pandemic risk-reduction, and city planning. The overarching objective was to ensure the alignment of new EPIC programs with the existing university […]

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The City of Glendale Receives Strategies for Local Sustainability Goals From the Project Cities Program

The City of Glendale, Arizona, may have once been a small farming town, but it has grown into a bustling city home to a diverse population of approximately 250,000 residents. Known as “Arizona’s Antique Capital,” thanks to its many historic buildings, there is nothing old about the city. Glendale houses popular hubs like the Westgate […]

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Empowering The Wet Market Waste Management Alor Gajah, Melaka, Malaysia

Though hypermarkets and supermarkets have become the primary source of goods for most Malaysians, many prefer to get their fresh agricultural products from farmers’ and wet markets, like the Alor Gajah Wet Market in the State of Melaka. Each month, the market sends two tons of waste–a third of its total monthly food supply–to a […]

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The Water Quality Monitoring of Chiang Mai City Moat: The Proposed Solution for Sustainable Development

Chiang Mai is the largest city in northern Thailand and the capital of Chiang Mai Province. The city’s location on the Ping River and its proximity to major trading routes contributed to its historical importance as the capital of the Lanna Kingdom. Chiang Mai was founded in CE 1296 and was built as a walled […]

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Mapping Inundation Areas for Sustainable Drainage and Waterlogging Management in Urban Areas of Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

Vietnam is prone to the negative impacts of climate change due to its topography and the tropical monsoon climate. Unfortunately, infrastructure in the Mekong Delta Region is poor and unable to keep up with the impacts. An Giang is the upstream province of the Delta, thus the water depth and duration of the flooding are […]

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Enhancing Disaster Preparedness of Lakeshore Communities in Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines

Calamba is the largest city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. It is the regional center of the Calabarzon Region, and in 2020, it was home to a population of 539,671. The city is part of the province that has been identified as one of the most vulnerable to climate change. Despite the various measures […]

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