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Water, sanitation and hygiene

A girl is on a boat with a UNICEF officer after her town was hit by a hurricane
News note
13 November 2023
Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 in 6 children exposed to severe water scarcity
The climate changed world – with dwindling water supply and inadequate water services – is also changing children, altering their mental and physical health, new report warns
Tres niños juegan en lo que ahora es una área seca en el pueblo de Geokaloi, Pakistán.
Report
13 November 2023
The climate-changed child
A children's climate risk index supplement

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Garry Conille, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean and Mirna Cunningham Vice President of FILAC sign a collaboration agreement
News note
23 October 2023
FILAC and UNICEF join forces to promote the rights of indigenous children in Latin America and the Caribbean
In the region, 9 out of 10 indigenous children and adolescents suffer some type of deprivation of their rights.
A woman washes boy’s hands at Bethesda health centre, Cap Haitien, Haiti
News note
04 October 2022
Amidst insecurity in Haiti, new cholera upsurge puts 1.2 million children at risk
In a shelter in Tapachula, Mexico, Milton and his family stay before continuing their journey to the United States.
Article
30 September 2022
Water, hygiene, and sanitation on Mexico’s southern border
UNICEF supports national efforts to provide safe water for migrant children and families
A boy gives another boy a drink of water with his hands.
Article
31 August 2022
4 things you need to know about water and famine
Millions of children are facing the deadly effects of drought, including acute hunger, malnutrition and thirst
Girl with mask washing her hands.
Article
22 March 2022
Water and the climate crisis: 10 things you should know
The world needs to get water smart. Everyone has a role to play, and we cannot afford to wait
On 18 August 2021, in Marceline, near Camp Perrin district, children and their families have access to clean and safe water at one of the four water stations supported by UNICEF in Les Cayes, Haiti.
Press release
02 September 2021
Haiti earthquake: over half million children at risk of waterborne diseases - UNICEF
A girl in the Patagonia mountains-
Blog post
18 March 2021
World Water Day: global solidarity in the face of the water
Promoting the implementation of the water-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda
Regina Díaz, mother of 6 children living in a shelter. “We did not expect the hurricane to be so devastating. We lost everything." Jean Gough, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean visits Baracoa Community, in Honduras.
News note
22 January 2021
Back-to-back hurricanes in Central America left at least 1.5 million children at risk of severe diseases due to water contamination