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Somalia: For detainees, water is a particularly urgent need

… conspired to restrict the people's access to water, the very essence of life. To ease their … suffering, the ICRC endeavours to provide water to detainees and civilians affected by … severe water shortage, the ICRC's water and habitat programme in Somalia works not only to …

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Burkina Faso – food, water and health care are scarce

… has put basic services, particularly food, water and health care, under increasing … families in his home. ICRC/Nathalie Perroud Water points targeted Food insecurity is closely linked to water scarcity. When communities can't get …

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South Sudan: Facts and figures January 2015 - Keeping safe drinking water flowing

… This month's theme: Keeping safe drinking water flowing FACTS & FIGURES JANUARY 2015 … in September completed construction of eight water yards in five counties. In Waat and … the town’s water system, the ICRC water and habitat team performed maintenance on two …

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Ukraine crisis: Water supply to 600,000 people under threat again

… to take urgent action to ensure a continued water supply in the Lugansk region, in … to pay for the electricity consumption of a water board supplying water on both sides of the line of contact. …

News release

Colombia: “When the water tanks arrived, the whole village celebrated”

… were falling ill from drinking contaminated water. The ICRC resolved the problem by installing rainwater storage tanks outside every house, the … school and the local clinic. One of the 103 water tanks that the ICRC supplied to the …

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Water for host communities and Syrian refugees in Jordan

… released a report titled “Completion Of ICRC Water Program - Host Communities and Syrian … the needs generated by refugee influx in the water supply sectors. The report underlines … challenges linked to the provision of water supply. The report highlights how the …

Report

Iraq: Technician training keeps water flowing in rural areas

… The ICRC has been training water technicians in Iraq since 2011. Clean water is hard to come by in the Iraqi countryside. Drought, falling water levels in the Tigris and the Euphrates, …

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Jordan: Water projects for host communities in northern Badia

… into the Syrian refugee crisis, the dire water situation in Jordan has only been … on the delivery of essential services like water supply, especially in the northern … the ICRC in coordination with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Yarmouk Water

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Drops of hope: Improving water supply and sanitation in Kalilangan

… Regular and adequate supply of clean drinking water has long been a luxury that over 1,700 … and deteriorated spring-fed gravity piped water supply systems for their daily supply of … of Kalilangan Range Ali, ICRC water and habitat programme manager in Iligan Marion …

Law and policy topic

Evaluation of Host Communities Critical Water Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program in Jordan

… the ICRC's programme to rehabilitate critical water infrastructure serving communities in … the savings by households of paying for water from trucks and the savings in operational costs by the water companies. The evaluation also …

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