Water

“Getting water was a huge challenge,” Hassoun says.

CAR | 2023 | CBPF
“It seemed as though I was spending one day at home and then a week at the hospital.”

Sudan | 2024 | CERF and CBPF
“I want the fighting to stop, I want to play.”

oPt | 2024 | CERF and CBPF
“We eat less so the kids can eat at least one meal a day.”

oPt | 2023 | CBPF
“I was mostly concerned about the children.”

Ethiopia| 2023 | CBPF
“Now we have what we need to treat the water. We can use it to drink, wash, and cook. We get sick less often.”

Lebanon | 2023 | CBPF
“Cleaning the house one day meant sacrificing washing clothes, or even showering.”

Afghanistan| 2023 | CBPF
“Every year many of our kids fall sick and even die because of the water. Our animals are dying too. And we women also face harassment when we go to get water from the pond.”

Somalia| 2023 | CBPF
“We had no place to sleep or cook as our tent was filled with water. It has been an incredibly challenging time for me and my children.”

Syria and Türkiye| 2023|CBPF and CERF
“For the cost of two tents – which have to be replaced every six months – we’d like to provide a dignified shelter, providing more privacy, more durability and lasting much longer.”

Somalia | 2023 | CBPF
“This information was very useful.”

Yemen | 2023 | CBPF
“People got sick because of the lack of clean water. It was a hard life.”

Somalia |2023| CERF
“For us to get clean and safe drinking water, it often meant long, arduous hours of walking to the nearest water source, which is an unsafe journey. This is a task I did not look forward to.”

DRC | 2023 | CERF
“Things are good at the site – people are living in harmony. But we are just waiting for the war to finish so we can go home.”

Syria | 2023 | CERF
“Being landowners, we knew we could not just sit down and do nothing. We had to keep investing in our land.”

Somalia | 2023 | CBPF
“Now that we have the solar lights installed, things have improved. We can see better and we feel safer.”

DRC | 2023 | CBPF
“Eleven months ago, we decided to return to our village, despite the fact that the security situation is still not entirely reassuring.”

Sudan |2023| CBPF
“We are approximately four or five refugee families from Chad. I was born in Khartoum and spent most of my life there. When the conflict erupted, we had no choice but to seek refuge here.”

“You are welcome, my people. We are all one people. I appreciate you too.’’

Sudan |2023| CBPF
In conflict and disaster, it is often local organizations who quickly and effectively respond to the needs of their community. Sudan Humanitarian Fund partner HOPE Sudan is one of many such examples.

Burkina Faso | 2023 | CBPF
“Since we got [the pump], it’s been a great relief. The quality of our services has improved because we can now provide our patients with clean facilities.”

Yemen | 2022 | CBPF
“I don’t want to waste my time waiting in lines for water, but it’s my responsibility.”

Ukraine | 2023 | CERF
“In Dnipro, I used to spend UAH 15 (roughly half a dollar) per day for a large bottle of water. You may not think it’s that much money. But if you take into account all the monthly expenses, it really is,” says Yulia.

Afghanistan | 2022 | CBPF
“Children, youth and women commuted miles to bring drinking water to their families, and it was hard work for women and especially for children.”

Burkina Faso | 2022 | CBPF
“Before Help’s support, life was an ordeal for my children and I ­­– problems with food, water, and money. For example, to get drinking water, we had to go to the fountain 2 km away and pay 25 CFA francs per 20-litre can,” says Mrs. Dio.

Somalia | 2022 | CBPF
“Buying food was the main priority for me.”

Afghanistan | 2022 | CBPF
“Our children are not continually sick anymore.”

South Sudan | 2021 | CBPF
“I used to have to walk for hours to get water for my family,” says Nyakwoth. “For me, the journey would take even longer because sometimes I would have to carry the baby. We would have to wait for hours, [for our turn]. Sometimes, we would end up fighting over the scarce water,” she adds.

Nigeria | 2021 | CBPF
“After the borehole broke down, there was no peace among the people. They would constantly get into a quarrel at the water point.”

Afghanistan | 2021 | CBPF
“Many people left [our area] because there was no water.”