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UNCovering Hope

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At a time when it can feel hard to see where hope fits in among the many headlines we’re faced with, the UNCovering Hope podcast is about slowing down for honest conversations. We ask people inside the United Nations – who spend their days trying to make cooperation work – about the real, practical ways cooperation can lead to meaningful change in people’s everyday lives. About what actually fuels progress. About the moments where hope leaves the realm of idealism and becomes a reason to keep going .

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Hope at the Last Mile – On Human Agency and What It Takes to Reach People Where It Matters Most 31.03.2026 28:55

What does hope mean when you spend your life working at the fault lines of global inequality? Diene Keita was born in Guinea, raised in Italy, and has spent over three decades working across some of the world's most fragile contexts – from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Haiti, Mauritania, and beyond. Today, she leads the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), focusing on issues that sh...

Hope in Practice When Progress Is Hard – From Promises to Delivery 29.01.2026 37:58

Ambition, optimism, or the next big commitment? In practice, real hope is what happens when people keep building, repairing, showing up – especially when systems fail. Jorge Moreira da Silva was 17 when he helped organise a grassroots campaign against pollution near his school in Portugal. Today, he leads the global operations of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), working in...