United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
To address the challenges related to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), UNICEF works with partners to strengthen national systems, with particular attention to gender considerations; UNICEF also support initiatives for WASH in schools and health centres, taking into account the specific needs of women, girls and children living with disabilities.
Integrating the core principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme UNICEF as per new UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021 for children, UNICEF WASH support focusses on action within SDG Goal 6: “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” which include delivering safe water to unreached populations, improved girl-friendly sanitation and handwashing facilities, and the delivery of services in homes, schools and health centres in times of stability and conflict alike
Strengthening the Enabling Environment, WASH Bottleneck Analysis
Restoring water treatment plant in Bentiu UN-Water (Story from UNICEF): The supply of clean drinking water in South Sudan has been severely disrupted by the conflict, as water points have been damaged or fallen into disrepair. Unsafe water puts people, especially children, at increased risk of water … Read more
Children as agents of change UN-Water Nearly one in ten children in Lesotho dies before reaching her fifth birthday. Too many of these deaths are related to unsafe water and inadequate sanitation and hygiene, which can increase a child’s vulnerability to disease and infection. In addition, only 47 p … Read more
Global workshop on monitoring SDG 6 UN-Water The UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 is organizing a global workshop in November in The Hague, the Netherlands, gathering country representatives from across the world as well UN-Water Members and Partners. The purpose of the workshop i … Read more
Global Task Force commit to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030 UN-Water Cholera kills an estimated 95 000 people and affects 2.9 million more every year. (Story from UNICEF): An ambitious new strategy to reduce deaths from cholera by 90% by 2030 was recently launched by the Global Task Force on Ch … Read more
UNICEF photo story of displaces families in South Sudan UN-Water (Story from UNICEF): Straddling a dry riverbed, the village of Aburoc, in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, has seen the arrival of thousands of people displaced by fighting. Gathering under trees offering little escape from the brutal h … Read more
