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💧 Water Quality and Accessibility: Ensuring Safe and Sustainable Water for All 💧 At YRC, we are dedicated to improving water quality and accessibility through: Water Purification and Sanitation Projects: Implementing initiatives to ensure the safety and quality of drinking water. Community Education: Promoting water conservation and hygiene practices to reduce waterborne diseases. Infrastructure Development: Collaborating with local authorities and organizations to build sustainable water supply systems, including rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge. Policy Advocacy: Advocating for policies that prioritize water resource management and equitable distribution of water resources across communities. Join us in our mission to provide safe and sustainable water for all. Together, we can create a healthier and more resilient Yemen! 🌍💧 #YemeniResponseCouncil #WaterQuality #WaterAccessibility #SustainableDevelopment #WaterConservation #Sanitation #CommunityHealth #PolicyAdvocacy #Yemen

🌊💧 Today, on World Water Day, let's reflect on the critical importance of safe water in our communities. Access to clean water isn't just a necessity; it's a fundamental human right that underpins health, education, and economic development. 💧🌍 In Kenya, organizations like the Red Cross and WASH Alliance are champions in ensuring access to safe water for all. Their tireless efforts not only save lives but also empower communities to thrive. #WorldWaterDay #SafeWater #CommunityDevelopment #Kenya #RedCross #WASHAlliance #CleanWaterForAll #SDG6 #GlobalGoals #WaterIsLife Let's continue working together to ensure that every individual, regardless of their background or location, has access to the safe water they need to live healthy, dignified lives. 💙💧🌍

📣 Exciting Updates from our Tana River Connectivity and Resilience Project! 🌍 Last week we held a Community Early Warning Systems Training, bringing together 23 passionate participants from Tana River County! This training saw women, youth, and persons with disabilities join forces to tackle natural hazards through better communication and preparedness. The Tana River Connectivity and Resilience Project is all about empowering communities in Tana River County, Kenya, to become more resilient against natural disasters. We’re building stronger communication networks, enhancing local skills, and implementing advanced Community Early Warning Systems (CEWS) to ensure communities are better equipped when faced with hazards. Project Objectives: 1️⃣  Anticipatory Action: Strengthening community knowledge on communication systems and improving their capacity to respond swiftly and effectively to natural hazards. 2️⃣  Resilient Tools: Equipping the community with robust communication tools and a cloud-based early warning toolkit to stay prepared and resilient. Through the training, participants learned about the four pillars of CEWS: Understanding Risk and Hazards, Monitoring, Alerting, and Response. Together, we’re paving the way for a safer, more resilient Tana River County! 💪 🌱 Learn more about our Climate Intersections Program here: https://lnkd.in/eThH7dGF #TanaRiver #CommunityResilience #EarlyWarningSystems #Kenya #DisasterPreparedness #ResilientCommunities #ClimateAction #NaturalHazards

Access to Clean Water in Al-Khizifi Village! 💧☀️ Welthungerhilfe, with support from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has rehabilitated a solar-powered Reverse Osmosis (RO) water station in Al-Khizifi village, Tikrit, Salah Al-Din. Before: ✖️The station, built in 2008, stopped functioning properly by 2012. ✖️Families struggled to access clean water. ✖️Many relied on expensive, hard-to-transport water or unsafe tanker trucks. ✖️Lack of clean water led to illnesses, especially among children. ✖️Even the local elementary school had no reliable water supply. In 2024: 🔍 Welthungerhilfe conducted a technical assessment of the station in collaboration with the Directorate of Water. 🗣️ We listened to the community’s urgent need for clean, safe drinking water. Now: ✅ The Reverse Osmosis equipment and station are fully rehabilitated. ✅ The generator was replaced with solar power—clean energy for clean water! ☀️ ✅ Through connecting the water station to the elementary school, now students and teachers have access to drinking water! These #WASH initiatives are part of the Strengthening Food Security for Women and Vulnerable IDPs, Returnees, Refugees, and Host Communities in Ninewa and Salah Al-Din project 🌱 Together, we’re building stronger, #healthier communities with #access to cleaning water 💧🚰 Music credits: Munir Bashir and his quartet Iraqui Dabka. #CleanWater #SolarEnergy #Iraq #SustainableDevelopment #Welthungerhilfe #ZeroHunger💧

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the water sector.! 😎 Privatizing water services in the Somali region of Ethiopia should be made, after a comprehensive assessment of the potential benefits and risks, taking into account the specific context and needs of the region. PPPs can be a valuable tool for tackling water challenges in the Somali region of Ethiopia, but their success hinges on careful planning, robust regulations, strong community engagement, and a commitment to sustainability. Conducting thorough feasibility studies, employing the right model, and prioritizing ethical considerations are the key to realizing the potential of PPPs for long-term, equitable, and sustainable water management in the region. To ensure everyone in the Somali region has access to safe and reliable water, and any solution, including PPPs, should be chosen with this core principle in mind. #Alternativemodels #Contextualfactors #Pilotprojects. 👈🏽 👈🏽

