A new “no-water” latrine model helps refugees in dry parts of Ethiopia
Thursday, April 18th, 2013 Posted in Ethiopia, Refugees/IDPs, Somalia, Water/sanitation | 1 Comment »In 2011, as famine hit Somalia, tens of thousands of refugees fled to the Dollo Ado camps in Ethiopia. There are now five camps in Dollo Ado, sheltering over 190,000 people – making it one of the largest refugee sites ...
Rural Ethiopians use mobile phones to ring the alarm on drought
Monday, April 1st, 2013 Posted in Drought, Ethiopia, ICT 4 Development, Water/sanitation | No Comments »In the arid Shinile region of eastern Ethiopia, pastoralist communities are now using mobile phones to monitor water points and provide early warning of droughts before they strike. [caption id="attachment_6071" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Ali monitors a water point with his mobile phone"][/caption] Every ...
Tato Boru: Inspiring women bringing change in Ethiopia
Friday, March 8th, 2013 Posted in Ethiopia, Water/sanitation, Women's rights | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_5886" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Tato at home"][/caption] Life for women in Moyale, in southern Ethiopia, is slowly changing - led by amazing women like Tato Boru. She sheltered people fleeing ...
Safe water, direct from the lake to the taps
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 Posted in DR Congo, Photos, Refugees/IDPs, Water/sanitation | Comments OffAbout 40,000 people are now sheltering in Bulengo camp, on the edge of Goma in eastern DR Congo. Most have fled the surge in fighting in the region over the past few months. A lack of clean and safe water ...
Actor Amr Waked visits schools in Tanzania
Monday, January 7th, 2013 Posted in Education, Tanzania, Video, Water/sanitation | No Comments »In schools in rural Tanzania Oxfam is providing clean water and sanitation to help young girls and boys have a chance of a better future. Egyptian actor Amr Waked recently met pupils at schools where Oxfam and Dubai Cares are ...
A view from Goma: Responding to the chaos of upheaval
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 Posted in Conflict, DR Congo, Refugees/IDPs, Water/sanitation | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_5504" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Camp for displaced people around Goma"][/caption] Tens of thousands of people have fled the fighting of the past two weeks and are now sheltering in desperate conditions in and around Goma. Many of them have had to ...
Humanitarian suffering set to worsen across eastern Congo following fall of Goma
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 Posted in Conflict, DR Congo, Press release, Refugees/IDPs, Water/sanitation | Comments OffFighting in Goma ‘tip of the iceberg’ as some 25 armed groups control much of region As the M23 armed group fights to take control of yet more territory in eastern DRC, and a multitude of other armed groups terrorise communities, ...
Global Handwashing Day in South Sudan
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 Posted in Health, South Sudan, Water/sanitation | No Comments »For many people around the world, Global Handwashing Day barely registers and certainly isn't scribed into the calendar like Christmas, Independence Day or Eid al-Adha. But for millions of others (this year an estimated 250 million in more ...
Shabelle River threatens to flood town of Afgooye
Friday, October 12th, 2012 Posted in Somalia, Water/sanitation | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_5243" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Afgooye's Saajid Hospital is under threat of flooding."][/caption] With the Shabelle River’s recent flooding claiming at least 10 lives in the town of Beletweyne in Somalia, those Somalis who are living downstream from Beletweyne are worried. Many ...
In pictures – DRC displaced camps grow around Goma
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 Posted in Conflict, DR Congo, Refugees/IDPs, Water/sanitation | No Comments »A recent surge in violence in eastern DRC has forced tens of thousands of people to flee to camps just outside Goma, the capital of North Kivu. In Kanyaruchinya camp an estimated 55,000 people fled the violence that has spread ...