Category: Water, sanitation & hygiene
Almost 900 million people in the world do not have access to clean water – that’s a staggering one in eight people. The good news … you can help us change this.
Clean water means a bright future
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Thanks to Oxfam supporters, Miriam’s community in rural Zambia has clean, safe, water every single day. Read more »
Let me tell you about the strong women I met in Zambia
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Let Oxfam Australia’s storyteller, Kate, tell you about the strong women she met in Zambia, and how they fight to keep cholera from taking their loved ones. Read more »
Meet amazing Annie: she’s on a mission to save lives
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Annie is a beacon of hope in her community in Zambia. She’s on a mission to empower and educate her friends and neighbours about the dangers of deadly cholera. Read more »
Surviving cholera was an extra special Gift for Melinda
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Melinda and her family live in a town called John Laing in Lusaka, Zambia. She was nearly nine months pregnant when she went to a local clinic, thinking she was in labour. Once they ran some tests on her, however, Melinda was told something no pregnant woman would ever want to hear. Read more »
A shaky arrival in Nepal
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Lives were lost, homes reduced to rubble, and livelihoods shattered — but Muna survived. And amid the chaos, she welcomed her second son into the world. Read more »
When dirty water is your only option
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Many parents worry about the health and wellbeing of their precious children. But parents like Priscilla, have extra reason to worry — she has only dirty water to give to her children. But together, we can help change this. Read more »
Clean water washes away a mother’s pain
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Dirty water, poor sanitation and unsafe hygiene practices have made life incredibly hard for generations of women like Nola. But we are committed to improving access to clean water and hygienic sanitation facilities for families in Papua New Guinea — and around the world. Read more »
“We only need water”
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The water crisis in Nepal is so acute that in Darchula, a group of women came together to advocate for clean water to be brought to their village. Read more »
The struggle for clean water — dispatch from Far West Nepal
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Oxfam’s Kate Bensen reports from the field in Far West Nepal, where nearly 3 in 4 people survive on dirty, unsafe water. Read more »
Strength is not optional for women like Hira
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Hira walks for 14 hours a day to collect water for her family — all because there is no clean water in her village. Read more »