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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

A girl with a glass of water

Programme

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

See how UNICEF is supporting the Government of Nigeria to provide access to clean water for children

24/09/2018

A boy using a toilet

Article

Power of private sector to tackle poverty & WASH challenges

The sanitation marketing and financing approach provides affordable toilet options to the poor, including giving them access to soft loans to build toilets.

08/12/2019

Handwashing

Article

WASH facility ignites change in a rural community

Installed with funds from the European Union, UNICEF and Plateau State Government, the new water facility now supplies safe water to the entire community.

18/10/2019

A child raises up his clean hands after handwashing

Article

Championing CRC Article 4: A royal example

The article calls for governments and other constituted authorities to ensure the rights of the convention are protected

18/10/2019

Sanitation champions

Photo Essay

A child sanitation champion’s impact on a community

Akisa, a primary school student in Benue State, promotes safe water, sanitation, and hygiene in school through the Environmental Health Club

09/08/2019

Rehana washes her hands before preparing food for her family in Zabaramari in Borno in north-east Nigeria.

Article

New water point to save lives in north-east Nigeria

UNICEF Nigeria plans to construct 13 water supply systems in the three conflict-affected states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa

02/04/2019

Children drinking clean water from a tap.

Press release

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

22/03/2019

A young girl uses a Tippy Tap in Jigawa State

Photo Essay

How clean water promotes school attendance

When children have access to safe water close to home, they have a chance to have a childhood

14/08/2018

female-borehole-mechanic

Report

Transformation towards sustainable and resilient WASH

41st WEDC International conference - selected papers

13/07/2018

A woman in a wheelchair surrounded by children in her community

Article

Getting clean water in a wheelchair

How clean water supply in a village in northern Nigeria is changing lives dramatically

06/07/2018