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Water and habitat

Photo, Kenya, Rift Valley. Children drinking from the tap of an ICRC-installed standpipe.

Each year, armed conflict disrupts millions of lives. The ICRC’s water and habitat activities ensure access to water in conflict zones and create or maintain a sustainable living environment. Ultimately, this work reduces death and suffering due to habitat damage or disruption to water supplies. Read full overview.

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Water and habitat: ICRC activities

The ICRC is helping provide water and sanitation for over 20 million people in 48 countries affected by conflict, violence, or their after-effects.
Water and war: ICRC response

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Assistance for people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence

The ICRC's assistance work -- aims, basis for action, main activities and professions involved.
Technical review: practical guidelines for test pumping in water wells

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Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine

Pakistan’s superflood
A glimpse beneath the surface at a disaster that took time to build, then quickly grew to become one of Pakistan’s greatest calamities.
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