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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme
UNICEF’s WASH programme works to ensure that every child in Lebanon has access to safe, clean water and sanitation services
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Ministry of Energy and Water Celebrates Eight Years of Impactful Partnership for Improved Water Systems with German Government and UNICEF
August 1, 2023 – Marking eight years of partnership, the Ministry of Energy and Water hosted an exhibition showcasing more than a hundred water projects that have provided communities in Lebanon with improved access to water and waste-water services. These initiatives were made possible through the enduring partn...
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme
Challenge, Lebanon’s devastating compound crisis has had a massive impact on water and sanitation, with grave consequences for children’s health. The economic crisis of 2019 negatively affected the ability of the public water supply system to provide clean and safe water to people in Lebanon. Electricity power sh...
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UNICEF report: Lebanon’s water infrastructure struggles on, but remains on the brink
BEIRUT, 21 July 2022 – Lebanon has managed to stave off a total collapse of its water infrastructure, but water supply systems remain on the brink, putting the health of millions of people, particularly children, at risk. UNICEF said in a new report – Struggling to keep the taps on – that prospects for a solution...
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Struggling to keep the taps on
Lebanon’s unprecedented socio-economic crisis has left millions of people fighting for survival and devastated critical infrastructure, including water and sanitation, putting the health and future of the country’s children at risk. Rising global oil prices have further worsened an economic meltdown that was alread...
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UNICEF sustainable water projects in Lebanon’s Beqaa mean families have access to water
Under the shade of an apricot tree, six-year-old Ali is transfixed with the water flowing from the small fountain pond in his family’s courtyard. With a beaming smile he repetitively fills up a water bottle and slowly pours it out. Sitting by her son as he plays, Hanaa’, a mother of four, washes potatoes, cauliflo...
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In partnership with UNICEF, Sabil Consortium and the European Union, the South Lebanon Water Establishment inaugurates the Maaroub sustainable water system aiming to serve 135,000 people
November 29, 2021, South Lebanon - In the midst of the fuel and electricity crises that are affecting the water supply in Lebanon, the South Lebanon Water Establishment, in partnership with UNICEF and Sabil Consortium through funding from the European Union (EU), announced the inauguration of its Maaroub water sys...
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Lebanon in danger of losing critical access to water
NEW YORK, 21 August 2021 - “Unless urgent action is taken, more than four million people across Lebanon – predominantly vulnerable children and families – face the prospect of critical water shortages or being completely cut off from safe water supply in the coming days. “Last month, UNICEF warned that more than...
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For many in crisis-wracked Lebanon, clean water is no longer affordable
As Lebanon grapples with an unprecedented economic depression, many families can barely afford the most basic necessities. Even access to clean water is no longer something they can take for granted. Even prior to the crisis, Lebanon’s water supply and wastewater services were already fragile. Now they are on the ...
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Lebanon’s water supply system: on the verge of collapse
So concludes a UNICEF-supported assessment based on data collected by the country’s public Water Establishments in May and June 2021. The assessment describes the water supply system as operating unsustainably due to the economic crisis roiling Lebanon. The correlation between the decline in access to electricity ...
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Water supply systems on the verge of collapse in Lebanon: over 71 per cent of people risk losing access to water
BEIRUT, 23 July 2021 – More than four million people, including one million refugees, are at immediate risk of losing access to safe water in Lebanon. With the rapidly escalating economic crisis, shortages of funding, fuel and supplies such as chlorine and spare parts, UNICEF estimates that most water pumping will...
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Water scarcity: Safeguarding vulnerable communities from the impacts of climate change
For us all, water is life: without it, we cannot survive. However, a lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene affect more than just children's health. It affects their physical development, exacerbating malnutrition and stunting. It affects their education, disrupting learning and sometimes forcing them to skip ...
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On World Water Day, we look to a village set to be connected to water resources for the first time
Water has never before been more critical to the health of the most vulnerable in Lebanon: Clean, accessible water is critical to human health, a healthy environment, poverty reduction, a sustainable economy, and peace and security. Yet throughout many regions of Lebanon, the population does not have sufficient ac...