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Water, sanitation and hygiene

Child walking through floodwaters.

12 December 2018

Water, sanitation and hygiene

Providing families with clean water, improved sanitation and good hygiene practices

The remote community of Diam Diam is now only reachable by boat

24 November 2022

Entire villages are quickly becoming islands

Dara Johnston from UNICEF explains why climate change is a threat we can’t ignore

Elevated water points and boreholes

New climate resilient facilities help prevent malnutrition

UNICEF provides access to clean water before, during and after the floods

A man in yellow vest takes notes at a water project

05 December 2021

Urban WASH programme in Juba will provide life-saving water

To 100,000 persons including more than 30,000 infants, children, women and men in the IDP sites

A child peers over a flowing water tap

01 December 2021

Piped water to IDP camp brings joy to families

A water treatment plant supported by KFW Development Bank will provide uninterrupted clean water to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Juba, South Sudan

wash your hands

15 October 2021

South Sudanese youth invited to champion awareness on Global Handwashing Day

Aluet Ngong with her husband and children outside their home in Warlang village.

Latrines at home provide dignity for the disabled

Open Defecation Free campaign and UNICEF’s WASH programme supports clean water and encourages households to build latrines

Children at a water pump

Education thrives with access to clean drinking water

Water supply project changes the lives of students and teachers

Two men are talking to a woman in a market

So much more than a COVID-19 response

How COVID-19 interventions funded by the Netherlands have improved people’s general health

A girl is getting water from a pumping station using a cup

Lack of funding for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is threating children in South Sudan

UNICEF is calling for larger investments in WASH in schools