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3 Sep 2024
Slovenia Joins WASH Roadmap and signs the Call to Action
Under the banner “Bridging Borders: water for a peaceful and sustainable future”, the 2024 edition of the World Water Week (25 to 29 August) was centred on water cooperation and security in its broadest sense. The project of building a peaceful and sustainable future implies a spectrum of dedicated water diplomacy efforts, it requires international cooperation, and it rests on a recognition of the regional and global interconnectedness of communities and nations through water...
28 May 2024
Growing group of refugees in Mauritania receive WASH services
According to a UNICEF flash update published in mid-May, there are currently some 180,000 refugees present in the Hodh Ech Chargui region of eastern Mauritania, and this number is expected to reach 240,000 by the end of the year. Amid upheaval in the Sahel region, Mauritania has remained stable and continues to host a growing refugee population which has grown from 74,000 in 2016 to the present 180,000...
10 Jan 2024
East Asia and Pacific Region on track to meet 2030 WASH targets
On the 8th of January, UNICEF released an update on access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the East Asia and Pacific region. The data indicates that at the current rate of progress, by 2030, the East Asia and Pacific region will achieve near universal access to at least basic drinking water and sanitation services...
14 Apr 2023
Unicef: triple threat of disease, climate risks and unsafe WASH threaten 190 million children
According to UNICEF, 190 million children across 10 African countries are at the highest risk from a convergence between three factors, i.e. inadequate Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) services, the resultant exposure to diseases, and the impacts of climate change. Many of these countries are also facing instability and armed conflict, further aggravating the insecurity of access to WaSH services...
6 Feb 2023
UN Water Conference should refocus WASH sector on survival and protection
An Interview with Dr. Jean Lapegue, Senior WASH Advisor for Action Contre la Faim France Tobias Schmitz: Perhaps you can explain your role within the WASH Road Map and the Call to Action for our readers? Jean Lapegue: Action contre la Faim (ACF) is co-leading - alongside with the French Water Partnership - the advocacy initiative known as the 'WASH Road Map '(WRM)...
6 Dec 2022
Action Against Hunger’s humanitarian action on WASH in Ukraine
Some 16 million people in Ukraine are in need of water, sanitation and hygiene assistance. These include internally displaced people as well as those who remain in conflict-affected communities. Millions were already in need of WASH support prior to February 2022. Since February and the escalation of the conflict, needs have skyrocketed with forced displacement and conflict-related damages to critical WASH infrastructure...
24 Nov 2022
Advocacy and post-war institution building: the efforts of the Liberian WASH consortium
Building water management institutions in a post-war setting can be a lengthy process. After the end of the Liberian civil war in 2003, the Liberia WASH consortium was established in 2007 in response to poor access to water and sanitation in the country, lack of coordination in the sector, lack of guiding policy frameworks and limited capacity...
17 Jun 2022 WASHINGTON DC, United States
US Action Plan On Global Water Security
The US Action Plan on Global Water Security takes the significant step of making water security, including access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), a major component of US foreign policy for the first time.
22 Mar 2022 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia
WASH Services In Yemen To Receive Saudi Funding
Water and sanitation services in northwestern region of Yemen to benefit from Saudi relief funding of $5 Million USD. Resource rehabilitation and new toilets for displaced persons camps.
15 Jan 2022 ADEN, Yemen
Access To Improved WASH Services For 50,000 In Yemen
Japan's $1.2 million USD to the UNDP will help to improve WASH services in five healthcare centres across two areas in the Hadramout region through the rehabilitation of sanitation facilities and systems development for medical waste management.
7 Jan 2022 MOGADISHU, Somalia
Somalia WASH Cluster Calls For $53 Million USD Through May 2022
Rrgent funding required to tackle water scarcity, displacement and disease brought on by catastrophic drought affecting millions of people throughout the country. Seasonal rains are predicted to fail for fourth consecutive year.
7 Jul 2021 New York, United States
Water Front And Centre At UNICEF Annual Session
Agency Director Henrietta Fore highlights work done to supply 106 million with WASH services across 153 countries during pandemic response. Stresses importance of innovation in bid to meet SDGs and draws attention to continued gender inequalities associated with water.