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YEMEN January 2019 ICRC ACTIVITIES

… but also support to healthcare facilities and water corporations. Moreover, the ICRC … but also support to healthcare facilities and water corporations. Moreover, the ICRC … of activities last year, ICRC’s Water and Habitat Department started to scale up its …

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Myanmar: Operational Facts and Figures 2023

… sets. 138,147 people gained better access to water, sanitation, shelter, and emergency … pipes equipped with grids to bring clean water from Mya Kan Thar reservoir to Maungdaw … ICRC’s WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene and habitat) team. 14 rural health centres, 7 …

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Sudan: January to June 2025 Facts & Figures

… to get access to a sufficient quantity of water from the ongoing facilitation of solarized water sources.  21,911 Persons received hot … Persons have access to sufficient and clean water in adequate quantity.  SUDAN …

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ICRC Surgical team operating on one of the war wounded in Atbara hospital

Escalation in Yemen: Civilians pay the price of the recent increase in fighting.

… their access to essential services, including water, food, healthcare and education. The … including health facilities and waterworks, by letting the displaced shelter … 20,000 newly displaced people, including 500 water tanks for communities in need, in …

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Central African Republic: Over a thousand people still searching for loved ones

… They face a daily struggle to find drinking water, food and other essential supplies, … Ippy, in Ouaka prefecture; delivered clean water to over 15,000 displaced people living … airport, and secured the daily drinking water supply for 10,000 local residents, …

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West Africa: Red Cross teams increase humanitarian assistance after floods hit conflict areas

… well as reuniting families separated by floodwaters and the safe and dignified management … medical facilities affected by the rising waters. The ICRC has also donated 150 body … hand pumps, boreholes, and other community water sources. The ICRC has …

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Residents using a canoe to go from one place to another

South Sudan: Helping people find each other after fleeing Wau

… are also providing food, access to drinking water, and bringing the wounded to medical …

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Ukraine crisis: Intensifying hostilities endanger civilian lives and infrastructure

… in the shelling also endangers some essential water infrastructure, with the area around the … such as chlorine gas used for purifying water, whose destruction could seriously …

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Ethiopia: Facts and Figures 2021

… essential household items, rehabilitating water systems to facilitate access to clean water to thousands of people and visiting … 1.74 million people benefited from water and habitat projects.                             …

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ICRC Somalia detention activities 2015

… Every detained person needs water in sufficient quantity to drink, shower, … ablutions. Regular washing with clean water and soap prevents the occurrence of many … in Baidoa Central Prison the ICRC water and habitat specialists undertook construction and …

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