Making sure that armed-conflict victims have access to water and sanitary facilities

17-03-2008 Photo Collection

Making sure that armed-conflict victims have access to water and sanitary facilities

Photographs illustrating some of the projects carried out by the ICRC to ensure that victims of armed conflict or other violence have sufficient access to clean drinking water and sanitary facilities.

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Eritrea, southern Debud. Solar-powered water-supply systems.

The ICRC has been working in Eritrea since 1991. It has sought to make sure that water is available to a population that has suffered the effects of numerous crises arising from internal conflict and the climate.

The ICRC has succeeded in maintaining access to water for human consumption and agriculture along migration routes and in villages. It has repaired and upgraded water points, sunk deeper boreholes and, in major crisis situations, trucked in water for direct distribution to the population.

Haiti

Chad