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As the rainforest gets drier, Amazon Indigenous groups thirst for clean water
In some Amazon rivers in Brazil, cases of diseases related to inadequate basic sanitation, such as malaria and acute diarrhea ...
As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?
China could reap the soft-power advantage, but like Western governments, the country is cutting back on aid. Philanthropies ...
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Lack of safe water access sparks health, safety fears in Hoima
HOIMA - Residents of Buyanja parish in Buraru sub-county, Bugahya Constituency, Hoima district, have raised concerns over the lack of access to clean and safe water.Women and children are forced to ...
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Internally Displaced People
When IDPs do settle, places of refuge may lack adequate shelter, food, clean water or health care ... sexual and gender-based violence and child protection. We also bring our longstanding expertise in ...
The Star7d
Fears of waterborne disease rise
“Water is everywhere but there is no clean water to drink ... agriculture ministry officials said. The UN children’s agency has warned that two million children were at risk as the worst ...
As US exits foreign aid, who will fill the gap?
With the U.S. significantly reducing its $12 billion global health aid, an urgent question arises: who will fill this gap? China, the Gates Foundation, and the World Bank are potential players, yet ...
Garowe Online6d
Somalia's Parliamentary Session Remains Closed Amid No-Confidence Motion Threats
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's 5th parliamentary session has been delayed indefinitely. Lawmaker Abdirashid Hidig accused senior government officials of thwarting the session's start to avoid a ...
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Woman, child escape car in water after hit-and-run in Martin County
That led the vehicle to go off the road and into a body of water. The woman was able to free herself, her child and make it to land. Winters was taken into custody by the Stuart Police Department ...
South Africa has failed to deliver access to enough water for millions – a new approach is needed
In South Africa, a household gets 6,000 litres of free water a month. For a family of eight, this falls below the global ...
Independent Online6d
Disturbing allegations of child abuse, rape at KwaSizabantu Mission, owners of aQuelle water
The KwaSizabantu Mission, a Christian organisation known for its ownership of aQuelle bottled water in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, is grappling with harrowing allegations of child abuse and rape.
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Zachary school district disputes claim child was forced to clean up own feces
The statement comes after the child’s mother, Jamisha Augustine, and the Baton Rouge NAACP voiced their concerns publicly. Augustine said her daughter was humiliated after being forced to clean ...
The Lancet4d
Toxic air: the biggest environmental killer of children in Europe and Central Asia
Nexhare and her five young children have lived next to Power Plant A in the Kosovan town of Obiliq for a decade. Poor air ...