access to water

Nearly 90% of Somalia is now in a severe drought, following three consecutive failed rain seasons. Some areas facing their driest season in 40 years. Nearly 3.5 million people are already acutely food insecure and millions more are now at risk of going hungry by the beginning of next year.

Huguette Yago manages the supply of water and sanitation equipment, as well as organizing hygiene awareness sessions for displaced people in north-central Burkina Faso. With her team, she's working around the clock to prevent the spread of coronavirus which could be devastating in camps where the lack of water poses huge challenges.

In reaction to the coronavirus pandemic reaching 1 million confirmed cases, Oxfam interim Executive Director Chema Vera, said today: "This is a grim milestone that must spur the international community to take immediate action. We must tackle this pandemic with single-minded determination, and as one."

Providing clean water and access to sanitation to millions of vulnerable people in the world is an essential part of our humanitarian work. From Mozambique to Indonesia, and Nepal to South Sudan, find out how we are combining decades of expertise with innovation to get clean, safe water to the people who need it the most.

Faced with the coronavirus pandemic, Oxfam has geared up its entire humanitarian aid delivery system to help the most vulnerable communities. Despite access restrictions, we are working around the clock with our local partners to deliver vital assistance to curb to spread of the virus and help protect people from its economic impact. You can help.

Over the last years armed groups have spread over the Sahel region causing a humanitarian and security crisis, and devastating lives. Humanitarian needs have exploded in Burkina Faso, with 2.2 million people in need of assistance. They are in desperate need of food, shelter, and healthcare, but most urgently they need water. You can help.

Our experts have been working with local community leaders and the villagers to install a gravity-fed water system in Kobuan, Papua New Guinea.

Over 700,000 vulnerable according to UN as North Kivu, in DRC, is hit by increased militarization, poor harvest & little access to clean water.

Today, the world’s natural resources are under increasing pressure and are often the object of important power struggles between corporations, states and communities. National go