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Girl washing her hands

The gift of water

Celebrating Global Handwashing Day in schools in Tajikistan

On 21 September 2018 in Ukraine, Sasha Shapovalenko, 9, at home in Bakhmutka in the Donetsk Region.

Children living in protracted conflicts are three times more likely to die from water-related diseases than from violence – UNICEF

On 22 September 2018 in Ukraine, Dima Mikhalyov, 15, on his bicycle carrying water in bottles on his handlebars next to a field of antitank barriers on the outskirts of in Bakhmutka in the Donetsk region.

Where getting water means putting your life on the line

Five years since conflict began in eastern Ukraine, children and their families find just getting water puts them in the firing line.

Oleksiy Dukhovy, a water worker, stands next to his truck that hit an anti-tank mine in a conflict-affected eastern Ukraine, February 2019.

Water heroes

Workers risk lives restoring water supplies in conflict-affected Donbas

A 'water flag' created by children for the water conference in Tajikistan

Children make a difference at Global Water Conference

Children’s Water Forum emphasizes every child’s right to clean water and sanitation.

Syrian refugee girls collect water provided by UNICEF at a camp in Lebanon

More than 180 million people lack basic drinking water in countries ravaged by conflict or unrest

Children living in fragile situations are four times more likely to lack access to basic drinking water

A young child washes their hands in a field in Kyrgyzstan

2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation

WHO, UNICEF release first global estimates for water, sanitation and hygiene for the Sustainable Development Goals