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Our WASH Officer, is proud of initiatives in place to curbing cholera. "Ensuring children have access to clean, safe water and better hygiene practices is our priority," says Lukundo 🚰💧🧼🪣
A new RWASH study shows by investing in piped, climate-smart water systems, the cost of providing water to refugees & host communities has dropped by a massive 92% in Ethiopia compared to water trucking. #WithRefugees
Read More: https://t.co/4KUd7WlgQT
"Over 60 per cent of people in Central and Western provinces and a quarter of urban Lusaka households lack reliable access to safe water". We have months to go before the rains come and hopefully end the drought in Zambia. https://t.co/eGpq9skUQa @reliefweb@unicefzambia
“My ultimate goal is to ensure that #children have the chance to grow & thrive without being burdened by disease or poor health. Passionate about improving child healthcare, I find immense excitement in playing a significant role in achieving this vision,” Dr. Francis D. Mwansa.
Delighted to launch the management plan for the Nanauarehed Tabu Eria ('sacred area") today on Aneityum. All land area above 300 metres (over 6000 ha) plus over 2000 ha of coastal area, designated and managed under customary law by the customary authorities of Aneityum Island.
Meet Nej, a dedicated advocate whose work spans across multiple global causes. Granted with extraordinary powers, he sets out on a mission to
#EndChildMarriage. - " Young girls, who wed as #children, face dwindling access to education & a heightened risk of perpetual poverty."
On #WorldWaterDay let's reflect on "Water for Peace" 🕊️💧 “I worked in parts of the world where I saw wars caused by a growing lack of water." - @Emily_PE, Chief WASH. "#ClimateChange will pose new water challenges that we must address..."
Full article: https://t.co/WekPe9n5ER
Adolescent pregnancy remains at 29% - stagnant & alarming! Lack of access to #education is a key factor (#Zambia DHS, 2018). Let's provide gender-responsive information services, education on #SRHR. Together, let's #Endchildmarriage due to pregnancy. #TakeActionNow 👩🏾🦱 🚫
In commemoration of #WorldWaterDay, our #TeamTuesday celebrates Rabbeca, WASH Officer (UNV).
- “I dream to invent a device that makes water clean forever so that #children have continuous access to clean & safe water & are protected from water-related diseases like diarrhea.”💧
The cholera outbreak in #Zambia is concerning, with the number of cases disproportionately affecting children and doubling in the last few days. @unicefzambia is providing supplies to help the #WASH and #health sectors to respond. More resources are urgently needed.
Our paper, “Can’t Boil, Won’t Boil: Material Inequality, Information, and Disease Avoidance during a Typhoid Epidemic in Tampere, Finland, in 1916” with Jarmo Peltola and @henkkamik is out in Social Science History! https://t.co/yMfhMmsDWB @socscihist@SocSciHelsinki 1/12
Thank you, Honourable Minister of Water Development & Sanitation, Mike Mposha, for the opportunity to engage on #unicef collaboration on improving #sanitation and #water to the people (and children) of #Zambia . Sincerely appreciate your guidance and our partnership!
This is not a topic I which I feel I am an expert, so I'm really grateful the @CWiwater events are so interactive. I really hope you will all join and share your great ideas with us!
🤔 9:00 UTC is not a good time for you? Join the 2nd Learn & Share at 15:00 UTC! 😍
We are glad to have @Emily_PE@unicefzambia & Priyanka Pandey @GYBN_Nepal discussing how to increase #young women's #leadership in the water sector 👩🏽🏫💧
Register here 👉🏽 https://t.co/qkTynzyPgs
Essential supplies - including clean water - are rapidly running out in Gaza.
A UNICEF-supported desalination plant is providing safe water and UN trucks have entered Gaza with bottled water.
But the needs are immense. We need unrestricted humanitarian access throughout Gaza.
It's ticking away - TIME - and more than ever, we need #ClimateActionNow! “In #Zambia, climate change is defined by water. Too much or too little water can lead to waterborne & vector diseases, drought, floods, food insecurity, & a child rights crisis.” - Chief of WASH @Emily_PE