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- 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
- 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” ... from 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
- Two weeks on: Oxfam delivering critical water, shelter in rural Peru
... Pisco. The assistance includes desperately-needed clean water, sanitation services, tents and plastic sheeting for an eventual 1,500 ... comes after Oxfam distributed 350,000 liters of potable water in urban-affected areas last week, along with 2,500 blankets among rural ...
Press Release - 29 August 2007
- 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
- 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
- Oxfam assessment: deaths from dehydration as Somalis exist on a twentieth of minimum water ration
... of people are at risk in Somalia because of chronic water shortages, according to a new assessment by aid agency Oxfam ... forced to exist on only one twentieth of the daily water supply recommended by minimum humanitarian standards. Many families are surviving on just a 20-liter jerry can of water for 3 days. This is equivalent to 830 ml, or three glasses of water, per ...
Press Release - 16 February 2006
- Filters improve water quality in Pisco
Clean water reduces risk of disease; many communities accessing treated water for first time. 16 October 2007 - Dina Huarcaya and thousands of ... in Pisco, Peru, have been struggling to find enough clean water for their families since August's major earthquake damaged local water ...
Emergency Article - 18 October 2007
- Peru earthquake: Oxfam response to focus on water and sanitation
... out a program to help people in rural areas access clean water and begin to rebuild their homes and their lives. As the dust begins to ... staff to the Pisco area, soon followed by engineering and water and sanitation experts who toured the area by car and helicopter in order ...
Emergency Article - 22 August 2007
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) Manager, Ethiopia
Responsibilities Revision of Intermon Oxfam Water & Sanitation and Health & Hygiene Promotion strategies in the ... Preparing, planning and giving technical support to the Water, Sanitation and Health and Hygiene Promotion activities on-going in ...
Job Advertisement - 05 November 2008
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Story - 20 June 2008
