Water

Nigeria |2023| CBPF Nigeria, Adamawa state. Daware town has long been a refuge for people fleeing Boko Haram in neighboring Borno state. After over a decade, about 3,300 displaced people live in the informal camp here. The villages and towns in this area are easily flooded, causing recurrent displacement and spreading disease from contaminated water. […]

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 Burkina Faso, Kaya. Pamoussa Sawadogo is the head nurse at a clinic in Kaya, capital of the Centre-Nord region. The clinic has long suffered from water shortages due to the violence and conflict affecting basic services throughout the region. Kaya, a city about 100 km northeast of Burkina Faso’s […]

Yemen | 2023 | 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.”