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Sudan: ICRC distributes food, seeds and tools to 138,000 people facing food insecurity

… faba beans, tomato, eggplant, okra, onion and watermelon, will be provided to farmers by the … Sudan. Last year, it delivered safe drinking water to around 49,000 persons in Darfur, …

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“Massive scaling up urgently needed to tackle hunger crisis” says ICRC’s Director of Operations

… avert a famine in Somalia and Yemen. "Food, water, shelter and health care is required …

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Yemen: Desperate situation for civilians trapped by intense fighting in Taiz

… access to basic commodities such as food and water. "Taiz has been cut off from the outside … have not had access to power or running water throughout this time," said Mr. Faite. …

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Sri Lanka: Supporting communities in need

… in the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi Districts Water and sanitation: Meeting fundamental … living conditions in places of detention Water and sanitation for future generations … Imthiyas Kaleel, the head of ICRC’s Water and Habitat department in Sri Lanka. Sustainable …

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Gaza: survey shows heavy toll of chronic power shortages on exhausted families

… being unable to refrigerate food and wastewater treatment plants unable to operate. … when power is out, there is no running water, schoolwork cannot be finished, people … The lack of electricity also means that wastewater treatment plants can no longer be …

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Cyclone Idai: Families pay their respects to lost loved ones one year on

… and staying on a tree after jumping in the water in an attempt to rescue one of his … a thousand people lost their lives as flood waters swept their homes away. While other … aid in the form of shelter and food, water and medical intervention, the ICRC’s …

Yemen: April to May 2019 ICRC activities

… work and support to healthcare facilities and water corporations, to protection of the … work and support to healthcare facilities and water corporations, to protection of the … in the province of Saada. ICRC’s Water and Habitat department continued its needs-based …

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Sudan: Over 500,000 people received humanitarian aid in 2015

… seeds and equipment, access to safe drinking water, medical treatment and supplies, and … people benefited from access to safe drinking water     16,000 were admitted for treatment … aid and medical care, improving access to water and sanitation, and reconnecting …

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Syria: ICRC alarmed by deteriorating situation in Aleppo region

… workers have been targeted, people have no water or electricity and more than 70,000 have … with essential basic infrastructures, such as water treatment plants. Water supply should not be used as a weapon of …

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Central African Republic: Hundreds of families torn apart by conflict

… average of 220,000 litres of clean drinking water a day to displaced people who have … at Bangui airport; guaranteed the drinking water supply for the population of Ndélé (250,000 litres of water per week through the SODECA national …

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