Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Water splashes as children fill jerrycans at an outdoor tap

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Every child has a right to water, sanitation and a safe and clean community.

21/06/2018

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Ending open defecation in Guinea-Bissau

How an entire region in Guinea-Bissau gave up going out in the open and started using toilets instead

22/07/2019

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The role of water in conflicts around the world.

21/03/2019

L’introduction des pompes à eau a aussi donné à des filles telles que Sadia la possibilité de poursuivre leur éducation.

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Sadia retrouve l’école

Sadia marchait de quatre à Huit kilomètres par jour pour collecter de l’eau au détriment de sa scolarité

20/03/2019

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What We Do

Discover how UNICEF builds a better future for every child in West and Central Africa.

07/02/2019

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UNICEF convenes key players in sanitation markets in West Africa

Industry, Government and Development Partners Meet in Abuja to Strengthen Local Sanitation Market

14/11/2018

Children are carrying water from a source built by the UNICEF in Tshinyama, a village near Miabi, located 30 km north-west of Mbuji-mayi, in the direction of Kananga, in the province of Kasai Orientale, in the south Of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a region plagued by conflict between the militia of the traditional leader Kamuina Nsapu and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) since June 2016.

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More than 80,000 children returned from Angola to DR Congo in urgent need of humanitarian assistance - UNICEF

30/10/2018

Seated on the lap of his mother, Okachatata Ichaka, 16 months old, is found to be suffering from severe acute malnutrition during a screening at the health center of reference in Gao.

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Nutrition Crisis in Mali

The nutritional situation of children under 5 years in the Sahel countries remains worrying and may worsen further.

18/07/2018

Hawa Oimar, 15, who is in grade CM1, writes on a blackboard in a classroom at the school she attends in Danamadja, southern Chad, Tuesday 13 June 2017.

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2017 Consolidated Emergency Report

How UNICEF delivered for children in emergencies in 2017

10/06/2018

On 28 May in Mali, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore speaks with people on the grounds of the health centre during her visit to the Centre de Sante Communautaire de Safo, in the suburbs of Bamako, the capital of Mali.

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Children in Mali bear heaviest brunt of conflict as security situation worsens

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore calls for more investments in children on first visit to Mali

29/05/2018

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