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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Ana, 11, bathing using tap water in Lawaki village, Tailevu Province.

Water, sanitation and hygiene

UNICEF works with governments to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all.

Mataiasi Tirikula, 14, supports the younger children in his school to promote proper hand hygiene.

Mataiasi leads the way with proper hand hygiene

Handwashing with soap is a simple but critical way to ensure overall good health and help children grow strong as well as lead a healthy life.

Children of Lautoka Andhra Sangam School wash their hands.

Promoting a culture of hygiene among children

Children and teachers support each other to create a culture of handwashing

Children lead on the steps of proper handwashing during the 2020 Global Handwashing Day celebration.

Thousands of Fijian children celebrate Hand Hygiene for All on Global Handwashing Day

British High Commissioner to Fiji, Melanie Hopkins and UNICEF Pacific Representative, Sheldon Yett during the signing in Suva yesterday.

UK and UNICEF announce new partnership to promote children’s rights and access to water, sanitation and hygiene in the Pacific islands

Tabane (9), Takirua (13), Baniti (9) and Mataio (10) washing their hands from a water tank in Taniau Village on Abaiang Atoll. Five water tanks were installed in the village by UNICEF as part of UNICEF supported Kiribati Water and Sanitation program KIRIWATSAN.

Scaling up efforts to ensure access to clean water and sanitation in Kiribati

Early Childhood Development

84th Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

The 84th extraordinary session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child will be held from 2 to 6 March in Apia, Samoa.

Prime Minister of Fiji, Hon. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama and children, at the signing of the global pledge to recommit to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

30 years of child rights: Children in the Pacific islands join with governments on World Children’s Day

Urgent action and a recommitment to child rights needed to address age-old and emerging threats

Maria Carmelita Francois UNICEF Pacific WASH Specialist with children who were part of the Global Handwashing Day celebrations.

Thousands of children celebrate Global Handwashing Day in Fijian schools: ‘Clean Hands for All’

A UNICEF health worker posing for camera.

Pacific WASH Emergencies Coordination Handbook

The handbook is designed to improve preparedness, response and recovery to disasters in Pacific island countries (PICs).