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Themes Water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH)

#Water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH)

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Afghanistan earthquake: A race against time

16. September 2025
A deadly earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan on 31 August 2025, killing more than 2,200 people and destroying or damaging over 6,700 homes. NRC is on the ground to save lives and assist survivors.

Inside Syria’s water crisis

29. December 2022
A cholera outbreak in the making.

Burkina Faso: Over a quarter million people victims of new “water war” in peak dry season

03. May 2022
Thirty-two water facilities have been destroyed so far this year, impacting nearly 300,000 people according to a group of 13 national and international organisations providing humanitarian and development assistance in the country. Targeted attacks have ranged from direct hits on water points and water trucks, purposeful contamination of water resources to sabotaging public water network’s generators.

How we help: Water, sanitation and hygiene

22. September 2023
NRC Somalia delivers complete WASH packages in synergy with other essential services. Safe drinking water, sustainable hygiene systems and supplies, and awareness raising are core to our life-saving work and resilience-building efforts.

Norad 2013 Evaluation of NRC and NORCAP

24. January 2014
This report presents the main results of an evaluation of five core competencies of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and Norwegian Capacity (NORCAP) commissioned by NORAD.

NRC ECHO Projects in Pakistan KP and FAFA 2010 and 2011

30. May 2013
This summative evaluation of the 2010-2012 ECHO shelter projects in Pakistan captures lessons learned and recommendations for future planning, program design and implementation. It focuses on the provision of shelter, NFI distribution, hygiene promotion and ICLA activities in KP and FATA.

How boreholes are transforming lives in rural Somalia

23. December 2020
Hassan Dhore, 70, used to spend half a day walking to distant wells to collect water for his family. Now, a new borehole in his village has transformed daily life for him and his neighbours.

South Sudan: Water crisis at the border as tens of thousands flee Sudan

19. May 2023
Renk County in Upper Nile, South Sudan, is currently grappling with a dire humanitarian crisis.

The impact of support in Al-Rahaba camp

20. February 2025
Methaq, 31, is a father of six. He lives in Al-Rahaba camp for displaced people in Yemen’s Jabal Habashi district, Taiz. Previously, he worked as a shopkeeper in his hometown, but when the conflict reached his village in March 2021, he had no choice but to flee to safety.

Appeal for urgent response to Uganda refugee crisis

23. August 2016
Overwhelmed aid agencies in Uganda are armed with insufficient resources to respond to South Sudanese refugees spilling across the border, after renewed violence pushed over 85,000 people into Uganda’s West Nile region since July.