How can digital transformation help people deal with climate change effects they are feeling right now? By unlocking climate and warning information. Because of this skills and equipment program these communities can prepare, manage during, and recover from shocks quicker, as they work hand-in-hand with the local nonprofits they already trust. #InformationAsAid #EWS #EarlyWarning #climate #communityresilience #Kenya #digitaltransformation

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), embodies the primary goal of enhancing hygiene and health outcomes through comprehensive interventions. It emphasises community involvement in decision-making processes and the optimal use of provided facilities, highlighting the importance of a holistic approach to service delivery. In 2022-2023, FACT partnered with the WASH Sector to conduct a WASH-Infrastructure Mapping initiative, targeting six Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Adamawa. The objective was to assess latrine and water source facilities, gathering crucial information on WASH infrastructure existence, functionality, and condition. This initiative aimed to inform a more effective humanitarian response, addressing severe gaps in WASH provision identified through data from the Adamawa Operational Presence Mapping Dashboard and the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO). WASH Infrastructure Sweep led by FACT in collaboration with the WASH sector, Adamawa State Ministry of Water Resources, Norwegian Refugee Council, and UNICEF was in response to the challenges posed by limited access to certain communities and the looming threat of disease outbreaks. This comprehensive tool monitored and mapped the state's WASH infrastructure, guiding the planning and implementation efforts. It served as a crucial resource in humanitarian and development settings, facilitating rapid actions and fostering coordination among stakeholders. By identifying challenges and opportunities, the WASH Infrastructure Sweep contributed to enhancing WASH systems and services, ultimately strengthening policies, strategies, financing, and governance in the sector. For more comprehensive reports and information on the Wash infrastructure and impacted LGAs, please visit- https://reliefweb.int/ #AdamawaStateMinistryofWaterResources #Norwegian Refugee Council #WASHSector #UNICEF

In 2009, the Samte multi-village water supply system was built in the woreda or town of Erer in the Harari Region of Ethiopia. This system was initially an efficient one, drawing water from a borehole and distributing clean water through six points. 🌍 For five years, it served more than 18,000 residents in 13 villages well enough. But eventually, the system broke down, leaving the same residents to resort to unsafe water sources again and exposing them to diseases such as diarrhoea, among other problems. 🚰 The FCDO-funded project Strengthening Climate Resilience Systems in Water Sanitation Hygiene (SCRS-WaSH) saw the affected communities’ need for change to happen, and fast. So, the SCRS-WaSH – along with the Harari Regional Water and Sewerage Authority – assessed the issues that led to the water supply system’s problem. 🔎 The assessment recommended immediate rehabilitation, establishment of a legal management institution, appointment of a dedicated manager and staff, securing startup funds, and capacity building at both management and technical levels, with coaching to institutionalise the system. To address this, SCRS-WaSH carried out a comprehensive capacity building programme that ultimately led to the system’s restoration and ability to provide safe water again. 👏🏾💧 “Thanks to the assistance of SCRS WaSH, we now have access to water within our village through the communal water points [colloquially called bono],” shared Fatuma Ibro Mume, a resident of Marko Kebele of Erer Woreda. “This has made it much easier for us to collect water, as we receive water supply services whenever there is no power outage.” 💙 ✨ Read the full story of this project's practical impact: https://ow.ly/AOZT50SrvMc #NIRASStoriesfromtheField #SCRSWaSH #ClimateResilience #WaterSupplySystem #Ethiopia

🚰 We've just published a significant paper on enhancing water services in Tigray, Ethiopia, through engaging with Private Local Service Providers (PLSPs). 🔗on.snv.org/4cgvCcY This isn't just a case study; it's a call to action for implementing or adapting the PLSP model to sustain water service delivery in rural and peri-urban areas and ensure affordability and quality. 📚💡 In a world facing low funding for rural WASH initiatives, this resource is an important read for policymakers, development actors, and the next generation of leaders who: ✔ agree that the journey towards climate-resilient WASH must consider robust post-construction support. ✔ search for cost-effective and tested methods of sustaining earlier WASH governance gains. #WaterSecurity #SustainableDevelopment #InnovationInWater Authors and contributors: Yemane Gebreegziabher Mahteme Tora Jacob J. Vreugdenhil Abram het Lam Henok Aregay Partners: AFAS Foundation Woord en Daad Digital Opportunity Trust The Well In Action

UNICEF to finance water supply project in Kherson oblast with UAH 28.4 Million budget We are excited to announce that UNICEF has selected a water supply project in Kherson Oblast for funding through the DREAM ecosystem, with a budget of UAH 28.4 million. This marks the first time that international restoration partners have chosen a project for funding directly through the DREAM - Digital Restoration EcoSystem for Accountable Management. The project holds significant importance as it aims to restore the water supply in the affected community, thereby improving the lives of its residents. The DREAM system's primary goal is to create comprehensive investment profiles for communities and maintain a centralized repository of restoration projects. This approach facilitates the attraction of funding from various sources, ensuring efficient and effective restoration efforts. More info - https://lnkd.in/gxeGE7i7