World Humanitarian Day 2022: Faces of courage
… empathetically. Tabot Louis Awah is a water and habitat engineer based in Cameroon . Working … people are in dire need of safe drinking water and healthcare. Inessa Shulga I help …
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ICRC Yemen Annual Activity Report 2020
… by providing relief, medical aid, and clean water. It also supports health centers, hospitals, the Local Water and Sanitation Corporations and places … people�������������������������� 10 Water, sanitation and …
Afghanistan: Facts and figures for 2015
… as irrigation channels, protection walls and water gates, and supported micro economic … injured or killed in the conflict. Improving water and sanitation services ICRC engineers work closely with local water authorities on various rural water …
Jordan: ICRC adapts operations at north-eastern border
… (WFP) for food deliveries and to UNICEF for water deliveries. The ICRC continued to provide food and water at the berm until those two … March UNICEF was able to take over providing water. Between January and March 2016, the …
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: ICRC activities in December 2019
… of one hospital in Pyongyang, four peri-urban water supply projects, two Physical … have sustainable access to clean drinking water by end of 2020 For more facts and … on physical rehabilitation, health, periurban water supply and sanitation, training of safe …
Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Laos: Facts and figures for 2018
… MicroEconomic and Microcredit programs, Water & Habitat multilayered expertise, systemic …
Afghanistan: Facts and figures - January to June 2015
… people received basic aid, such as food and water; 91 households (approximately 1,000 … protect and cultivate their land. Improving water and sanitation services The ICRC works … in Afghanistan to build and repair water systems, construct and renovate health …
Dispatch: On the ground in Lake Chad
… Using the stream as a waste dump turned the water into a poisonous death trap, a cholera … with enough muscle to power the place. A water plant ready to run. There's a health … industry is both a blessing and a curse. The waterfront shanty towns of Port Harcourt lie …
Facts and Figures for ICRC Activities in Donetsk and Luhansk
… frontlines struggling to access food, clean water, heating, and medical care. Continued … blood banks across Donetsk received potable water. 4,200 people in 4 villages across … hygiene items, mattresses for beds, bottled water, water heaters, water pumps and other …
South Sudan: Facts and Figures 2021
… we improved access to health care , water, and education, and further supported … Ali/ICRC The elevated tanks of the Juba Urban Water Supply Project at Gumbo, near Juba, … is constructing to help increase access to water in Juba for over 110,000 people. …
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