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- More help needed from the international community as survivors of Cyclone Aila face spoiled water and disease
... a severe risk of disease as the supply of safe drinking water is reaching crisis levels, international aid agency Oxfam said today. ... caused by the cyclone is only now emerging. Salt water has contaminated nearly all the fresh water sources in the southwest of ...
Press Release - 03 June 2009
- Philippines: When water saves lives
Due to Oxfam’s support for safe water and sanitation practices, the community has access to clean, drinking water coming from the tubewell but for the villagers, “knowledge” ... Oxfam. Is there someone who can bring solutions to water problems? Everywhere I look, various water problems exist and everyone is ...
Story - 19 June 2008
- Health
... doctor when you need one. Medicines you can afford. Clean water to drink and enough food to keep you healthy. Millions of people are ... Every day, 4,000 children die of diarrhea caused by dirty water Millions of people in poor countries get low-quality health care, ...
Campaign article - 23 June 2008
- Donate
... Your donation can provide buckets for clean water, textbooks for students, or life-changing opportunities like ...
Story - 20 June 2008
- Gaza siege puts public health at risk as water and sanitation services deteriorate, warns Oxfam
... there is an increasing risk to public health in Gaza as water and sanitation services begin to buckle under the strain of ... International’s partner the Coastal Municipalities Water Utilities (CMWU) 15% of Gaza’s population – 225,000 people ...
Press Release - 21 November 2007
- China earthquake one year later: Building better water access
... Oxfam colleagues met her, she was washing clothes in grey water that had been used several times already. There has always been a water shortage here, and the earthquake made it worse: the drinking water and ...
Emergency Article - 13 May 2009
- Oxfam delivering 1.5 million liters of drinking water a day in Lebanon relief effort
... is tankering 1.5 million liters of vital fresh drinking water every day to war ravaged Lebanon – enough to provide the basic ... people. The UN has identified the supply of clean water as one of the major aid priorities. Delivering water to affected villages ...
Press Release - 25 August 2006
- Oxfam: Gaza refugees facing massive water cuts, disease
... of refugees across Gaza will face imminent cuts in water and sewage services if more fuel is not provided in the coming days and ... Due to widespread fuel shortages, the Coastal Municipality Water Utility (CMWU) in Gaza was forced to halve the water supply on Wednesday ...
Press Release - 06 July 2007
- Cyclone Aila in Bangladesh, India
... by massive flooding, which has contaminated drinking water sources with seawater and killed the fish that people rear in the ... "The ponds are a lifeline - they give people drinking water, water to irrigate, and fish". Most latrines have been washed ...
Emergency - 10 June 2009
- Oxfam International’s work in Sudan – March 2009
... it expects those helpers will be able to keep the clean water flowing for a few weeks. Here is a brief summary of our programs. ... also work in more remote areas of Darfur by improving water supplies and carrying out programs to prevent malaria and deadly ...
Emergency Article - 13 March 2009
