"WATER SUPPLY"

UNICEF is advocating for safe passage for children and their families trapped in conflict areas and is working to provide supplies and services, including water, critical health care, vaccine, access to basic supplies and services, emergency supplies, child protection and mental health support to those who have been affected by the conflict. UNICEF

Top UN humanitarian official Martin Griffiths today urged Sudan’s warring parties to commit to the safe passage of relief supplies, as terrified civilians continue to flee the country and millions face being pushed into hunger, after more than two weeks of fighting. UNTV CH

A UN spokesperson said that the security and humanitarian situation in many areas of Cité Soleil, Haiti, “has reached alarming levels.” UNIFEED

Refugees and host communities benefit from a water project in Gambella, Ethiopia. The project supplies clean piped water to over 220,000 people in the community, most of whom are refugees and aims to strengthen cohesion between refugees and their hosts. UNHCR

Eight brutal years of conflict have devastated the lives of millions of children in Yemen and left 11 million children in need of one or more forms of humanitarian assistance, UNICEF said today, warning that, without urgent action, millions could face greater risks of being malnourished. UNICEF

The UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, told the Security Council that the “status quo is unacceptable” and “the renewed diplomatic attention on Syria, including in the region, and the shared suffering of all Syrians in the aftermath of the earthquakes, create new obligations and opportunities.” UNIFEED

190 million children in 10 African countries are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats – inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); related diseases; and climate hazards – according to a new UNICEF analysis. UNICEF

According to UNICEF, 10 million children are in extreme jeopardy in central Sahel as insecurity seeps into neighbouring countries. UNICEF

As the drought in the Horn of Africa enters a sixth failed rainy season, the UN Refugee Agency today called for urgent assistance to help millions of displaced people from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya who struggle to survive amid scarce water sources, hunger, insecurity, and conflict. UNTV CH